The Gilis Islands

So...
One morning we woke up at 5:30. Iulia was leaving the group that day and so we were all super sad. Jamie and I got on a shuttle for about an hour to a port where we waited another hour to get on a huge ferry. We got on the ferry around ten and were on it until one or two. They had the squatting toilets, and Celine Dion Playing over the loudspeaker. Thank god were were in the room where they also played the her music videos...so much fun. Well after we got off that ferry we got onto another minibus for about an hour. Then we got dropped off on some beach and and hoped on a mini ferry(like the longtail boats I talked about earlier) and headed to The biggest Gilis Island. These Islands are South East of Bali and in a different Provence. The name is too long for me to remember but its like being in a different state kind of. It just hit high season here so basically prices went up %300. The village is very small, like 800 people or less and they all have a scam going on where they keep the prices of everything the same so tourists have to pay. That is all kinds of really lame. But it is very small and isolated so I guess it is worth it. The beaches are once again breathtaking. Today we went on another snorkel tour and the water was even more clear than last time. We met some people from the SF area and are going to hang out with them later. Yesterday Jamie and I walked around the entire island in under three hours. It was so pretty. I don't have any pictures because it would take too long to upload and Internet in 400rupee a min. That is 40 cents a min.
Oh I just realized I forgot to talk about the rest of Bali. We were in the southern beach town of Kuta. Apparently it is an easy destination for Australians, as well as spring break for student. I could very well have been in Australia for all the 16-23 year old. It made for an interesting scene.
I think we are leaving for Lombok tomorrow or the next day(that is the big island/mainland East of us) and try and get a ticket from there to Singapore. We have a flight scheduled from Malaysia to Viet Nam on the 19th but still haven't figured out how to get to Malaysia.
Ok well that is a pretty good preview for now. We are getting ready to go on a little walk so that we can see the sunset.
Miss you all!