Tuesday, August 24, 2004

PADANG BAY (BALI ISLAND), GILI ISLANDS (LOMBOK), SAPE (SUMBAWA ISLAND) / INDONESIA:
"Do you have a room for tonight?" "We pool" "Lovely, but do you have a room?" "We pool pool!" Pool is full. Air is water and the main bottled brand is ATM. Weirder than the Australians?
Padang Bay is where you take the ferry to the Gili Islands. We stopped long enough to sample great fish and pineapple, and chat with Claude who works in Les Diablerets during winter and travels the rest of the year (I am now looking for vacancies in the ski resorts ;-). Then we met Marco and Brigitte from Toulouse - Helene and Josu, if you see them around, say hi to them from us! - and also Andrea and Sabrina from Milan. Gili Trawangan turned out to be Little Italy, a mini Rimini in August. The snorkelling around there was astounding; we followed turtles, saw beautiful corals, and flopped on fine white sand.

C in paradise, again, before getting a massage - ohh life is hard!

Indonesians in traditional dress, boarding a boat in Pandang Bay.

Marco and Brigitte, Toulouse vs Gili?

Lunch on Gili Air with Sabrina and Andrea.

Fish drying by the side of the road in Sape.