A pre requirement (Monika & Katrina) to trekking in Nepal was that we'd spend some days recovering doing "nothing" prior to our return to OZ !
With that in mind and a number of Thai and Malaysian Island destinations off the list because of the extreme weather conditions pre monsoon we thought we'd try the sauna like conditions of the reputedly beautiful Gilli Islands a 3 hour flight from KL in Indonesia !
Gilli Air has a reputation for being quiet and we couldn't have picked better - no motorised transport (donkey carts , push-bikes and a few electric scooters) no activities other than swimming, drinking and eating and you guessed it after 2 days I was starting to go stark raving mad ! The beaches were OK the locals were great (so was our accommodation) but the average age of those on the Island was a little over 16 - just under our age group !
From Gilli Air we escaped back on to the Lombok mainland to the Sheraton Sengiggi a resort where against doing nothing is the main aim !
The Sheraton though has offered us some unique firsts -
- Where arriving cars and luggage are checked for bombs - makes you feel a little less comfortable!
- Where the hotels gym has the most unneeded attraction a sauna where simply stepping out into the sun (32c and 100% humidity) is enough to have you sweating bucket loads in seconds !
- Where I sighted my first full sunbathing burqa covered woman - yep you guessed it she had to put sunscreen on her nose and her feet the only uncovered bits on her whole body !
Needless to say both Gilli and the Sengiggi have offered us a chance to relax and add back a few of those KGs lost from Nepal !
I will progressively update the blog with trip photos - in the interim have a look at how tough were doing it post Nepal !
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