The night’s sleep wasn’t too good. Dozed off in front of my computer before waking at at 3am in the morning to have my stuff packed and got my gears ready. Managed to nap another 2 more hours before the day began. I took a little time off to take some pictures of the resort villa again under the much softer morning light. That way, I was able to get a proper reflection off the pool.
The guys from Pro Dive Bali picked me up and together with a group of spanish divers, we headed towards Nusa Penida. Water conditions were good, nothing like that rogue waves we encountered the last time round.
The trip there was pretty quiet for me as I literally concussed at the back of the boat from the lack of sleep. Once on site, we wasted no time to get into the water, only to find ourselves immersed in murky green water. Visibility was at best 5 meters.
The thing about low visibility was thaat everything seem to happen very quickly. The huge manta rays literally appear out of nowhere right in front of me, often catching me by surprise. Nonetheless, it was still a good dive.
After lunch, we headed towards Lembongan point for some kickass drift diving. The current was nice, fast and predictable. There was hardly any way I could stop to take any pictures, so I did some videos instead. Looks like fast and furious underwater. I will have to wait till I get back to Singapore before I can post them up. It’s quite an amazing dive I thought.. .
By the time I reached the resort, I was totally spent. Took a shower, had a quick snack and napped for a good 3 hours before waking up for dinner again. And I seem to be the only occupant in the entire resort. No kidding. I wonder why.
Here are some images from the day.
Reflection of the villa.
The small cottage that I actually booked, but 2 of them were being renovated and were not updated on the website.
I really love the cottage by the pool. But I’m not complaining about the upgrade:)
The only pair of mantas on this trip. They seem to be larger than the ones I’ve seen the last time round.
They appeared right before me from nowhere, crossing my path as I struggled to get both in frame and in focus.
At times, they’ll come straight at the divers.
Snorklers hovering on top of the cleaning station. I wonder how’s the view up there.
The white stripe of bubbles were formed by the waves which crashed against the cliff.