Heh.. Finally uploaded the last part of this trip.. too many nice photos to share and I don't want to post on Facebook, therefore, I have to split few part in my personal space here..
-22nd June 2016-
the beautiful morning ~ last day to explore and enjoy the beautiful island
Early morning wake to see the sunrise again!
The sky is just so beautiful before the egg yolk rise
Really miss the sea breeze, the fresh air, everything :)
Today we are able to get a better view of Mount Rinjani
Looks like wallpaper to me ~
The morning faces~ hahaa
and you know what- each and every /cafe/restaurant/pub worker, every morning they will make sure the beach are clean by sweeping off the leaves/seashell.. is so nice to see that.. is like combing the soft sand .. hahaa..
see the picture below, one side the worker have done sweeping .. further right.. the worker haven't sweep yet.. hahaa.. so nice isn't it? so smooth sand.. haha..
After seeing the appearance of egg yolk
slowly walk back to our beautiful hotel to enjoy the complimentary breakfast
The caramelized banana is so good to go with the crepe or toast.. love the simple complimentary breakfast provided by the hotel.. if you have the chance to come to Gili Trawangan .. maybe this hotel - Gili Ocean Club can be on your consideration list :)
The complimentary breakfast
When we are there the food that they prepare are like:
1) Egg - different every day I guess (sunny side up, scrambled, half boil egg etc)
2) White/Wholemeal bread - you can choose to toast it or have it just like that and Crepe
3) Assorted jam for you to choose fromStrawberry/Orange/Blueberry/Kaya if not mistaken and butter)
4) They even prepare maple syrup for you to eat with your crepe :)
5) As for drinks (you can choose from orange juice/coffee/tea/ milk or water)
6) if not mistaken they like got prepare cereal.
*should have captured the cafeteria T.T*
After the breakfast session, Anthony gets ready to go for his plan ~ which is going for diving, we don't dare because our swimming skill are not that good and I have to admit I have the problem in breathing with my nose. LOL .. yes.. is true. I normally breathe with my mouth .. hahahaha
, therefore, three of us stay in our hotel and enjoy dipping ourselves in the hotel mini pool.
we spotted coconut in our cafeteria and ordered two of it.. haha.. as mentioned in the previous post, most of the hotel/villa hotel pool are quite obvious.. but ours is inside the hotel compound.
the beautiful walkway to our hotel
After dipping in the pool for one hour + we wash up and change to new set of bikini~
and off we go for a walk outside :)
Heh... braided hair for both of us :)..
Yes I love tying people hair !
Yes I love tying people hair !
Is about lunch time and we randomly go in one of the warung with sea view to have our lunch
If not mistaken is beside Egoiste restaurant.. haha.. but I just can't find the name of the warung we went .. among all the meals that we have in Gili Trawangan.. can say this warung price is lower/cheaper ..can't remember the exact amount but roughly from RP15,000 to RP55,000
(RM 4+ - RM16+)
one thing I don't like about this warung is a lot of cats and one of it some more jump up to the seat.. yucks... I hate cats!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Food we ordered that day ~
Chicken chop served with fries, sauteed vegetables and one glass of ice lemon tea for me.. haha..
can see is lime tea not lemon tea
Breaded fish fillet with salad for Li Chen
Pork / Beef burger I guess served with fries for BF
Really curious why all the ang mohs like to read, I really need to practice this habit to improve my English ~ hahaa.. They can just read anywhere and anytime ..
Today the water level is quite high compared to the rest of the days we are there and it is so so so clear.. haha.. really tempting to jump in to swim.. but no one join me .. haha.. seeing the other tourists are enjoying dipping in the sea is just so fun and relaxing..
See.. so nice isn't it?
Spotted the corn stall.. and decided to share one..
When you are there you must eat the corn!
it is so so so yummy!
Especially after they BBQ almost done they will apply one kind of sauce..
till now we still can't figure out what sauce is that..
The price roughly range from RP 15,000 - RP25,000 ( RM4+ -RM7+)
The delicious BBQ corn with their special sauce..
oh noms.. should had ask the corn seller what sauce they use..
Slowly three of us walk back to our hotel to meet up Anthony back.. he is done with his diving and off we cycle up to Ombak Sunset to enjoy the beautiful sunset for the last day ~
Found a short cut road when saw the horse cart bring people go that road and we follow.. haha..
simply just cycle around the island to reach the Ombak Sunset
our fail attempt to capture a sweet lovely cycling couple..hahaha..
Finally instead of having difficulty to stable and cycle and have a natural shot..
we ended up just stop and pose for a photo la ..
Finally, we reach Ombak Sunset after cycling through rocky/sandy/muddy road.. hahaa
pick our bean bag, order mocktail and wait for the beautiful sunset
today also we didn't let go the chance to capture with the swing ~
hahaa.. this time got photographer capture for us as well and you can actually purchase the photo with frame from their booth later on.. we go see and the picture outcome is okay.. because they able to edit it .. out of ten shot maybe one are acceptable.. ended up we didn't get it but using our only iPhone camera and capture the best we could.. haha.. not bad what our photography skill.. hehee..
