two seaside trips in two weeks! full blast of sun!
last weekend was fun though. Lombok, new frontier! <well at least for me...>
got there real late friday night. dead tired. but in the morning i was so determined to utilize each and every second of my time there, so i dragged my ass of the bed at 6.30 coz we SUPPOSED to gather for the snorkling trip at 7.
got out of the room and voila. as i expected, nobody's awake yet. things are looking up at the dining room, as some people managed to get up pretty early too. the fare was quite steep, 200 bucks a head but it's waaay to early to haggle so i joined.
it took almost an hour to the harbour. we went by bus, then a short way by this horse carriage, and swamped all the way by little peddlers, who enthusiastically offer their merchandises up to the border of being rude.
the boat ride was only about half and hour, and we're still a bit puzzled on what we're getting ourselves into. arrived at gili trawangan at around 11, we still have to haggle for the snorkel and fin rent. yes, it wasn't included in the bloody 200 bucks. oh well, the sun is bright, the sky is blue, and there's an awfully pretty beach awaits us.
so we walk. and walk. and walk. i was expecting some sort of a dock or something. but you know what... it turns out that we have to SWIM to the middle of the sea to get to the snorkling site. WHAT? i was getting worried, and the big waves crashing at the beach sure didn't set my mind at peace.
so i put on my fin. forget the snorkel, the water will get in and i'll get panicked so i opted for my goggles instead. some of the guys already made their way to the middle. one, two, three paddles into the ocean and a big wave caught me. one of the fin got loose and nearly swept to the sea.
one of imel's fin was already fall victim to the sea and i don't want to follow suit.
at last i swam to the middle, holding bam's hand all the way. in the middle, i was holding on to a boat still cannot see anything but for a hazy shadow of a crummy clown fish. but before i gather my courage to venture on, the boat owner came angrily and tell us to get the hell away from his boat. ah well. i swam back to the shore.
at last i swam to the middle, holding bam's hand all the way. in the middle, i was holding on to a boat still cannot see anything but for a hazy shadow of a crummy clown fish. but before i gather my courage to venture on, the boat owner came angrily and tell us to get the hell away from his boat. ah well. i swam back to the shore.
so we spent the afternoon taking pictures. nice pictures to. heh.
reeeeaaalllyyy hungry, we got back to the hotel aready too late for lunch and there's so much happening at the pool <while i need to wash off all the sands that got in my bikini after my attempt to bury myself> so, tummy grambling, we have a swim and some games. imagine the little team on tug-a-war. not really pretty. great idea roy...
reeeeaaalllyyy hungry, we got back to the hotel aready too late for lunch and there's so much happening at the pool <while i need to wash off all the sands that got in my bikini after my attempt to bury myself> so, tummy grambling, we have a swim and some games. imagine the little team on tug-a-war. not really pretty. great idea roy...
