Gili Trawangan is also known as:
- Backpackers paradise (even if now all kind of tourists go there);
- Tra La Lan (instead of Trawangan) because of the laid back atmosphere;
- The party island (every night party in one of the bars, just follow the music, after all you can walk the whole island in 3 hours, and only a third of it has bars & hotels);
- The smallest island on Earth with an Irish bar on it (Tir na nog)
I would also add my own definitions:
- The island with the only Irish bar where on a high tide night you have the waves caressing your feet while you sip your G'n'T
- The island with the toughest mosquitoes (not only they bite in plain daylight, they bite you in places like the sole of your foot! Mosquito repellent for them is just a bit “spicy”.. a good few mosquitoes actually got used to the taste and they love it now!)
So in a few words.. a “touristic tropical paradise”.. but.. there's a word too much there.. and it's “touristic”.. in fact in 4 days there I only spoke English, got to know only a couple of local folks, and overall felt like in a resort.
True also I was missing my new family in Lombok too much.. so, nice experience, gorgeous landscapes and sea (I cant swim so missed snorkeling, diving, turtles, coral,etc) but after all.. if i want to spend all my time talking English with Europeans or Americans i would have gone to Europe or America thanks very much..Lombok and “my village” here i come back to you...
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