In Reply to: Warning re Fast Boats to Gilis posted by cyberbirth on Sunday, 8. August 2010 at 15:28 Bali Time:
back in 1st of july all the prices were to be back to regular of 1mil to 1.2 mil depending on agent. htis was decided in a meeteng back in end of june! 3 days after, they were all price waring again in gili! in mho, gili cat is the best boat! it may not be the prettiest one, but, i own a small loseman in gili t and i live and work in bali, so i go back and forth many times!!! i have tried many of the boats,( as they come to new) and some of them tell you nothing, for safety in case b4 leaving the dock, unlike gili cat which is very responsible and reliabe. i went with wahana(new balinese owned) back in july, well, first they did not come to pick me up! after ringing them at 7:30 when still in my home waiting, i was told canceled for big seas! i said, bull, i dove that side of bali yesterday, and flt calm, i know seas, and tradwinds( i am old sailor) then they admitted they came at 6am did not see me so left, then, i demamded the driver come now as to not get caught in kuta traffic after they admitted they moved me to the second boat! so, they sent a private car to get me when i explained i owend rooms in gili t and buisness in bali and would bad maouth them to the end! so, i got to pandang bai, waited until 1pm to go, finaly got there! nice boat, but very unreliable! go gili cat!! eka jaya, so big, boxy and hot! no air at all! fast though!!did not tell anyone anything b4 leaving the beach in gili for safety
and there were young locals and children on board! go gili cat!!