gilli air

Hello from Gilli Air. Welcome to the island of rolling blackouts and sketchy internet connections ( not even going to talk about how dark it is in here that I'm typing by flashlight....or I wasn't going to talk about that.) It's divide and conquer time, Carrie's going to fill you in on the fun stuff and I'm going to give you instructions on how to get here, should the need ever arise. ( and because my typing sucks and it costs us a fortune for me to write more than a few sentences) So , we left Ubud on Monday aboard the Perama tourist shuttle bus, it was a little cramped, but there was no antarctic AC running, so no ass freezing, and no locals...so no chickens or goats or REALLY obvious cleavage staring. Anyways an hour on the bus to Padangbai and then TA DA a very slow ferry to Gilli Air island , about 4.5 hours. Ok things are going to wrap up here because I am getting sucked dry by some sort of insects as I write. Because everything starts late ( around noon ) and takes so long, you get here late , so alot of the hotels are full, even though it's still low season here. So after some mucking around, we ended taking a place that was kinda crap and somewhat expensive for here. ( OK back in biz, Carrie had some repellent with her, thank god for my wife)Just a side note, cause that's what I do, no cars here, just bicycles and pony drawn wagons, that is the local taxi system.they're kind of expensive, but they sort of add to the uniqueness of the island. Which is a round about way of saying that we took a pony wagon taxi thing around a bit of the island looking for a hotel after we got off the ferry. For those that want to know and I guess those that don't, Yup, spent my birthday diving with my wife, couldn't ask for anything more. OK well we got out of crappy place first thing the next morning and found a nicer place just down the road that was cheaper and included breakfast , so everything turned out for the better. We're going to talk about the diving  a little later, maybe tomorrow if we're inspired and find another internet place with less bugs and more light. Ahhh just a little tease...We had one of the most amazing dives today, that I have ever been on, up there with Whale sharks, seriously!!!!

Love you all

carrie and glen