We spent around a week in the south of Bali, in the chilled-out, surfer town of Canggu whilst we were extending our visas in Denpasar. Canggu is north of Kuta and Denpasar was only a 40 minute drive from the visa office, but it's far enough away to escape the hoards of tourists. We stayed …
Denpasar is the very busy capital of Bali. It's home to an amazing airport but it's not somewhere people would choose to stay. Because we had to extend our visas at the immigration office in Denpasar, we stayed in the city several times. Extending our visas was pretty straightforward, although it was a lengthy process. …
So we were only meant to spend 5 days in Gili Air, but here we still are 11 days later! Island life sucks you in, with its sunny weather, great vegetarian food, sandy beaches and fantastic snorkelling. Unfortunately, we are actually leaving on the 18th September, but I know I'll end up coming back in …
I've always wanted to dive so I can explore the world underneath the ocean. Finding a dive school that has good quality teaching and focuses on marine conservation and sustainable diving was essential to me. Through the PADI website and a recommendation from a friend I decided to do my PADI open water with Oceans5 …
We arrived and left Gili Air in different ways from/to Bali. Getting to Gili Air from Bali We flew into Bali from Bangkok, then caught a connecting flight from Bali to Lombok for £17 because we were already in the airport and the flight time was only took 25 minutes. (On a side note, Bali …
Every Friday at 5pm, Oceans5 Dive Resort hold a beach clean up along the beach in front of the dive school, where the boats arrive/leave. The beach clean only took 30 minutes and it was insane how much plastic was on the 200m stretch of beach we cleared - everything from bottle tops, to rakes, flip …
We have been living like kings and queens on Gili Air. Vegetarian and vegan food is in abundance and it's all really reasonably priced. Below is a list of some of the places we ate. Unfortunately I don't have pictures for everything because I was too excited to eat it!! Blue Merlin Dive School Cafe …
Recycling isn't very prominent Gili Air and everything comes in plastic. Over 8 million tonnes of plastic enters the world's oceans each year. Unfortunately, as tourists, we contribute massively to the plastic consumed on the island, especially as we can't drink the tap water which means we have to buy bottled water. Staying hydrated means …
Adventures of Ailsa 
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