Friday 20 June 2014

Last day in paradise

We made the most of our snorkelling today as tomorrow it is time to leave our tropical island. We saw a banded sea snake for the first time here and many pretty nudibranchs.

In between our snorkelling sessions we stopped for refreshments at a small juice stall. The first time we enjoyed a mango juice but next time we got a little more adventurous and had chocolate and avocado, which was really nice! We also tried a bowl of mixed fruit, ice and other goodies. It was a little like the halo halos we'd enjoyed so much in the Philippines.

After snorkelling we tried to have lunch at our regular haunt. However the lady had ran out of rice! Luckily for us, as we walked away we saw a couple of locals from the dive shop. They were off to a Muslim celebration and asked if we would like to join them. We climbed on the back of their motorbikes and in no time we were there.

The celebration was at the house of the dive shop owner overlooking the bay. There was masses of delicious food and we chatted to the guests, mostly from the dive shop.

More Snorkeling after lunch before drying out for a game of scrabble. A small monkey came into the resort whilst we played, searching for an easy feed.

Our last evening was spent at the family dinner which once again was incredible!