Byebye Bali!


13.02.2013


We left Bali this morning and flew to Sumatra. Now we're sitting at the tiny airport in Medan, waiting for our backpacks which went to Jakarta for some weird reason instead of following us. But if everything goes as we've been told, our luggage should be here around 21:30, only 2 hours late. I keep my fingers crossed it's true because our plan was to still continue to lake Toba tonight and the drive should take around 5-6 hours...


Ink stealing a hammock
Jussi giving a show.


Jussi drinking Bintang and enjoying life :)
Marabou & Pronssijumala
Suomalaiset riemuidiootit vedessa

Life has been treating us very well again. We went to Nusa Lembongan, which is a nice small island close to Bali, only an hour away by slow boat. The Jollas boys who were supposed to go to Sumbawa from Lombok changed their plans since it has been pretty restless there lately so it would've been a bit of a risk to hang out there as a tourist, so they followed us to Lembongan and we spent another five days together. Nusa Lembongan is one of those places where time goes by fast even when doing nothing (especially if you're doing that nothing in a very good company). We went surfing twice and snorkeling once, but otherwise it was just about hanging out and laughing and eating and drinking coffee in the sunset. On our last day we booked a snorkeling trip, and it was absolutely fantastic. I've been snorkeling a few times before, but this trip was by far the best one; it started from a bay where the water was amazingly clear and you could see all the way to the bottom of the sea, it was maybe 6-8 meters deep. And every morning huge mantas (jattilaisrauskut) go to that bay and swim around. We saw maybe five of them, and it felt so surreal, swimming in the clear water, watching those weird but beautiful creatures swimming around or under you. So magical. I'm not too interested in diving, and if it's possible to see things like this with just snorkeling equipment, that is enough for me. We went to four snorkeling places in total, and they were all very good, colorful fishes and deep blue corals everywhere, and the most perfect possible water for snorkeling. It was super funny when we went snorkeling to the 3rd spot, which was next to a tourist boat full of Japanese tourists and they were throwing food to the fishes to come to the surface and then they took photos of the fishes. Jussi went snorkeling in the middle of all these big fishes and Japanese people took tens and tens of photos of him from the deck of the tourist boat, such a good troll. Would be nice to know how many Japanese photo albums he ended up in.

Low tide + seaweed


Nusa Lembongan has beautiful beaches and beautiful sunsets and a very easy-going atmosphere, not much nightlife or anything. There are seaweed farms and during the low tide it's possible to see all the locals picking up seaweed from the bottom of the sea and bringing it to the beach to dry. On the next island there are cliff jumping spots, but we didn't find them, so we just went to a beach instead. The surfing spot at Lembongan called Lacerations was quite good, before going there we had heard it's not a place for beginners, but it still was good for us. The sea is very shallow there and there's dead coral on the bottom, so you might hurt yourself, but obviously we are already professional enough not to get hurt ;D Or maybe we were just lucky, who knows. Anyway it felt wonderful to get on a surf board again and spend a day in the water. It was even better when we had Jollas boys trolling us – surfing is a lot more fun with a bunch of friends. I guess those were the last surfs of my trip this time, but luckily I still have time for the rest of my life to surf again. That's something I'll definitely do.

The best place to stay indeed.

Ai moi.

6 kommenttia:

  1. Hinkillä himokas ilme siinä kivassa missä se keinuu riipputuolissa kuvan alakulmassa. moii.
    Lilliltä terveisiä!

    VastaaPoista
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    1. Himo-Hinkki :'D Hyva nimi.

      Kiitti terveisista... Terkut takas :D

      Poista
  2. ^mä naureskelin ihan samaa :D

    VastaaPoista
  3. häh eikä oo :D toi on mun harvinainen hymyilevä venäläinen naama vaan.

    -hink

    VastaaPoista
  4. ketähän santtu kyylää tos toka alimmas kuvassa :D sen älypuhelimes näkyy naama :DD

    VastaaPoista
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    1. Mut eihan Santulla oo alypuhelinta, eli toi on Jussin puhelin, jolla Santtu stalkkaa...
      Varmaan itteensa ku se on niin vitaali ja hyvannakonen jne jne.

      Poista

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