Lovina
Lovina beach was not exactly the black sand beach paradise we thought it was going to be. The sand was indeed black, but we got suckered into an expensive dive package and it all went down hill from there. The diving was good, but the company was shifty to say the best. We signed no waivers, got no life jackets, the equipment was old, and the boat was rickety. Oh well, we did see some cool stuff down there. I had a sea food basket for dinner; mmmm, I love the sea food basket. Disgusted by the days experience we decided to get out of town the next day. Not, however, before we went on the dolphin watching tour that came with our expensive dive package. That was insult added to injury. What a shame and waste of time. We awoke at 6am. Seriously, on vacation awaking at 6am is something reserved for necessity, but we did it anyway. We packed into a very small wooden boat with supports on either side to keep it from tipping over and headed towards the open sea. A half hour and several gallons of splashed sea water later we saw the dolphins surfacing. There were no fewer than a dozen boats in the area with us waiting for the poor little dolphins. As they broke the water all the engines roared into action and headed in their direction. They dolphins swam with all they were worth away from the noisy and dangerous engines and the chase was on. This carried on for another 45 minutes, then it was back to the room for more sleeping. When we got up with haggled with the bimo and public bus again and headed for Amed. A sleepy little town on the coast that was much more our speed.
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