Ask Me After Another Aperol

I'd do it all again, exactly the same (gili t)

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Ask Me After Another Aperol
May 09, 2026
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If I ever returned to Gili Trawangan, I’d do it all again — exactly as I did it the first time.

Whenever I refer back to my time on this tiny island, I say “yeah, that’s when I got trapped in the party hostel on Gili T”

Concern floods people’s faces. “Why?! What happened? How did you get trapped?!”

Until a friend who already knows the story gives me a sidelong glance and says: “What she really means is when she got trapped of her own accord.”


“We’ve finally broken the M Box Curse.” I sprawled across the huge double bed with my hostel romance who’d booked us a private villa. We’d lie in bed every night watching Youtube videos and eating noodles out of the box. (This was the first time a boy had shown me something on Youtube and I actually enjoyed it — I still watch the comedy channel he introduced me to from my bed in England)

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