Not too much planned today as LuRue was glad to hear. We met our boat driver at 9am to go to the Blue Lagoon. Montana's swimsuit was still very sandy, even with trying to scoop it out the day before. We got to the snorkeling place and we dove into the water. The driver drove ahead to meet up with us when we got there as we slowly started making our way looking at all the fishes and coral.
We started a little further down this time, where there was a small ship wreck and a few anchors that had coral on them for us to observe. We saw several fish that we hadn't seen before. LuRue kept shooting in the dark in hopes for more nice pictures. Montana did her usual of diving down and clicking constantly. Since the water isn't as pure in this bay, it is still somewhat luck as to whether or not you'll end with a good picture as proved with her starting with around 140 pictures, but ending on only 51. At one point, Montana saw an almost unreal transition of a fish. We saw several types of butterflyfishes, filefishes, unicorn fish and some more clown fish. Nemo was not eaten tonight though.
We took showers after getting back. It was almost like showering after the sandy beach again. We decided that Montana definitely needed a new swimsuit, at least for swimming pool purposes, so that she wouldn't turn the pool into a beach. After the showers, we went off in search of a suit. The front desk recommended the Asri shop, so we headed there. However, when we got to the Asri shop, there was what looked like a sports shop, so we walked in there. Their bathing suit selection was very limited and only include bikinis. Montana tried on a few swimsuits and found one that might be a possibility, but we decided to look around a little more before finally deciding.
We first went into the Asri shop, but they had absolutely nothing in the way of swimsuits. We don't know why they recommended that shop. Maybe the sports shop was an extension of the Asri shop. We headed down to the supermarket we went to when we first got here. On our way we saw a dive resort, so we decided to stop by there and ask for a recommendation. They recommended a play called "DRAGOON" down the way we came. So we headed back the way we came. We found a place called Dragon Dive Shop, but that was closed and didn't look like it had been open in a while. We decided to walk down a bit more to see if we could find anything that might be called Dragoon, but there was no luck. On the way we checked out a few other shops. There were quite a few options for people with A-sized cups, but it was even harder to find one that fit large-busted women than it would to find it in Fairbanks.
We decided to go back to the sports shop. We grabbed one of each swim suit that they had there to try on. The woman working there was confused as to why we were grabbing like 5 different suits. We're not quite sure, but we think she thought you could try one size of one swim suit on and that is what it would be for all the other ones. Maybe that's how it works for an A-sized bra, but that's a foreign language to both of us, so we don't know. We do know that is definitely not how it works for sizes up in the alphabet.
Finally after trying on suits for what felt like an eon, Montana decided on one.
After that workout, we decided it was time to relax and test the new suit out in the pool. It actually ended up working really well. It would not be a good snorkel suit though, since it is two piece and trying to put the wetsuit on over that would not end well. So it looks like Montana will have to suffer being sandy while snorkeling.
We headed off to our New Year's Eve dinner at our hotel's restaurant. LuRue got a steak and Montana got BBQ ribs. We got a Balinese dance performance during dinner too. One of the girls obviously knew what she was doing, but the other one seemed unsure of herself. Both seemed great to us. Never in a million years could we curl our fingers like they did. They danced us into a new Balinese year.
We started a little further down this time, where there was a small ship wreck and a few anchors that had coral on them for us to observe. We saw several fish that we hadn't seen before. LuRue kept shooting in the dark in hopes for more nice pictures. Montana did her usual of diving down and clicking constantly. Since the water isn't as pure in this bay, it is still somewhat luck as to whether or not you'll end with a good picture as proved with her starting with around 140 pictures, but ending on only 51. At one point, Montana saw an almost unreal transition of a fish. We saw several types of butterflyfishes, filefishes, unicorn fish and some more clown fish. Nemo was not eaten tonight though.
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| There are two fish in this picture, can you spot both? |
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| Titan Triggerfish |
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| Oriental Sweet Lips |
We took showers after getting back. It was almost like showering after the sandy beach again. We decided that Montana definitely needed a new swimsuit, at least for swimming pool purposes, so that she wouldn't turn the pool into a beach. After the showers, we went off in search of a suit. The front desk recommended the Asri shop, so we headed there. However, when we got to the Asri shop, there was what looked like a sports shop, so we walked in there. Their bathing suit selection was very limited and only include bikinis. Montana tried on a few swimsuits and found one that might be a possibility, but we decided to look around a little more before finally deciding.
We first went into the Asri shop, but they had absolutely nothing in the way of swimsuits. We don't know why they recommended that shop. Maybe the sports shop was an extension of the Asri shop. We headed down to the supermarket we went to when we first got here. On our way we saw a dive resort, so we decided to stop by there and ask for a recommendation. They recommended a play called "DRAGOON" down the way we came. So we headed back the way we came. We found a place called Dragon Dive Shop, but that was closed and didn't look like it had been open in a while. We decided to walk down a bit more to see if we could find anything that might be called Dragoon, but there was no luck. On the way we checked out a few other shops. There were quite a few options for people with A-sized cups, but it was even harder to find one that fit large-busted women than it would to find it in Fairbanks.
We decided to go back to the sports shop. We grabbed one of each swim suit that they had there to try on. The woman working there was confused as to why we were grabbing like 5 different suits. We're not quite sure, but we think she thought you could try one size of one swim suit on and that is what it would be for all the other ones. Maybe that's how it works for an A-sized bra, but that's a foreign language to both of us, so we don't know. We do know that is definitely not how it works for sizes up in the alphabet.
Finally after trying on suits for what felt like an eon, Montana decided on one.
We headed off to our New Year's Eve dinner at our hotel's restaurant. LuRue got a steak and Montana got BBQ ribs. We got a Balinese dance performance during dinner too. One of the girls obviously knew what she was doing, but the other one seemed unsure of herself. Both seemed great to us. Never in a million years could we curl our fingers like they did. They danced us into a new Balinese year.
Nice swimming suit, Montana! Sounds like it was a bit of an adventure just to buy it! Oh, and it took me a few seconds, but I finally found the second fish.
ReplyDeleteA big snow and wind storm is hitting most of Alaska. We've been without power since about 3am, but we've got cell service. So, we're having an adventure, too!
I can't believe it was that hard to find a good bathing suit in Bali! That's crazy! Hope you find a one piece you can use for diving. Happy New Year! We are digging out from our huge snowstorm today. Finally got power again and the road is being plowed and the wind is dying down so life is good.
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated New Year to you both. Here in AK it is just starting. Gil and I are going to celebrate by finishing off the last season of "Downton Abbey" and will be in bed before 10PM----but doesn't compare to your New Year's Eve dinner and dance performance---looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteOf course I loved every fish photo--especially the beautiful Sweet Lips, one of my personal favorites!! Your camera is doing a great job, especially as conditions are not ideal.