Category: Grand Tour 2023
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Day 104: Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia
May 10, 2023 — I had a very laid-back day today, though it started in much the same way as the rest of the others did on Nusa Lembongan. Free breakfast from the hostel in the morning after waking up from a lovely night’s sleep. (The beds at this place were stupid comfortable.) I decided…
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Day 103: Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia
May 9, 2023 — I got up in time for breakfast and coffee — always an accomplishment — and talked to home before getting dressed and gathering my stuff to head up the road to Dream Beach. When I was there the day before, I’d noted the incredibly strong waves that crashed against the beach…
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Day 102: Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia
May 8, 2023 — I finally woke up around ten in the morning. It was tough to get up, even though I didn’t have that late of a night. I did get woken up around midnight, though, and I was also just tired. I finally got out of bed around ten thirty and went to…
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Day 101: Gili Air to Nusa Lembongan
May 7, 2023 — The morning that I headed out to Nusa Lembongan, I woke up for real shortly after 8:00am. (I say “for real” because I was woken up at 5:00am when prayers started — there is a large Muslim population in Indonesia and temples on Gili T, Gili Meno, and Gili Air. Gili…
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Day 100: Gili Air, Indonesia
May 6, 2023 — My 100th day of travel — can you believe it? (Although I suppose the days are a little mixed up simply because the day I left home wasn’t counted as Day #1 and perhaps it should have been. But anyway.) I spent the day at Captain Coconuts and didn’t do much…
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Day 99: Gili Air, Indonesia
May 5, 2023 — I moved accommodation today; as you’ll remember, I booked a different hostel for my next two nights in Gili Air since I was originally supposed to climb Mount Rinjani and then decided against it. I woke up late and skipped vinyasa yoga in the morning (it’s not my favourite style). I…
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Day 98: Gili Air, Indonesia
May 4, 2023 — My day started with yoga, much like it ended yesterday. I got up for the strengthen and stretch session starting at 8:00am and it was an excellent way to start the day. I do strengthen and stretch sessions at home and this one was fairly similar to what I expect from…
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Day 97: Gili Meno to Gili Air
May 3, 2023 — I decided to take the early morning slow boat to Gili Air, so that meant getting up, gathering my stuff together (which was quite a feat considering I’d only been at the hostel for two nights), and checking out before heading down to the beach to purchase a ticket (thank goodness…
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Day 96: Gili Meno, Indonesia
May 2, 2023 — Yesterday, when I arrived in Gili Meno, I booked a snorkelling tour through my hostel! I’d wanted to do this on Gili T, but never did, and I’m actually glad I waited for Gili Meno to go on one. For 150,000IDR (or about $15CAD), I got to explore four snorkel sites…
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Day 95: Gili Trawangan to Gili Meno
May 1, 2023 — A new month, a new destination! I woke up at quarter to eight in the morning without my alarm, which is definitely uncommon for me lately! I also didn’t fall asleep very easily last night, so I didn’t expect to be awake so early. Even so, I eventually got up, got…
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