After a nice week spent in the rice fields, we made our way South to Sanur. From Sanur we took a boat over to Nusa Lembongan, a tiny island to the southeast. Stayed in a nice place called the Secret Garden (which served the greatest coconut juices of all time!), but man, that island was STINKING hot! Literally stinking from all the seaweed that the locals were farming and drying to sell to the Japanese (their biggest industry).
The island also housed an amazing amount of flies. During the day they were constantly on you, or your food. The only respite was evenings, and that's when the mosquitoes came out. :)
Surf was pretty much flat all week, but it paid off because the lack of swell meant the dive boats were making the long journey out to Manta Point. We tagged along and went snorkeling, and DANG, it was magical. Saw around 15 manta rays during the trip. Huge ones, medium sized ones, and some smaller ones. Perhaps the coolest part was seeing one of the smaller ones do 5 backflips in a row as it ate plankton.
Really wished I had an underwater housing for the camera, it would have been SPECTACULAR!
Oh, and I got schooled by an 8 year old playing Connect 4. Kid was a NINJA!
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