by admin | Oct 1, 2020 | Island Life
When visiting Gili Trawangan, most people love the fact that there are no cars or motorbikes. The horse and carts (cidomos) have a certain rustic charm about them. Others can find seeing the working horses quite distressing. I’d like to share some...
by admin | Jul 2, 2020 | Island Life
In the dive industry, a larger dive centre may often be referred to (usually by their smaller counterparts) as a ‘Factory’. Perhaps they may also say that a larger dive shop is ‘quantity over quality’. They may lead you to believe that you will receive a better...
by admin | Jun 14, 2020 | Island Life
While enjoying breakfast this morning, the instructor team were discussing decompression sickness (DCS) in coral. This then lead to the topic of DCS in turtles. There was some debate about whether this was possible, so I decided to investigate and thought...
by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Island Life
Before most people visit the Gili Islands, they are aware that there are no cars or motorized vehicles on the island. The main modes of transportation are bicycle or horse and cart (cidomo). When you arrive at the harbor, you will notice many of these cidomos...
by admin | May 26, 2020 | Island Life
When it comes to deciding which dive shop you are going to trust with your life for the next few days, it can be hard to know which one is the right one for you. With so many dive shops on the island, and prices the same for almost all of them, here is a quick run...
by admin | May 23, 2020 | Island Life
As of the 24th March 2020, Trawangan Dive Center has had to close it’s doors due to Covid-19. This has left 9 extremely active PADI dive instructors with no divers to instruct. We go on occasional shore dives but otherwise, we’ve had to find other activities around...
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