In Reply to: LOMBOK & GILI ?? posted by gaga on Thursday, 19. January 2012 at 13:29 Bali Time:
booked the tickets online before we left Australia, paid by cc. Note that if you take surfboards you have to pay extra for them at the airport. Flight was great, wonderful views across Bali to Lombok. New airport very modern & clean also very quiet. Best to book driver before you go we used the ever helpful Made who lives in Kuta Lombok, where we stayed. Kuta Lombok was wonderful very low key and cruisy with gorgeous beaches, some good restaurants and the surf was pumping. A hired motorbike will make life easier to get around. We then had Made pick us up and drove up to just past senggigi, where we negotiated with one of the dive companies to hire their little boat to Gili T. Couldn't face the hassle at the big harbour and seemed out of our way. We travelled early December, seas were great - little boat powered through. Gilli T - what can I say - no cars, no motorbikes, no hassles - wonderful food, magnificent snorkelling and restaurants this really is paradise, we stayed at Persona, a small group of villa's, we are a family of 4 (kids 8 & 11)and they had moderately priced clean family rooms, right opposite the beach. They also have best Indian food ever. We caught the boat back to Bali and again no drama's, we booked it the day before to Padang Bai then had included transfer to our place in sanur. You will be so happy you included this adventure into your schedule.