Back to our bean bag to enjoy the sunset view after the jumping shot, swings shot, climb up and down the swing trying to stabilize on it, give chance to other people to capture first while checking on the photos taken and re-line up to capture again to have better shots.. hahaa.. Yes.. you may say typical tourist.. but I would say we want to capture as many memories as possible
The sun is setting~
We sat at Ombak Sunset till the sky turn dark.. and back to our bicycle to ride to Ko Ko Mo Restaurant.. Indeed a restaurant that has a cute name
A good fine dining dinner to end our last day at Gili Trawangan is the best thing ever :)
Park our bicycle at the side and we the ladies decided to change our outfit to long beach dress
A group photo before the dinner is served!
Four of us but we ordered a table full of food! hahaa.. the other table also keep aiming at us when the waiter keep serves food to our table. Yes, maybe we went a little overboard and order too much. because we thought fine dine the portion should be small and okay la.. order like that should be chun chun enough for us.. but eventually, when the food is served we are quite shocked to see the fine dine food is so big in portion.
Now let's see what we ordered on that night.
::: the Welcome bread with chia seed served with balsamic vinegar and olive oil :::
First time eat bread dip in balsamic vinegar and oil when I travel to Perth with BF years back and I quite like it.. Maybe I should buy the balsamic vinegar, olive oil to eat with bread for breakfast or lunch ~ hahaa..
a mouthful of salad is served as the appetizer for everyone who dines in there
::: Refreshing tomato, cucumber, lettuce and quinoa with mayonnaise and lime juice:::
L.Chen worry that the salad got contains some nuts/raisin in it so check with the waiter.. the waiter immediate tell the chef and the chef come out with another appetizer for L.Chen.. so nice of the chef~ if not mistaken is some sliced tomato with olive oil and herbs or something haha..
Li Chen didn't order mains, therefore, she ordered two sides
:: Salmon Salad::
and
::: Canadian Scallop:::
We even ordered soups to share
::: Mushroom Soup served with wholemeal bread :::
A very huge portion of mushroom soup. not fine dine style at all hahaha
::: Lobster and Prawn Bisque :::
this one I don't really like.. because the taste is too strong for my liking.. I prefer my mushroom soup xDD
I forget this one is ordered by BF or me ..I think is BF
::: Salmon Fillet :::
and I think I ordered this.. haha.. anyhow all of us are sharing our food
::: Fillet of Cod :::
Anthony ordered their
::: Moroccon Style Rack of Lamb :::
don't know the taste because I can't eat lamb.. hahaa.. yes.. again I gonna repeat myself..
I can't eat lamb and if you know the reason why do let me know at the below comment.. hahaa.. it seems like if I eat lamb I will die xDD
Overall I would say is a great dining place and yes you will have a sea view as well ~
You can even ask for table next to the beach or you may want to set up a surprise dinner or something they can do it for you as well.. not sure they will charge you or not.. because when we are there .. got one table maybe 8-10 people are celebrating their friend birthday.. so fun ~ get to celebrate your birthday with your closest friend plus on vacation some more..
Total Damage for this fine din din
Young Coconut RP 25,000 x 2 = RP 50,000
Papaya Juice = RP 25,000
Cucumber Cooler = RP 40,000
Salmon Salad = RP 85,000
Canadian Scallops = RP 100,000
Lobster and Prawn Bisque = RP 75,000
Fillet of Cod = RP 150,000
Salmon Fillet = RP 160,000
Mushroom Soup = RP 65,000
Moroccan Style Rack of Lamb = RP 185,000
Subtotal: RP 935,000
add up the service tax 10% and govt tax 11% = 196,350
Grand Total : RP 1,131,350.00
[hahahaha.. seems so expensive, 7digit figure fine dinner, one million over .. hahahaa. this is the most expensive meal compared to the rest we had in Gili Trawangan... afternoon we get the cheapest and night we experience the expensive one]
Convert back to MYR is roughly about RM348.11++
(1MYR=RP3250)
Okay what we ordered so much food and per person is roughly about
less than RM100 only for a fine dining experience in Gili Trawangan.. hahaa..
I would say definitely a good experience ;)
After the bill and we change back to our shorts and oversize top to cycle back to our hotel.. haha.. on the way back to the busy city before reaching our hotel.. again we have to go through the dark pathway.. is so scary... hahaa.. I remember one part we cycle without any light when I ask BF to turn on his phone light so I can see if there is any pot hole.. the beside is the horse/cow/donkey face.. hahahaa.. so funny.. stop by some souvenirs shop to see some souvenirs and back hotel room to wash up and pack up our luggage as tomorrow is the day we will be leaving this beautiful island.. I guess that night all of us feel like can we back to the first day we arrive and start over everything again? hahaa.. or explore more other places that we still haven't explore.. maybe explore the two more island beside? or the pink beach or hike the Mount Rinjani.. hahaa..
