Last day in Ubud area.. we actually decided to go out to Sanur, on the Eastern coast of Bali to do a SeaWalk. What this entailed was going out to a boat further off the coast, then they put a heavy helmet on our heads which was pumped with oxygen when we were underwater. This allowed us to go underwater a couple of meters and observe the underwater sea life without any sort of scuba training. They even gave us bottles with some sort of fish food which we could expell in huge bouts causing a whole school of fish to come inches from our helmets and feast. Or I could also pull out the morsels one by one, and the fish would come and nibble at it, without much fear from your own fingers. It was so amazing to be part of that very different world for the 30 mins or so that we were underwater. Of course when trying to catch the fish, we’d fail miserably- they were so quick and of course slippery as well 🙂
When we were done with this, took a little sunbath outside to dry off, then walked along the shore to find a very interesting bamboo structure that served as a yoga studio and little shop for an organization that helps save endangered sea species such as whales and sharks. Outside the very open building was a garden of hammocks where Michael tried and almost fell on his face trying to get into one. We probably looked like fools 😀
Then we played a game of life-sized (or rather midget-sized) chess, then sat down for a late lunch of soup and a sandwich before heading back to the hired car and driving back to Ubud, had dinner and crashed. I slept in the family room since they had an extra bed, a bed wrapped like a cocoon attatched to the ceiling. I felt like a proper princess on a camping trip, as the room was only half walls, half mesh panels letting in the sounds of the insects and rushing river far below. After only 2.5 hrs of sleep, I slapped myself awake for it was time for the my first night trek up Mt. Batur to see the amazing sunrise over the horizon and the largest volcano on the island rising to over 3100m tall.