The morning was dark and gnarlie with the odd rain squall now
and again which is typical for this time of year. After the last couple of nights getting hit by local boats,
I decided to move to another mooring that hopefully has more space around it.
Luckily we found another mooring close by and hooked up.
In the morning Iyan and I took the dinghy across to Gili Meno to go snorkelling.
In the morning Iyan and I took the dinghy across to Gili Meno to go snorkelling.
First stop was the statue. It was easy to find, just head in
the general vicinity and then look for all the charter boats. The statue is a
circle of large naked woman standing on the sea bed in about three meters. It
was funny to see all their naked breasts were shiny and free of marine growth.
We had this dive all to ourselves, but after a while a boat load of tourists pulled
up and we decided it was now time to leave.
We headed to the north end of Gili Meno where there is good
snorkelling and lots of turtles. We weren’t disappointed as we must have seen
six to eight turtles on each twenty-minute dive. There was a very strong
current flowing south, so I was connected to my long dinghy tether as we
drifted along enjoying the view.
We must have done six or seven runs and saw some baby and
massive turtles of about three different species. I have dived this location
before and I am always amazed why there are so many relaxed turtles at this
location so close to Bali.
In the afternoon we headed off to Gili Trawangan for a long walk
before dinner. We finally found a nice restaurant right on the beach that
everyone liked and got seated. The sky started getting blacker and you could
feel the cool air streaming down off a thunderstorm and so the restaurant staff
suggested we move inside their upstairs dining room.
It was a good move as it wasn’t long before the rain was
bucketing down once again. The rain cleared and things quickly dried up and so
after dinner on the walk back to the dinghy, we decided to pull up a bean bag
and have a few beers watching the same band I saw the other night and we weren’t
disappointed once again.
Luckily the gate wasn’t locked this time and after the Asian
selfie squad got their selfies, we exited through the big love heart down the
jetty and disappeared off into the dark.
Track Sirocco’s
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