End our night with chit chatting, laughters, and view the video which Anthony take during his dive and off to bed!
-23rd June 2016-
the last day in Gili Trawangan, Lombok-Indonesia
I didn't wake for sunrise today.. just enjoy my sleep till wake up about 9+ 10
wash up, start to pack all things into our luggage.. while waiting for the rest to done..
just busy snap snap here and there
and yes...
I should show you all the room on the first day itself..
but I think I get too excited and totally forget about it till the last day when I want to leave this pretty little hotel ~
The first room - with queen size bed, led tv, mini fridge, cupboard, kettle for you to make hot water
if you want to drink their complimentary tea/coffee
the spacious toilet ~
two sinks ! love this concept..
and yes we remark at the column when we book the hotel that we want interlink room so you can see the door in the picture below it is link to the first room..
the second room whereby have
two single beds, led tv, mini fridge, kettle and the rest of the things is same like the first room..
After done all our packing and clear off our things into our luggage.. we enjoy our complimentary breakfast at our pretty hotel cafeteria for the last time.. hehh.. and BF say we keep eat their complimentary breakfast without paying.. we should order one of their breakfast meal .. haha..
we ordered their big breakfast
Hahhaa.. the egg looks like a face or octopus to me ..
can you see the shape? hahaa..
If I'm not mistaken the big breakfast is roughly about RP 75,000 (RM 23+)
With this beautiful lady over here ~
We still have about 2 /3 hours plus for us to do our last minute souvenirs shopping before our transporters pick us up at the harbour.. so we quickly after our breakfast we cycle around to get the "We Love Lombok" t-shirt and others that we can buy back to our loved one.. hahaa.. after getting all our souvenirs we walk one last time by the beach to enjoy the crystal clear water and blue blue sky.. the feeling is really indescridable
not many things that I buy back from there..
no keychain this time. buy the Lombok coffee for parents
batik pencil case for sisters
and herbs soap for myself and keripik pisang for sharing hahaa..
Is about time to go home and we shall capture a few more photos at the hotel compound!
and definitely we will come back here again.. hopefully that time the hotel still maintain well.. hahaa.. or maybe we shall try other hotel / villa / resort hehee..
Roughly about 1plus noon
we leave Gili Trawangan with the speedboat provided by our transporter and also the van transport to the Lombok airport.. we reach airport roughly about 3 plus 4
haha.. and oh ya.. I accidentally left my cardigan on his car on that day arrival.. at first I like aiya.. nevermind la.. dunno where I drop also.. don't care much already but when our transporter - Taufik open his car door I saw my cardigan hanging nicely at the backseat.. hahaa.. tell him that cardigan is mine.. haha.. he actually told us that he bring back home ask him mum to wash and hang it on a hanger in his car and ask his passenger whether is their cardigan or not.... hahaa.. so nice of him isn't it?
If you were to travel to Lombok or any island Gili Meno, Air, Trawangan you might want to find a trustable and reliable and won't simply charge you overprice fee transport provider..
you can look for him Mr Taufik
his phone number +62 853 33004410 you may ask him how much do he charge and all through whatsapp
Check in our luggage and waited at Dante cafe for our flight back to KLIA2~
Boarding time
Reach our country safely ~
Home sweet Home~
- Loves
- Laughters
- Live
- Life
- Enjoy
- Seabreeze
- Sunrise
- Sunset
- Crystal clear water
- Puffy white cloud, blue sky
- Memories Made
Till we meet again Gili Trawangan, Lombok - Indonesia
Is really a great relaxing place to escape to!
Our total expenses is not that expensive
I guess our trip to Gili Trawangan total up is less than RM2,000:
Below is the rough break down due to didn't keep track in detail..
Our total expenses is not that expensive
I guess our trip to Gili Trawangan total up is less than RM2,000:
Below is the rough break down due to didn't keep track in detail..
- Flight RM 242.08 Go and back (KLIA2-Lombok , Lombok-KLIA2) - Thanks to Anthony able to grab the tickets during Air Asia promo ~
- Hotel [RP 5,673,750] --> is about RM 1,745.77 in total share by four one ppl roughly RM436.44 for 4 days 3 nights stay in Gili Ocean Club ~ we manage to get a great deal through Booking.com
- Transportation - Mr Taufik - include Van transport from Lombok airport to harbor, speedboat from Lombok harbor to Gili Trawangan island [RP 195,000 per trip] --> is about RM 60+ per person x 2 trip (Go and back)= roughly RM150 per person
- Spending on the island for food/drinks/miscellaneous/souvenirs/mobile data etc = roughly about RM1000+ (maybe you can spend lesser than this amount, we spent so much because we didn't budget ourselves.. but to finish up our Indonesia rupiah before we back hahaaa)
End this entry with two videos ~
The first one is edited by Anthony :) and the second one is me simply edit one.. hahaa
Till here;
Toodles :)
