This morning after drinking our daily cup of Indonesian coffee, we walked to the far side of town, followed by a cute black dog. This little fella caused us a few problems ...
As we walked past a few small houses with goats, there was one black goat who took a dislike to our little friendly dog. He decided to chase him all the way up the street and when he got the chance, try and butt him with his horns! Eventually, the goat ran off up the hill leaving us alone.
Next problem ... The current looked quite fierce from the beach so we entered the water with caution. So, did our friendly dog! He followed us out into the sea. He was a good swimmer but we were going to use the current to drift quite a long way back to the town. A bit too far for our little friend to follow. We decided to get back out and try to persuade the little black doggy to stay on the shore. The plan worked for about 2 minutes and we made it further out ... before he followed! Darryl decided he would have to do something else to stop the dog following. He walked all the way back to town, followed by the dog and chased by the goat! Darryl found a friendly looking girl from Spain. She said she liked dogs, so he 'gave' her one to look after! She paid him a little attention and the plan worked. Darryl managed to escape and make it back to Christine, 'dog free'.
Back at the beach, we drifted with the strong current along the reef. When we neared the boats in the centre we grabbed their mooring lines and pulled ourselves into shore. We had a few goes at drift snorkeling, indespersed with lunch.
In the afternoon we continued snorkeling in front of our resort looking for the elusive turtle. He managed to evade us again but we did see some squid and the resort owner's wife caught a few fish for tea!
We enjoyed the 'family meal' in the evening and walking home spotted a wild pig running away through the bushes.
As we walked past a few small houses with goats, there was one black goat who took a dislike to our little friendly dog. He decided to chase him all the way up the street and when he got the chance, try and butt him with his horns! Eventually, the goat ran off up the hill leaving us alone.
Next problem ... The current looked quite fierce from the beach so we entered the water with caution. So, did our friendly dog! He followed us out into the sea. He was a good swimmer but we were going to use the current to drift quite a long way back to the town. A bit too far for our little friend to follow. We decided to get back out and try to persuade the little black doggy to stay on the shore. The plan worked for about 2 minutes and we made it further out ... before he followed! Darryl decided he would have to do something else to stop the dog following. He walked all the way back to town, followed by the dog and chased by the goat! Darryl found a friendly looking girl from Spain. She said she liked dogs, so he 'gave' her one to look after! She paid him a little attention and the plan worked. Darryl managed to escape and make it back to Christine, 'dog free'.
Back at the beach, we drifted with the strong current along the reef. When we neared the boats in the centre we grabbed their mooring lines and pulled ourselves into shore. We had a few goes at drift snorkeling, indespersed with lunch.
In the afternoon we continued snorkeling in front of our resort looking for the elusive turtle. He managed to evade us again but we did see some squid and the resort owner's wife caught a few fish for tea!
We enjoyed the 'family meal' in the evening and walking home spotted a wild pig running away through the bushes.
