En route to Gili Trawangan (Gili T) and the fast boat from Bangsal port to GIli T took only about 20 minutes. The ocean was practically turquoise with it getting more crystal clear the closer to got to the shore. As my friend would say, it was "stupid pretty". Meaning ridiculously pretty that its way too unbelievable to be that beautiful. Walking off the port, we headed to the office where we needed to pick up our tickets for when we are heading back to Bali so we don't have to worry about it in the morning. Then we went searching for our hotel room and it was a bit of a mission. They mainly spoke Bahasa Indonesia so it was great practice. The guy that was helping with the room offered us a deal for snorkeling and we bargained and got a great deal for the both of us.
So we rested for a few hours, got our laundry done next door and headed out to snorkeling with about 20 random people and a few locals steering the glass bottom boat. It was absolutely breathtaking and I will never forget the beautiful things we saw today. I saw 5 sea turtles and so many colorful schools of fish. We did three different islands, Gili T, Gili Meno and GIli Air. All of them were unique in their own way. At GIli Meno we were in open water and we could see scuba divers all the way at the bottom of the ocean so that was fun. Gili Air was cool because we could feed the fish with little pieces of bread and all of the fish would surround you. After that we had some late lunch on GIli Air, such a tiny, but beautiful island. We met some people from the Netherlands and they were really nice so we hung out with them after our dinner with one of our friends Megan at The Beach House. Delicious food and sand on your toes cause the floor was covered with it. It was another beautiful day and night. Gili T is a whole other world compared to Bali and Lombok. Yes, there are tourists and people trying to get you to buy something that's way overpriced, but walking around passed the shops and seeing the ocean right next to you was completely different feeling, a great feeling.
After a fun day in GIli T It was time to head back to Bali and the fast boat was definitely a beautiful way back to the island. I fell asleep on the top deck and it was smooth sailing the hour long ride through. We ended up having to take a bus from Padang Bai port to Kuta and that took a few hours. It was a lot more relaxing than that almost 5 hour ferry ride though. After that we got taxi went to our hotel and had some rest from a long day of traveling. We walked around Seminyak again and found out that Bahiana was nearby our hotel which was a nice surprise. We ended up eating at thie beautiful Italian place called Mozzarella Restaurant & Bar. Best service we have ever had in Indonesia since we've been here. They were so attentive and we got our food within 10 minutes or less. We were tired and had to wake up at 4 am so we decided to knock out early and watch Netflix. Waking up at 4 am was pretty hard and we thought there would be traffic, but there wasn't. Annoying. It's been an an amazing 10 days here and I couldn't be anymore grateful than I already am to have had this time here in Bali, Lombok and Gili T. We didn't want to leave and I was so sad to be sitting in the gate waiting area, but it was time to go home. The fun had to end some time. I can't wait to come back some day.
