Honeymoon: Day 6 - In the Water and at the Beach

Our second day in Candidasa was our only real beach/ocean day. Which is sort of a shame because, you know, Bali is an island surrounded by beaches and water. But at the same time, we get a lot of beach/ocean time at home.

In the morning we headed out on our chartered double outrigger sailing vessel. Actually, first we got harassed by a boat owner who thought we should go with him. I was hitting my limit with pushy Balinese salesmen and I almost snapped at him. Instead, I refused to acknowledge he was practically yelling at us and I walk on to greet the Nemo.

Nemo, our boat.

Bryan and our boat captain pushed the Nemo into the sea and we were off! Along the way Bryan got a lesson in Balinese fishing. It was basically, "here, wear this glove and trail this line." We all had a good laugh when the boat man tugged on the line hard and Bryan thought he had caught the big one.

Our first stop was a snorkeling location called the Blue Lagoon. We had been told it was gorgeous and had a beach for resting. Uhh, it was nice but certainly no beach. I jumped in first and was immediately and then constantly attacked by these fish. Like seriously surrounded by them. They liked to run their little scaly selves against me and may have even bitten me! Needless to say, I did not enjoy them. We had fun snorkeling, enjoying the pretty coral and some fish.

bubble..bubble..HELLO!..bubble...bubble...

While the snorkeling was nice, we decided to pay out boat man another $15 to take us to a second location. On the way we had a spectacular view of the volcano from the water. This was a perfect reminder to enjoy Hawaii. Sort of like the world saying "hey Jenni, you like ocean and volcano? Look around!!"

And so we cruised. All three of us in a line in the skinny boat.

Hi Bryan!
Our second stop was a very pretty deeper area near some tiny rock islands. Nice and interesting but we got worn out and called it a day. Snorkeling in Bali? Did that! We headed back to the hotel for a rest, a massage and a swim in the pool. Vacation is wonderful.

Later in the afternoon, after I got in a fight with a driver but finally negotiated well. $10 for more than three hours of transportation!! We headed to a beautiful beach the locals call White Sand Beach. It was a beach from a postcard. Just perfect. We relaxed and swam. And Bryan enjoyed a Bintang!

Happy White Sand Beach!

Later in the evening we had dinner at one of the cutest restuarants you ever did see. The food was just okay but the service was delightful and we entertained the entire restaurant when the world's largest beetle decided to take a seat next to me. I kept my cool but the beetle took it's last breath that evening as a waiter stomped on it. I'm sorry Balinese beetle!

Candidasa was a nice sidetrip but we're so glad we still have some more time back in Ubud!