Our first job was to find out information about a Pelni ferry from Labuan Bajo to Makassar in Sulawesi. This sounds easy but ... we asked for directions to the Pelni office. "That way", we were told but we couldn't find it. So, we asked again. This time we were pointed in the opposite direction. After an hour spent walking around in circles we gave up. It appears the office is only open one day before the ferry arrives and it doesn't arrive for about 4 days. So, that is possibly the reason for our failed search! We did get the chance to watch a local school (we think) marching together in their playground.
Now we were running late and had to rush back to our hotel, pack our bags and say goodbye to our friends before catching the one boat a day to Kanawa Island. We bought some cookies from the bakery and a snack from a street seller before waiting at the office for their boat transfer.
The boat took about an hour to reach Kanawa and on the way we got pretty close to a pod of dolphins in the bay! As we approached the island we could see the large landing pier stretching far out to sea to clear the coral reef. We checked into our room (3 man tent), off loaded our bags and headed straight out to the reef! Snorkelling was amazing, so many fish of every shape and colour. Darryl spotted 2 turtles grazing but they didn't hang around once they had spotted him.
We watched the sunset from the pier whilst just below small blacktip reef sharks made an appearance, ready for their evening assault on the reef.
Now we were running late and had to rush back to our hotel, pack our bags and say goodbye to our friends before catching the one boat a day to Kanawa Island. We bought some cookies from the bakery and a snack from a street seller before waiting at the office for their boat transfer.
The boat took about an hour to reach Kanawa and on the way we got pretty close to a pod of dolphins in the bay! As we approached the island we could see the large landing pier stretching far out to sea to clear the coral reef. We checked into our room (3 man tent), off loaded our bags and headed straight out to the reef! Snorkelling was amazing, so many fish of every shape and colour. Darryl spotted 2 turtles grazing but they didn't hang around once they had spotted him.
We watched the sunset from the pier whilst just below small blacktip reef sharks made an appearance, ready for their evening assault on the reef.
