Breathing Underwater – Lembongan
We finally did it! After years of saying we would try Scuba, we finally did.
What an amazing experience!!! We took a ferry from Sanur, Bali to a small Island about an hour away (east) called Nusa Lemgongan. First, let me say that the island was amazing. Small, friendly, laid back etc. A great place to go to get away from the hectic pace (and I use that term quite loosely) of mainland Bali. I highly recommend the place we stayed as well. (Linda Bungalow, can’t miss it, to the left when you get off the boat, the only building with a blue roof). Our room had a great 360 view of the sea, palm trees, and sea weed farms!!
Not much to do on Lembongan except RELAX and DIVE.
We used the World Diver Dive Center. John and Sue were great! We felt as comfortable as humanly possible considering we were trying to breath like fish.
For those of you who have done it, you’ll understand how difficult it is for me to describe it. Needless to say, swimming and breathing with the underworld is unreal. Felt like I had been written into FINDING NEMO (not that I’ve actually seen it)! Our first “dive” was about 35 minutes of non-stop action. I call it a dive but it was really our divemaster leading us around by our tanks while we gawked at the sights and tried to remember not to hold our breath! Scuba is a must do for anyone not petrified of the water, or fish.
Spent 2.5 days on Lembongan and enjoyed every bit of it. Also…finally saw some rain for the first time in a month. When it rains, it pours (couldn’t resist). It reminded me of the old days in Chicago with the monsoon like thunderstorms. I guess this really is the monsoon though!!
Tags: Bali, Scuba, The Little Differences
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