this is the ultimate island. Cristal clear water, whitest white sandy beach, one road only crossing the island and jungle!
Crossing the island to go to the east side of the island to a village called juara. in short that means great food , quiet, little tourists and il dolce fareniente.
one day, while we were walking on the beach, we have discovered turtle eggs that have been laid on the beach and according to the local ngo that was in charge of the turtle sanctuary, they were about to hatch any moment. unfortunately we didnt see that happen.
since the island consisted of more than 75% jungle, we encountered many wild animals.
one real beauty is called monitor lizard. at first glace they look like a mixture between dinosaur and gecko but quite big. around 50cm to 75cm. on this island they live off eating trash, dead animals and actually anything edible.
the first time i ve seen it, i was so freak out, i didnt want to pass it. and jan of course was too curious, so he d get to a half meter close to it. well in the end i had to pass but cowardly i have waited for a motor bike to come, so i could pass beside it, without having to get too close to the bastard.
at night while eating we heard someone scream that there was a piton underneath the plateau of the restaurant. a little boy would even climb underneath to see what everyone was talking about. the piton would snap at him... but luckily nothing happened, since the snake was only around a meter long and quite thin.
days pass by here so unnoticed. once we crossed the island and did a jungle walk. 7 km through the thickest jungle. we were sweating like hell and listening to the sound coming from the trees, the waterfall splashes, monkey s jumping around in the trees ...
along the way we meet a green, 2m snake that was crawling into the bushes. that really freaked us out.
right in front of our chalet was a beautiful reef for snorkeling were we spotted clown fish (like from finding nemo), sting reys, sergent fish, stone fish, ... and
many more.
7 days later we changed location and headed for the other side of the island. ABC was our headquarter for diving. Jan finished off his advanced open water and i did my open water certification.
while i was at first practicing all breathing and emergency exercises in the pool jan jumped r ight into diving. on his second day,after having finished the wreck dive where they went to 29,8 m, a whale shark appeared. they took off their gear and grabbed their mask s and jumped into the water. the whale shark was about 7 meter long (usually they get up to 14 meters, so this was obviously not an adult jet) . the whale shark would stay with them for over 20 minutes . Ama zing. Jan could even s wim underneath, over and beside her. wow! usually t he y just come once every 2 years. what a life time experience!
I on the other hand saw some cool stuff as well. During my last dive, i have spotted a lion fish, and 2 turtles. it was so great, blending out all t he noise from the outside world and move slow m otioon under the water!
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