Gili Trawangan, Exciting Snorkelling with Turtles
Today we decided to relax on the beach on the North West of Gili Trawangan and do a lot of snorkeling. So we met up with Liv and Jord and took the same track from yesterday up to the beach.
It was hot and beautiful as we walked along, showing the others the swings and pointing out a few of the more interesting parts of the route. Arriving at the beach we donned our masks and started off through the shallow rocky water to get to the good stuff. We did see a few starfish on the way, but as soon as we dove into that clear water a whole world was revealed.
We saw all sorts of colourful fish, definitely more than the day before and as we got further out huge schools of fish greeted us and we followed them around, spotting some pretty big fish in the depths.
I even saw a barracuda hovering near the surface only a few feet away. Thankfully we didn’t see anymore sea snakes, and it was nice alternating between snorkelling and sunbathing. You could do with getting some aqua shoes as the shallow part of the sea was pretty rocky and spiky.
After sunbathing and relaxing with a beer or two Jord and I headed back out to snorkel. We went pretty far out and saw some big fish and even tried to find some reef sharks to no avail. A bout an hour or soin we were about to give up our turtle hunt when I noticed something in the distance. Wildly gesturing to Jord we swam like mad men in that direction and as we got closer our excitement grew. It was definitely a turtle!
The turtle was so majestic as we swam alongside it, we took a few photos and the turtle seemed so relaxed. We followed it for quite a long time before realising the sun wax going down and we were a good 20 minute swim/walk from the others. So we said our goodbyes to the turtle and headed for shore, making it back just in time to watch the sun set behind Mount Agung. It’s definitely in my top 3 sunsets I’ve ever seen, the sky was such a deep red as we sat there listening to nice chill out music and sipping a cold beer.
After all the excitement and swimming we were pretty tired so headed back to the hotel and ate at the restaurant before turning in, wondering what tomorrow would bring. To see what else I got up to in Indonesia check out my other blogs HERE.
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