gili air indonesia

after our trek we headed straight away to bangsal port to catch a boat to gili air (about 20 minutes by boat).  this turned out to be quite a difficult feat. we ended up having to charter a nearly empty boat and after much ado we finally got to gili air. what a beautiful, relaxing place.  there are no cars on the island so we took a pony drawn carriage to our hotel! the beaches were beautiful, the people lovely, the waters warm and clear, the snorkeling the best i've seen, and i got dive certified!  we loved out time here so much we stayed a week at the coconut cottages, relaxing, swimming, eating and drinking. indonesian people are incredibly polite and kind.  i hope we get to return to the islands again someday.  see more photos in this album

fishing off the jetty in derby

we had heard that fishing off the jetty here was a waste of time. how wrong that was!  got up at 5am to go out today and though we didn't pull anything up, jose hooked 4 sharks, one that was almost 6 feet long! they all broke the lines but it was amazing. we have a very short video of one on the Derby 2011 album.  we're going back out this afternoon for another try as high tide goes out again. super fun! plus last night we had a ball! we went from POETS (piss off early tomorrow's saturday) for a few drinks with colleagues to emmetts place for dinner with brooke, gen, and matt. we had amazing tacos and wahu wine.  tim tams for dessert and a game of taboo was the perfect end!