Siapa yang belum pernah mendengar tentang 3 buah gugusan pulau kecil yang terletak di barat Pulau lombok. Gili Trawangan, Gili Air, Gili Meno bisa di bilang kini menjadi primadona wisata 0 mdpl pulau Lombok. Jika kamu punya waktu lebih, paling tidak butuh kurang lebih 4 hari untuk bisa menikmati ke tiga pulau ini, namun bagi yang memiliki waktu libur lebih singkat dan harus memilih. Sebaiknya tentukan dulu prioritas yang ingin kamu nikmati di pulau yang memiliki waktu tempuh antar pulau 45 menit- 1 jam ini.

I still remember how did i get to Segara Anak Lake. This trek was listed on number 2 most frustrating route i have done of the whole Rinjani journeys. It did not took a long time and less difficult than the summit trek, not really the bad one unless you had to do and finished it on the same day with summit attack.

This is the continuation from my previous post. After had a memorable journey on the north of lombok island, we continued our journey to the central Lombok. Arrived safely at Bangsal Harbour, what we had to do was, found a car to escort us to Mataram (the capital city of Nusa Tenggara Barat) since all of our suitcases and bags were deposited at Nuri's house ( my KKN friend who domiciled in Mataram). And the problem was, there were not a rent car stores near the harbour, if it existed, the price was so expensive. We decided to walk outside the harbour for about 2 km lead to the main road. 1 km was passed, suddenly, there was an angkot (indonesia public transportation) offered to took us to Mataram with a good price. After had a harsh bargain, we had to paid 100.000rp. It's cheap enough for 7 persons i thought.

Well, the journey started after i and pimpin finally got the rent car in Mataram. The cost was 575.000rp for 51 hours with APV minibus. Got all of the bags into the car, We began the trip with only maps and gps in my hand. If you're think that one of us know about Lombok, well you're totally wrong. We just used the internet connection and all of courages to asking local people haha.

2 hours driving took to arrived at Kuta. Well we arrived when the sky were already dark in a condition  we didn't had a place to stay (again) hahaha. So, the first we had to do was found the hotel (again) hehe. Okay then finally we got a very good price in Dian's hostel located in the side of Kuta beach, lombok. The rate was 100rp/room including breakfast. Because we felt so tired and it was already a late night, we decided to took a rest since we had to woke up at 04.00am due to one of us had a flight to go back to his hometown earlier. 

Next day, everybody woke up at 04.00am, had our own breakfast, then together got in the car. After dropped off Dana in Praya airport, we continued our trip to Tanjung aan beach and the beach next to tanjung ann ( i'm sorry i forget what's the name is). Arrived there at 05.30 wita, up to the hill and we all were waiting for the sunrise.

a sunrise in tanjung aan beach

In Desa Sade, one of lombok traditional original village. 45 minutes driving from kuta beach lombok. Avery good cultural and architecture visit.

these photos below i took at Kuta beach, Lombok

if you glance to those photos below, you might would be guessing where i was. Yes, like i've already told before in the previous post, i got involved on field work and community empowering, called it KKN (Kuliah Kerja Nyata). After 5 weeks practicing my major science, i learned so many things, that life is not easy as the theory, practice take the big step to achieve the success. Well then, this is the story about the journey of Lombok with my partners, They are actually my new friends from different majors in university. However, I felt so comfort and enjoy had a holiday with them. Their characteristics and interests are same with me. We took the journey for 7 persons. So this is my other travelling experiences.

We also tried so many kinds of restaurant in the side of beach, from the expensive price to the cheap traditional food like pecel hehe. anyway there is a delicious pecel near the harbour opened at 04.00 pm, we almost bought it every afternoon.

Day two was the day to enjoying the beauty of Gili islands underwater. Me, Ica, Pimpin, and Catra joined to snorkeling trip for 3 islands, gill trawangan, gill meno and gill air. Anyway, Catra is really good at swimming, He is a member of Gadjah Mada Diving Society. The trip started at 10.00 am till 03.00 pm, It cost 90.000rp / person, including the snorkeling equipments. First destination was snorkel at Gili trawangan island, then continued to Gili Meno, anyway i see the turtle swam when i was there :D. Stopped at gill Meno to had a lunch at Tam's cafe

ready to jump into the sea

The view when i had lunch in Tam's Cafe gill Meno

The last day in gili we visited gili Air. it cost 23.000rp for returned ticket from gili trawangan to gili air, the boat schedule to return is only had one time, it's at 4.00 pm. so if you have the plan visiting gili air for one day, don't miss the boat to return :).  Walked around Gili air, sunbathe, played some silly things, laughed, Took picture.

There are the differences between this 3 islands, if you're going to enjoy a night life, you should choose gili trawangan to stay. If you need a quite spot with beautiful scenery, gili air and gili meno are the good choice for honeymoon packages, since the spot is not crowded like gili trawangan, moreover, only few people who decide to stay in.