Day 103 and 104: Puppies and Islands

Day 103

Jacks off on holiday today so there's no new climbers. You would think this would mean a lay in but he's up at the crack of dawn and sets off his car alarm.

We get up, play with the puppies a little more and wait for everyone else to wake up. We are leaving the mountain today and as there is a few of us we're going to get a taxi bus thing together. We wave goodbye to Jack and the mountain and we are down in a record  time of an hour and 45 minutes. We've shared the ride with Chris and the 2 Norwegians who are funny but don't half like to let you know all their random bits of knowledge.

We check back in to the hostel we were in before and catch up with the world till hunger strikes and we grab some food at food court, well Ben does as vegetarian isn't on the menu. The good thing about Bonibon (our hostel) is that it's got a kitchen so we are going to have a go at cooking for the next few nights and find a supermarket to load up from. An uneventful but lovely day.

Day 104

We are going island hopping today and I can't wait. We've heard good things about the snorkelling so we pack out kit no swimwear and set off on search of the jetty and a boat across. On route though we spot Chris, the German guy from Jungle Jacks and turns out he's looking to do an island hop thing too so we grab a boat with him after deciding on Sapi and Manukan as our islands of choice.

The boats a bit bouncy on the way there but not too bad and we arrive on Sapi, our first stop. Oh my it's beautiful. We set up at the first beach we see and don our snorkelling gear and it isn't long before we spot some really cool, bright fish which we chase around. Our cheap masks are starting to show their true colours though a leak every 30 seconds so we spend a lot of our time clearing them out. It's only so long you can do that before you eyes start to sting so we head in for the usual flop, flip and dip. 

Our second snorkel is even better than the first, we aren't in for 5 minutes when Ben spots Clown Fish!! It was so awesome, they were just dipping in and out of the coral, looking a little aggressive. Easily my fish highlight of the trip so far. We also see some big blue neon fish, yellow ones some amazing coral and more. It's the best snorkelling we've done so far and we will definitely be back.

We grab some lunch with Chris after this and then head over to the second island, Manukan which looks even more desert islandy. The snorkelling's not so good here but I do see a little lobster which is cool. We spend the rest of the time, hiding from the sun as  blistered skin is never fun, picking Chris's brains about where he's travelled so far (where hasn't this man been?) 

Once back and after a quick dinner of spaghetti we head out to see the new Avengers film, reminding me that I love the cinema and I fricking love super heros.