After spending about an hour in Goa Lawah we continue to our final destination, Tanjung Jepun. According to information we got we should go to Padang Bay to find some tourist information center. So as been told, we found one of them, but they offer us very high price……….. Just forget it.
Lesson #1; do not make a deal on the first run. So we decided to look around asking some locals about where the Blue Lagoon is, and finally we found that place.
So before you enter Padang Bay Complex, there’s a junction and you have to turn right to follow that smaller road, about 500m you will find another junction, take the left one to the Blue Lagoon.
It’s not a wide beach, just about 200m wide. The name it self is actually the name of small footstall or ‘warung’. It is the only ‘warung’ that facing that beach. But then suddenly become a very well-known name …… just a lucky guy I supposed!
The Beach it self is …………. Fascinating! White sands, blue and clear water. Unfortunately we came in the wrong time. According to local people there, we should arrive on this place by morning, around 8 O’clock in the morning. So we would not have any strong wave like the one we have. But at least we found this place, and next time we will have better preparations.
Next Destination, we have to lease a ‘Jukung’ to go to Tanjung Jepun, it is about 10 minutes ride from there, but because the strong wave there, we have to take a ride from Padang Bay.
It is a very nice place to have snorkeling, the location is about 100m offshore from the beach, and you will find a wide coral reef about 6-10m down below. So here we are, after the long ride we should have this experience whether you like it or not. So, I am the first that going into the water, swim a while but ……….. I can’t go far away from the boat since the wave is quiet strong. But it is okay, and the most enjoyable view is once you put your head into the water and see what’s in down there. IT is a fascinating view, like you watch a very big Aquarium with …… and Hugh numbers of fish.
After a few minutes to get along with the water, Nathan went in. He is quiet enjoy with it, and do not want to end up. But then, I have to grab him all the time he went into the water since it is quiet deep water even tough he can swim well, but still it is open water not a swimming pool.
Next turn is my Wife, I ask her should go into the water, She wears a life jacket to keep her afloat and we spend few minutes before we decided to end it. We have to end it since the waves is getting bigger.
It’s not an easy ride to went home, we were facing waves about 1.5m high quiet often, and it was scared experience for some of us ……… but it is a unforgettable experience either.
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