"If you reject the food, ignore the customs,
fear the religion and avoid the people,
you might better stay at home."

Monday, October 10, 2011

Lombok and Gili Islands

I know, I know...it has been a while since I last posted anything.  

Thought I'd share some great pics from our trip to Lombok and Gili Islands over Columbus Day weekend.  Lombok is an island south of Bali and the Gili Islands are off the NWcoast of Lombok.  Like all our trips in the South Pacific, the scenery was beautiful.  
We flew with our friends, Gaby & Mike, from Jakarta to Lombok island and resided at at the beautiful Sheraton resort on the beach.

View from our hotel room balcony
Gaby bang the gong upon our arrival at the hotel...an island tradition
Mike & Gaby looking over their deck balcony
We immediately went to the pool which had an awesome swim-up bar
Another view from our balcony
Pool area
Enjoying sunset by the pool area
Well, some of us enjoyed the sunset, some of us took well deserved naps
Day 2: Drive around island to harbor.  In the distance you can see Volcano on island of Bali



We took a boat to Gili Islands, the islands of Air and Meno. 

A picture of Gili Islands that I took from our plane

Gaby and Me on our boat trip to Gili Air
Beautiful Island of Gili Air.  Gili Meno in the backdrop.
Brian snorkeling off the coast of Gili Meno.  We got to swim with the sea turtles :)

Lunch on the beach
As always, we had a fabulous trip!   Happy BIG 3-0 Birthday to Mike.  We are glad we got to celebrate with you! 

We are taking a weekend trip back to Mirasole at the end of October and then heading to Australia and New Zealand for the month of November.  CAN'T WAIT!!!!