Now, That's What I'm Talking About

We arrived in Gili Air yesterday, after chartering a private boat to take us here from Gili Trawangan.  The trip was about 30 mins, and while travelling across choppy water with two small children is not my favourite thing in the world to do, I'm glad we're here.  For those concerned, we brought our own lifejackets for the kids all the way from home, to use in situations like this.

This is the experience we were looking for, and is what Trawangan was like back in the day.  It is so much more chilled out here.  Way less development, but just the right amount so that there's plenty of choice in terms of where to eat and where to stay.  There are cidomos, but not too many.  And you can rent bikes to get around.  So we're set up with bikes with baby seats, just like we were on Gili T. 

We're staying in a place that's nice, but low key.  It's not a rustic bungalow like I thought we might do, because we need a room that's big enough for all of us (we always need and extra bed for Big J and room for Little J's Pack 'n Play).  This hotel has a great pool that is just a few metres from the ocean.

It's very tranquil here, and every bit as gorgeous as we hoped. 

That's Lombok you're looking at across the water