There is a bridge from Nusa Lembongan over to the next island, Ceningan. So we thought we'd take a look. Most visitors here hire motorbikes but neither of us can really ride a motorbike! So, we thought we'd walk. It can't be too far or so we thought ...
We left our homestay just after 9am and followed the main road, which was tiny as no cars are allowed on the island, towards the bridge. The scenery was pretty and the roads quiet other than the odd surfer on a motorbike carrying their board. We walked past a cemetery, each grave being shaded from the sun with an umberella! We walked, and walked and ... eventually came to the bridge. Just beneath the locals were busy collecting their seaweed from the farms, and drying it out on the roadside. Motorbikes were the main obstacle to avoid on the bridge. There was just enough room to pass if we lent over the side! Another thing to avoid was the holes where the wooden slats were missing ...
We survived the bridge and walked on, up and over a hill to the other side. There we found the surfers. We managed to get to watch them by passing through a resort, then across a beach, down some steps and up the other side into a bar. The surfers were jumping from a high platform at the bar onto the back of waves into fairly shallow water. Some of them said they even touched the rocks on the bottom!
The waves were big and fast. The surfers were paddling as quick as they could to catch them. The paddle back out past the waves looked like hard work too!
We watched for a while and took a short swim, just around the corner from the breakers. However, now it was time to head back and it was quite a way to walk ... Back to the bridge first, then we headed along the coast. Over beaches, through restaurants, along small tracks through the trees, up over hills .... We eventually arrived in Mushroom Bay. We swam amongst the many moored boats and saw lots of fish grazing on the sea grass. The beach was busy with day trippers from Bali but it was time now for them to leave.
From Mushroom beach we found our way back to our homestay along the coast, then the main road. The sun decided to hide behind a cloud once again for sunset time. Tomorrow is our last chance to see it set over Bali...
We ate a lot after a full days walking and found it quite hard to walk home from the restaurant!
We left our homestay just after 9am and followed the main road, which was tiny as no cars are allowed on the island, towards the bridge. The scenery was pretty and the roads quiet other than the odd surfer on a motorbike carrying their board. We walked past a cemetery, each grave being shaded from the sun with an umberella! We walked, and walked and ... eventually came to the bridge. Just beneath the locals were busy collecting their seaweed from the farms, and drying it out on the roadside. Motorbikes were the main obstacle to avoid on the bridge. There was just enough room to pass if we lent over the side! Another thing to avoid was the holes where the wooden slats were missing ...
We survived the bridge and walked on, up and over a hill to the other side. There we found the surfers. We managed to get to watch them by passing through a resort, then across a beach, down some steps and up the other side into a bar. The surfers were jumping from a high platform at the bar onto the back of waves into fairly shallow water. Some of them said they even touched the rocks on the bottom!
The waves were big and fast. The surfers were paddling as quick as they could to catch them. The paddle back out past the waves looked like hard work too!
We watched for a while and took a short swim, just around the corner from the breakers. However, now it was time to head back and it was quite a way to walk ... Back to the bridge first, then we headed along the coast. Over beaches, through restaurants, along small tracks through the trees, up over hills .... We eventually arrived in Mushroom Bay. We swam amongst the many moored boats and saw lots of fish grazing on the sea grass. The beach was busy with day trippers from Bali but it was time now for them to leave.
From Mushroom beach we found our way back to our homestay along the coast, then the main road. The sun decided to hide behind a cloud once again for sunset time. Tomorrow is our last chance to see it set over Bali...
We ate a lot after a full days walking and found it quite hard to walk home from the restaurant!
