In Reply to: Dmt - just saw your post posted by Helenb on Friday, 13. July 2012 at 15:06 Bali Time:
Hey Helen.. My husband and myself went to Lombok and Gili in March this year..
We flew with Merpati air-which I booked myself before we left..The flight was late leaving but was only about 30mins and was OK and I am NOT a brave flyer...It was the best way for us to go as we only had a few days in each ...I would fly again...maybe with a different airline.
When in Lombok we booked our "boat" to Gili from a travel shop on the street in Lombok..
They picked us up and took us to a drop off point where we all gathered and then headed to the boat..
The boat was like you see with the rails on the side...
We had to walk out into the water and jump on with our bags-as no?? jetty.
It was quite an experience I gotta say hahaha...
The ride over was ok..bit off swell but They seem to know what they are doing...There is a few different types of boats going over...Myself I think the little speedy boats would hit waves a bit hard where as we seemed to ride them quite well...??
Coming back was a loy scarier as weather was real crappy as there was a cyclone of AUS coast and also wet season..so weather was wet and bit rough..
Again we had to get onto our boat-a poor french girl fell over and got her backpack and herself soaked but we all got on and was HUUUUGE swell going back and very scary....There were life jackets that we all starred at!!!! but no-one had them on ...not sure why really!!
I was pretty scared but once again the guys just knew how to position and ride the waves and did a great job..altho I was really pleased to get on land ..which was a whole other story!!-hahaha (only in Bali)
I think at a better time of year and in lovely weather it would be a great little trip and YES we will do it again another time...maybe NOT wet season..
OH and be sure to take and USE mozzie spray...I also came home with dam Dengue Fever which was bit of a bummer..think I got it in Lombok..
Looking forward to your "stories" when you get back as I have seen you on here saying that you were going over there....
Hope you enjoy CHEERS..Rhonda