09:21.97E   116:04.90E

Friday 24^th September

Gili Air, Lombok

Captain’s Log:

Friday 24^th September towards Gili Air

Lovely anchorage the first tourist island we have visited.  Great coral saw some turtles then had dinner with the people off the Swan who we met up with again.

Position 8:21’.97s 116:04.90

Distance run 42 miles

So many tourists and beach restaurants here – we can hardly believe the change to having seen virtually no tourists the whole time we have been in Indonesia for the past month.

 We arrived just in time to enjoy a cool drift snorkel over the sheltering reef.

We could see the rain closing in again, together with a lot of wind, here we go again- on a lee shore. But this time we’re on a mooring which seemed to be strong enough!  Thankfully the rain was on the main island of Lombok and passed us by, just close enough to cool the atmosphere.  Olly and I took the dinghy ashore to find some fresh pineapple and mango to make our afternoon smoothy with.

 Here are those pony and traps again, not just for tourists, but for carrying the bags of cement and huge timbers for all the building works going on here.

We have a meal at the shore-side beach restaurant called Scallywags, with the owners and crew of Titania  who had arrived already at 5 a.m., having sailed all night from the resort on Sumbawa.   Not expensive, and so nice to be catered for after a month of cooking aboard!

Sunset from our mooring in Gili Air, 6.15 p.m. local time, Bali in Sunrise from our mooring in Gili Air, 6.15 a.m. local time, Lombok in distance

Saturday 25th September 2010 - Towards Bali

0810hrs Left Gili Aer - a great stop to chill out nice beach bars etc. We had a 54 mile hop to Seranga Island where we have planned to officially check-in to Indonesia, re-fuel, re-provision and show Ollie some of the Island of Bali. 

Arrived after a lovely sail, must have gone through a fleet of at least 200 local fishing canoes all under sail!

 Very strong tide rips and standing waves

Saturday 25th September 2010 - Towards Bali

0810hrs Left Gili Aer - a great stop to chill out nice beach bars etc. We had a 54 mile hop to Seranga Island where we have planned to officially check-in to Indonesia, re-fuel, re-provision and show Ollie some of the Island of Bali. 

Arrived after a lovely sail, must have gone through a fleet of at least 200 local fishing canoes all under sail!

 Very strong tide rips and standing waves