One Life ...

Our time in Kuta was awesome. Bali is such a great place to be and the homestay is just divine! To cut a long story short ... We spent the days surfing, eating, drinking a gorgeous coconut drink, shopping with our free vouchers and spent the evenings entertained by live music. We even saw a body building competition and animee cosplay event! On leaving Bali our wonderful homestay owner agreed to look after our body boards and gave us 2 lovely Bali towels as a gift! We will be back. Bali turned into a flight to Singapore. Another flight to Berlin, where we waited 8 hours thanks to a Ryanair flight change. We relaxed on the grass outside the airport in glorious sunshine. Next stop London then National express and local bus, home.

After 3 weeks of snorkelling in Amed our time was up. We were leaving our rice field views and regular lunchtime gado gado behind. The shuttle bus picked us up about 10am. We had some interesting people join us on our journey to Kuta via Ubud. The traffic was slow but fairly usual for Bali. Our fellow travellers included; A traditional healer from Chihuahua (Mexico). He had been meeting with traditional healers from around the world to share expertise. A young Indian man who left India behind about 15 years ago to live in Australia. He had been living in Bali for about 8 months. He had collected videos of the rubbish in Bali. He may eventually put them together to highlight the problem of rubbish everywhere! He also gave us his views on the changing Indian population and culture. Young people leaving India for highly paid work, not getting married and embracing the western lifestyle. The girl from Leicester. She was British but her family origins were in India. She was living in London...

We are starting to miss out days when writing our blog posts. We are totally confused as to which day it is as everyday is the same ... Sun, sea and snorkelling! We changed rooms today and now have a small kitchen attached. We also have a tiny gecko as our new pet!

Another lazy morning before heading out for gado gado for lunch.  We then walked to the middle of Jemeluk Bay to snorkel.   Today we saw some baby squid, a lobster hiding in a hole, a turtle, a lion fish, blue box fish and a beautiful white fish with black yellow splashes.  It looked like he had either been caught with a fishing hook or had been in an altercation with another fish as he had a big scar near his eye.  We also saw 2 huge titan trigger fish.  Darryl dived down to take a closer look which didn't go down well with one of the fish.  It swam straight at him, circled round and had another go.  Titan trigger fish have huge teeth and are known to attack divers and snorkellers as they protect their nest.  Darryl had obviously entered their domain... Not something to be repeated in a hurry! Back at our accommodation we listened to a couple of other guests having a jamming session with guitar and yukele before heading out for dinner. Today we headed to a place we had eaten on ou...

Breakfast Chillout time Lunch Snorkel Walk the beach Clean up Dinner Sleep ...Easy!

Breakfast today was at our accommodation as it is included in the price. Banana pancake and coffee. We then sat in the roof terrace, with amazing views of Mount Agung and the rice fields, whilst doing some research.  Before we knew it, it was time for lunch. We got ready in our snorkelling gear as the place we like to eat is on the way to the beach. Day 2 and another gado gado for lunch, it is just sooooo good. Today we talked with the lady's daughter and she told us next week she is flying to Southampton as she has a job on a P & O cruise ship. We swapped numbers in the hope that we can meet up back in the UK.  After lunch we headed to the beach and walked a long way along to get to the start of the coral. The sea was cleaner and the visibility clearer that yesterday. We snorkelled all around the bay. There is an amazing amount of fish. We wonder if this could be due to there not being any visitors for over 2 dues due to the pandemic. Of note today we saw a mantis shrimp, a s...

We are now well settled in Amed. Breakfast in the hotel, followed by a lazy morning staring at the beautiful Balinese countryside from the roof terrace. Next, we eat gado gado from the lovely lady next door. PM is snorkelling time. We are seeing turtles everyday and lots of beautiful reef fish.  Then we walk back along the beach before sunset. Sometimes Mt Agung shows his top! (Depends on the clouds that sit over him). Shower, short rest and into the centre to eat. Nasi Kampur is the preferred option at the moment at a small stall. Alphamart provides our cold coffee fix before heading along the road back to base. Often live bands slow our return to our hotel. Zzzzz