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Our driver from yesterday suggested going to a turtle farm today and also a choice of water sports too. Sounded interesting so we booked him for the day 400,00rp (about $50.00) He came at 10.00AM and we drove for ages down to Nusa Dua. Once out of the car we were sat down at some tables and offered a list of different activities together with their prices. We had in mind that we would go to the turtle breeding park and maybe a glass bottomed boat trip. They said this would cost 1,300,000rp! (900,000 is about $100.00) This seemed rather expensive so I said that we would just do the turtle thing. They dropped the price to 1,100,000 and foolishly I said OK. The glass bottomed boat trip was absolute crap!!! The water was so churned up from all the boats it was almost impossible to se any fish at all. There were boats everywhere pulling parasailers, and rafts that became airborne and ski biscuits et. It's a wonder the ropes didn't all get tangled. Utter chaos. A complete and utter waste of money, the first on this trip! The turtle island was OK. We got to hold some turtles, a Balinese Pelican, a Sea Eagle, A python and a fruit bat. We had to pay for drinks, they wanted to make us buy a photo for 150,000rp which we refused and instead made a 50,000rp donation and left. Next we drove up to Seminyak and had some lunch at a nice little place. Our driver dropped us at a very expensive joint which we walked out of in preference to the nice place across the road. After this the girls did a bit of shopping and we stopped at the memorial to the people who lost their lives during the Bali Bombings. A very sombre moment while we reflected on the events of 2002. Then back to our resort and some pot noodles for dinner!
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Mum/Lisa Love the pics!!