The party never seemed to stop on Gili Trawangan. Tuesday at the Blue Marlin on Wednesday at Sama sama the Cafe, and Saturday at Rudy's Bar. Night and day, both fun.

At the end of the night, the Blue Marlin added crowded. Dum ... dum ... dum, electronic music sounded deafening clatter. Twinkling lights and the tourists are mostly white dance fun. Hubbub that ended just before the morning.

Not far from Blue Marlin Cafe Equally hold rock music. Approximately 20 foreign tourists booked to sing along songs, rocking, and cuddling. That night, Monday (21/06/2010), there's a Norwegian girl's birthday. He also was asked to be the queen of the night. Visitors toast for her and she laughed happily.

On page Manta Cafe, hundreds of foreign tourists to watch World Cup matches together between Portugal and North Korea. They like not playing when Ronaldo and friends 7-0 crushing of North Korea.

That was the atmosphere in the entrance area Trawangan Gili Indah Village, District Pamenang, North Lombok. Small island separated from mainland Lombok sea is almost never slept. Fun at the end of the night it continued until the morning, afternoon, until evening the next day.

When the morning sun was shining and the fog had faded, the foreign tourists flocked to the beach. There who want to sunbathe while reading a book on the white sandy beaches, snorkeling in clear blue sea water, surfing, diving, cycling, horse riding, up Cidomo surrounding area of 338 hectares of small islands, seeing the turtles hatch, or watch migrating birds, sipping that has not been polluted air.

Morning, evening change, foreign tourists were moved to the western part Trawangan. They gathered in front of the Sun Set Bar to watch the sun sink slowly accompanied by the song "Desert Rose" Sting's, Tuesday (06/22/2010). The tourists were probably no longer need to dream of a rose in the desert as in the lyrics of that song on the white sand Trawangan because they get a "paradise".

"Here it lovely and fun. Even better, it all seemed within grasp. Like a small paradise," said Edeline (22), blond-haired woman from Germany.

The night comes again. The tourists drink and dinner at the seaside restaurant before partying again until morning.

Global village

Gili Trawangan is pampering tourists who come. The island is relatively isolated from the city. Want to party till the morning there was no banning.

Natural beauty and clearances in the end to suck thousands of foreign tourists from several countries to this island every year. Foreign tourist peak usually falls from June until September. At that time, a small island which became the main destination for tourists was transformed into a global village. In the streets, cafes, hotels, and beaches, white-skinned people from some countries dominate. Like not in Indonesia alone.

Gili Indah village chief Taufik said, holiday peak season, every day the island was visited by foreign tourists 750-1000. They stayed an average of three days. "Sometimes, foreign tourists are here more numerous than the local population that only 1529 people," he said.

Language that sounds more British, French, German, or Italian. In fact, Gili Trawangan own young children now use more English. "Hi, guys," they greet anyone who is younger.

"My friend there who are not fluent in Indonesian, but her English is excellent," said Tohri, Manager Sama sama Cafe.

Some people may not suspect Trawangan island will be so crowded tourists. Taufik told, until the 1970s, the island is known as a place to exile criminals and place Bugis fishermen find fish. The island was then inhabited by people and growing.

In the mid-1990s, said Firdaus Zakaria (38), Trawangan residents, tourism activities began to grow. Tourists began to arrive, a simple inn also emerged. Tourism in the island's increasingly shines when diving companies that bring in more foreign tourists began to appear.

Attracted foreign tourists visiting the beauty Trawangan. Some stay longer and eventually established diving company, opened a hotel, cottage, or a bar where the party lasted until morning.

Dum ... dum ... dum. We partied all the time ... dum dum dum ...

Translated from : http://travel.kompas.com/read/2010/07/11/08561593/Hi.Guys..Ini.Gili.Trawangan