Sunday, 4 October 2015

Mantanani - paradise

Day 3

After breakfast we went for an 8.30 snorkel out to centrepoint. It is between the two islands and although it was nice it wasn’t as good as yesterday. Peter used an ear plug and came for a snorkel – he couldn’t bear to watch us having all the fun. The weather was beautiful – so clear we could see blue sky. The storm last night appears to have blown away much of the smoke from Indonesia that has been obscuring our view.  We went for a walk along the beach up to the village. It is sad to see so much rubbish in the water and along the shore. Rebecca saw a local person come to the beach and empty a large bag of household rubbish at high tide line – waiting for the next high tide to take it all away  (out of sight, out of mind). As we came back along the beach we stopped at another resort (homestay) and the best thing was they have cold drinks. Our accommodation only has electricity from 6.30 at night to 6.30 in the morning. Great to power the fan but not good to keep the drinks cold. At night we can see fire flies playing under the trees by the beach, but in the distance the oil rigs can be seen glowing as they burn off fuel. Not so serene.  

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