Asian Geographic

Saving Gili’s Horses

Protecting the island’s cidomo taxi horses

- BY CAROLYN OEI AND MARC NAIR

Tourists flee from Bali to Lombok to the Gili islands in search of quieter beaches, unpaved roads and more authentic “local-ness”, but at what cost? Not enough is being done for the welfare of the cidomo or taxi horses, who transport not only tourists and their baggages, but constructi­on material and rubbish waste.

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