Spot the bird!
I love this guy, it looks like it's wearing sunglasses!
We
had an amazing breakfast, gorged ourselves crazy with mango again then went to
find the hiking trail the resort’s booklet mentioned. It was surprisingly steep
and treacherous but it was good to do some exercise. The view from the top was
stunning.
We
were told that the boat will leave at 10.00 so we got ready and waited around.
It arrived an hour late full of other passengers. We got on. Everything seemed
calm and dry so we put our life jacket on and our luggage and backpack in a
plastic cover with a raised eyebrow. We were even told to put the backpacks not
on the floor but next to us on the seat. It all seemed way too much
precaution….for a few minutes. Then we got out to the open sea and the waves
suddenly grew and our little boat was struggling to go ahead. We were going
very slowly but still big waves started to crash against the boat and covered
everybody with water. We were given towels. A Korean family was having great
fun oooh-ing and aaaah-ing after every wave, the mother even asked whether this
is a typhoon! We had great fun with Paul laughing at others’ reactions.
After
our eventful journey we finally arrived. A band was playing the resort's welcome song for us and we even got welcome drinks! What a welcome!
We dumped our stuff and went on an expedition around the
island. It has a lagoon with cool big lizards in, hidden beaches and great
wildlife.
The
sea has an amazing colour here and apparently we can go snorkelling on the
house reef that we attempted straight away of course, but the we did not find
anything and the waves were so strong that it was quite dangerous to get in and
out of the sea. Oh, well.
We checked out
the dive centre and were told the hard truth. We came diving here at the worst
time of the year. The visibility is ridiculously bad, everything is white. The
sea is still quite rough so we won’t be able to do the Apo Reef diving safari.
The dugongs are not around either, and there is only one turtle nest on the
island that will hatch in February. To be honest it left me quite disappointed
as I was really looking forward to these activities however the island is
beautiful, their house reef was apparently voted to be one of the best house
reefs in South East Asia and is full of turtles. There is a cool Japanese
wreck that we can check out as it is in a sheltered bay and the visibility is
not affected that much. We signed up for our dives then raided the seafood and
the mango section of the buffet dinner. I reckon I could eat mango three times
a day for a very long time. I’m up for it!
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