Nusa Penida, Broken Beach

Since our visit to the west side was cut short because of the late ferry over, we were unable to visit two neighbouring spots and instead chose to just visit Crystal bay and T-Rex beach. The following day Jess felt a little worse still and was unable to leave the room despite trying to. That afternoon while Jess was sleeping I rode to Angel Billabong and Broken Beach, two spots on the West side. Just riding around Nusa Penida in itself is stunning. It is a mountainous island surrounded by bright blue water with very limited roads. The journey to the west coast was like riding through a jungle filled with banana trees!

After arriving at Angel Billabong, within minutes of parking the scooter and walking over to the cliffs I saw a large black shadow swimming in the water down below. It turns out this area is a popular dive site called Manta Point which is a regular cleaning spot for large reef manta rays!

Angel Billabong is a flat crystal clear natural pool. Although I didn’t, you can walk along and into the pool. A little further along is Broken Beach which from above looks to be fully enclosed by rock however there is an opening for water forming a small bay inside. It’s not possible to walk down but did make for a nice photo. After a mooch around exploring the cliffs and scenery I returned back to the scooter only to find a small empty cafe/ restaurant hidden on the rocks. It was perfectly facing the sunset over the sea so of course I had to stop for a drink and watch the sun go down which was beautiful. The sunset itself was good but 5-10 minutes after the sun had set, the sky began to glow a real deep orange!

Jumping forward a few days, we had to come back for sunset when Jess was feeling better, so we did.Читать далее