Giddy Air

It has now been 5 days since we arrived back from the trek and our sore legs are not so sore (we all blame Angus for everything of course). Dan had been pleased to return where after a long rest he felt much better and even more pleased that he had after hearing tales of our adventure up the volcano!

We also came back to find the two boys had done a reci of the ‘party’ island, Gilli Trawangan, as we all wanted some party action for the full moon celebrations. As it turned out the lads found Trawangan a little crappy so we decided that we should just stay on Gilli Air and go to the party there. It turned out to be quite fun really with even though the choice of dance music was pretty naff and the mixing was dire (so says Master Matt and Dan). Dancing wasn’t easy but it was great to be out having a drink and a boogie with the M’s again after so long!

We will be getting some photos hopefully from the M's for this bit!

Whilst most of us have been relaxing by the beach, reading in our hammocks or snorkelling, Dan and Angus decided to their Open Water diving course and are now qualified divers! Woo hoo and big congratulations to them. A great place to do it too as the snorkelling itself has been beautiful with 20m or so visibility, warm waters and a dazzling array of sealife to be seen including many large turtles! I of course, have been practicing my freediving... haven’t quite made it to the 30 m mark again though...

We will be getting some photos hopefully from the M's for this bit!

We have all settled into the island life well....

...(a very slow pace indeed, not locking doors, forgetting things and being a little giddy in general), including Jamie and Dan who have taken to it in every way (even more impressive as this is the first time they have been to Asia).


Jamie has managed to make friends with almost everyone on the island we think! Some of the staff at our bungalows also offered to take Dan spear fishing at night which he gladly accepted. He even came back with dinner for us in the shape of a good sized Trevally. What a hero (check out the war wounds on his belly!)


Today is our last day on the island (boo hoo!) as the M’s are due to fly back to the UK this week and will spend their last few days back in Bali whilst we are on a 4 day boat trip to Flores (Eastern islands) via Komodo and Rinca to see the legendary Komodo dragons (did you know that they are the world’s largest lizard and can reach over 3m in length, weight up to 100kg and feed on animals as large as deer and buffalo?!?! I’m not too sure I will be getting too close to these things....).
As we understand, this may even have been the first family holiday that the M’s have enjoyed and it has been so lovely for us to be in their company.

It’s also been good to catch up on the gossip back home! The last two weeks have felt like a holiday for us as we have not had to pick up the dreaded guidebook and when we have needed to get information good ol’ Angus has done all the hard work.


However, there is no rest for the wicked and it is onwards we go for another hopefully interesting and pleasant, but not too challenging, journey on the seas....