I arrived back from Seminyak on Friday afternoon, a little fragile but nothing that a big plate of Nasi Goreng wouldnt have fixed! I had just enough time to get settled and be ready to watch the football. Of course!
Saturday I decided there was still two things I would like to do while in the Candidasa area, Blue Lagoon and Tulamben. Things were now getting very serious as I only had 4 days left to do these things. It is usually easy to make your mind up in the morning and then organise transport to do what you want on the day so I relaxed and decided to take action the next day. I mentioned to Stewart and Sylvia that I was thinking of going to Blue Lagoon today (Sunday 21 August). They were keen but we were talked out of it by Brad and Bill who suggested that snorkelling in front of the hotel is just as good. Sylvia and I decided to give it a try so suited up but by the time we got ready..(I know, its a female thing!) the waves were breaking a little too strong and made it a little too labour intensive for us so after a couple of attempts and seeing a few little fishes we gave it a miss and decided not to be swayed the next day and go to Blue Lagoon.
So after breakfast on Monday 22 August, we all met at the front and waited for our ride as we decided to go by road this time. One of the other families was joining us on the trip to Blue Lagoon. Well mother and children anyway, her husband had gone by motorbike with a friend of theirs! We were dropped off and made our way down to the beach through a restaurant that had sunbeds out on the deck. We found a good position on the beach, in the sun of course, and Stewart and Sylvia went in first to do some snorkelling. I stayed with our things and repeatedly said no to the beach vendors that were constantly showing their wares. After a while Stewart had had enough and came out, rather unceremoniously I must say and I think he would agree. It was quite rocky and the surge of the waves on the shore left you a little unbalanced. He ended up cutting himself. This is something to be careful of in Bali with snorkelling off the shore!! Despite this I masked up and headed into the water. It was clear and cool and the fish diversity was pretty amazing. Saw a couple of sea snakes which was a bit daunting. It was wonderful to be able to go snorkelling off the shore, have a nice small but sandy beach to lie on and have a bar/restaurant right there for lunch! After a while Sylvia got out and then I did also. We had to be back for our pick up at 4pm so we thought it was time for lunch. I decided to take a few photos first and hadnt realised that Stewart had wandered up to the bar already! If you look closely at the photo you will see him on the balcony in the white shirt...:)!
It was a lovely spot up on the balcony and we had a few beers and some snacks. One of the things we ordered was garlic bread. Hmmm interesting, what we got was several square pieces of bread smothered in butter and loads of cloves of garlic chopped into rather large bits.!! It actually tasted okay if you shook most of the garlic off . We were also amused that when we asked the time it always seemed to be 2.30pm. The first time we were surprised that time had gone so quickly while we were snorkelling. Then after what we thought was about an hour and it was time for us to go we discovered it now really was 2.30pm, they said they had just been joking...well I guess time is not so important over there and we were happy to think we had more time to enjoy the view and some more beers before heading back to our pickup point. The view as we walked down the hill to the carpark was lovely so obligatory photos were taken. I was happy that I had ticked off this off my list and shared it in good company with Stewart and Sylvia. Off to Tulamben tomorrow..rah!!
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