Gili Air is everything it was promised to be.

Quiet... No motorized vehicles outside of boats.

Beautiful.... On land and under water.

Relaxing... Sleeping sound and eating great food. What more can you ask for!?!

And the best part, we are half way thru our Open Water Dive Certification! Diving has been a blast. It is so fun to learn something new. We have a great instructor and have already had a couple of great experiences in about 10-15 meters of water. Before we finish we will demonstrate our ability to reach at least 18 meters. We are able to see so much more while diving than snorkeling. We have already seen turtles, lion fish, a huge cuttlefish, schools of jacks and snapper, 2 eels, a lobster....etc. The water is warm and despite the rain we have had at night, visibility is good!

Sorry about the lack of photos. The I pod doesn't work under water.

We leave for Gili Air first thing tomorrow morning. It sounds like we have a "gauntlet" of a port town to negotiate.... So think calming thoughts for us as we run thru the hecklers and salesmen for the harbor ticket office.

On to a quiet snorkel / dive paradise. We will miss Kuta, but we have been here about a week and it is time to move on.

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Kuta

View from Segar beach in Kuta, Lombok.

Our ride