dolphin chasing in lovina

the idea of seeing dolphins in the wild sounds pretty attractive right?

well, add in 5 hours of journey to and fro and half of it on winding steep hilly roads, waking up at 3 a.m. to be picked up at your place.....then does that still attract you??

it was more like chasing dolphins that watching them anyway. i wouldn't do it the second time even if i am paid. once is enough....and thank god, i saw them....the dolphins i mean.

i bought a deal which i saw in groupon months ago and the designated driver from that tour company was right on the dot. however, we were not. haha...i set the alarm to ring at 2.30 in the morning, however i did not change the a.m. to p.m. hence, my clock did not ring. i only woke up when i heard the knock of the driver on the door right on the dot, at 3a.m. but it only took us 10 mins...not more than that, to get ready.

then the journey in the mini bus began...urghh.......scary! the road was empty of traffic of course since it was so early....but when it got to the hilly and winding part.....it made me really want to vomit. luckily i had not have anything in the tummy. i am sure i would have vomitted.

it was like going up and down cameron highlands... but triple the time and length. i had to practically close my eyes, avoid looking in front and occupy my mind with something else except the road. man, i was practically breaking out in cold sweat!!

imagine my relief when i reached the beach. waited a while, then boats started coming....
sort of like basic catamarans.

we started off at about 6a.m. and the sun had already risen from the other side of the island.

when we were about more than 1km out at sea, more boats started ocming to join us......it was like a party out there man.

but thank god....we saw what we came to see. i would have cursed and cursed if i did not see any after the horrendous journey.

i think it was the only pod of dolphins we saw and they appreared here and there and then here and there again. so basically all the boats were like chasing them and following them whenever they surfaced.

once you hear the engine of a boat revved up, you would know that the skipper had seen the dolphins resurface and then everyone's engine would vroom towards that direction. it was quite pathetic actually.

these were only 1/4 of the boats out there chasing the dolphins.

so we left after about an hour on the sea....and then it was journey back. the driver asked us if we wanted to go some other places....all answered with a strong 'no'. haha....everyone was too tired and thinking about the journey just put everything off.

again, i tried my best to squeeze my eyes and catch some sleep. luckily i got it. phew! what a relief.

then back at the villa at 11a.m. time to relax and make whatever that had been making me dizzy and turning in the head to stay steady.

so would anyone else want to go dolphin watching? up to you.....oh but don't get it from groupon. you can arrange for cheaper rides here when you get to bali. waaaay cheaper.