Bali! Nusa Dua

Arrived in Bali late, staying at the Nest Hotel which was so lovely. Quite the upgrade on hostel life. They prepared the nicest welcome for our Anniversary too with rose petals on the bed. We had a local dinner before getting an early ish night as we were up at 6am for a trip to Nusa Penida. In the night however, we were woken up by an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude which was actually a bit nuts. I thought amy was just violently shaking the bed for some reason but the shakes went on for about 20 seconds and dislodged chargers, shook furniture and everything, was quite spooky. There was 2 lighter 5.2/3 aftershocks as well.

Our Anniversary day! In the morning, lucky with no Tsunami, we got picked up to go and visit Nusa Penida on a day tour. We started the day snorkelling and went to 4 points, the first of which was Manta Point where we got so lucky and saw 2 manta rays! On the way we saw dolphins as well. The other 3 points were quite plain but honestly the clearest water I’ve ever been in. I did also see a sea snake at the last place! It was quite choppy though so Amy didn’t dive in for snorkelling but she still got to see the Rays from the surface. The land part of the tour was just weird, we got driven around by a (practically mute) guide to the Instagram spots of the island to take pictures and that was all lol, wouldn’t do that again. In the evening we wondered to the beach for sunset, window shopped for some amazing resorts in the future and got some dinner. I got a Nyatnyat which was a full snapper with sambal sauce. We did some frog spotting on the way home and played monopoly deal before bed.

Next day was chill day, we got breakfast at Urban Seaside after a nice lie in then headed to a beach bar, Manarai Beach House, where we stayed on a beach sofa all day with beers and coconuts. I popped off for a haircut for £2.8 at one point. We went to our hotel roof for sunset as it was the perfect spot. Up there we met Luke and Sylvie who just got married in Bali before starting their year long honeymoon. Weirdest connections ever with him playing American Football at Loughborough and them both meeting at Nottingham too and Sylvie being a psychologist. We got some room service which was amazing then got some sleep.

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