Starting my world travel in Bali, Indonesia
In the beginning, I was pretty unsure where to start my world travel. So I decided to see two of my friends who were studying in Denpasar, Bali. I booked a flight to the most common destination for Australians – Bali Indonesia and managed to get my neighbour and friend from Sydney to Bali too.
I arrived on the 25th of May in Denpasar and got picked up by a driver Simon (my neighbour) hired to drive me to Padang Bai, where I met Simon after 4 months again! We grabbed a beer and joined Simons travel mates at the beach. Our other friends Steffen and Andi (the students) had to study for their final exams, what a bad timing. The next day we took a ferry from Padang Bai to a nice little island called “Gili Air”, the island is pretty quiet and has amazing beaches and snorkel spots to discover also, the sunsets are stunning on those islands.
Enjoying the island life on Gili Air
That island is so tiny you can walk around Gili Air in 40 minutes! We did that hike on our first day, cause we booked a cheap homestay (120.000 IDR ~ 8,30€) on the opposite side of the pier where we arrived. Usually in Asia, you are surrounded by crazy scooter drivers, when you walk on a street. But on the three Gili Islands, there are no scooters or cars only horse taxis to take the lazy tourists to their accommodation. After our first night in the mosquito infested room, Simon and I booked a diving trip to a turtle hot spot. Later that day we run into a guy who told us: “The Gili Islands are the turtle capital of the world” – Yes, I haven´t seen turtles or other cool fishes in Thailand before. Basically we relaxed all day, had some good food and watched every sunset with a nice drink and a good talk!
Impressions from Gili Air
Left to right: Me and Simon my Neighbour and Travel-Mate for Australia
All in all, it was an amazing time and with awesome people! For me it felt more like a vacation, cause my last real vacation was in the summer of 2016 when I lived in Croatia for a couple of months. Besides my Christmas holidays I was just working, saving up money and planning my World travel! Unfortunately our group split up after Gili Air, the guys did some Island hopping, Juliane went to Ubud to stay in a villa with their own chef! Simon and I went to party with our other fellas in Seminyak. Continue reading “Indonesia – Bali, Ubud, Gili Air”