As said in my last post, I did not sleep well in Singapor, and my last night was not any different. Got at the most 3 hours sleep before my journey back to Nusa Lembongan. Maybe for the best that I had to get up to catch a plane, if not I think I would have slept very long this morning, or day.
The travel to Lembongan went as planned. Got a taxi to the airport, the plane for Bali went on time, emigration was done in just 5-10 minuttes, got a new taxi that took me to Sanur at the Scoot fast boat ticket office in time to get on the first boat for Lembongan, at 13.30. Sweet! Since there isn't any ATM's on Lembongan, one have to bring a shitload of cash, and I got that as well in the ATM at the airport.
I went to Nusa Lembongan last year as well, and I liked it here. Nice and quite, not much to do in a way, so one have to relax and get into some good vacation mode. I dove with Big Fish last year, and was off course doing the same this year. But in different from last, I also stay with Big Fish, or Secret Garden, as the accomodation part of the company is called. Great place, cheap cabins with an open air bathroom, fan and no AC in the room, but a nice pool outside. All this for only 200 000 rupee/110 NOK a night. I like it, I noticed it last year, and I knew that if I would come back I would like to stay here, so I did.
A problem with an open bathroom, it get wet in rain "inside". Almost so one need to strip to avoid getting all the clotes wet just brushing the teets, but as long as it dosn't rain, it is nice and airy.
My maine reason for coming back to Lembongan is the diveing, since it is very good, and the island is very relaxed. It is a part of Bali, but it is very layedback, not many cars, but a bit more than a few scooters, not anyone traying to sell you anything. There is also not any port/pier on the island, so everything is taken on land by hand on the beach, from small boats, and it is mainly women that is carrieing it on land.
Since diving was my maine reason to come back, I have been diveing every day. The dives have been good, we have not seen anything new to me, but nice relaxed dives in a small group. It has been very enjoyable, and it was great to be back in the water, IN IT, and not just on top of it, even if that also is cool. Kayaking I meen. The typical day have been to get up at get my banana panecake breakfast with a cup of Bali coffee and get out diving and do the 1st dive around 9 and the 2nd around 11. Between the dive, 1 hour, we get some nice food. It is a paper wrapped meal, rice, veggies and some meat that we eat using our fingers as tool, tastes great. 2 dives is enough.
The rest of the days is reading, a dip or two in the pool, a couple of hours at Bali Eco Delhi for some sallad, fresh juice and coffee reading some more, using the internet. Evening, dinner and a beer or two, sleep. Socially, I have meet some nice people on the dive boat, shared a few meels or beers a few of days.
Unfortunatly, it have been raining a lot 3 of the days, and it have not been blue sky and sunny to much during this week. Wet season should be over, but the weather does not seam to know it, still it is nice and warm. But an umbrella would have been nice. All the rain, heavy rain, in the evening during dinner time have forced me to take run to the same warung every night, good food, but still it is always nice to check out some different places.
My ebook went out of power on the plane over, and I could not make it charge for some days. Bad, since all my book is on it. Luckily the Secret garden had a used book shell, and I found me a book there. Needed desperatly something to read, since I sort of need to do something semi useful when I do not have a tv, and I like to read on vacation. But then I found out the trick to charge the ebook as well, and now I should be well taken care of. An other e-problem, I forgot the adapter I need to empty my Gopro, and are at the moment hoping to find what I need on Bali before I fly for Labuan Bajo. Fingers crossed ;
Last day of my Lembonangan days is almost over. It has been good and chilled to be here. Good diving, nice people on the boat, good food. Heading over to Bali tomorrow morning, one night at 4 star resort, will be nice. Then I catch a plane to Labuan Bajo, Flores (Komodo) on March 10th for more diving, and this is also a going back to place.
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