Kepayang Island
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 15 Oct 2016 22:57
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Kepayang
Island
  As we pulled away from our snorkel
the sky turned stormy dark and we saw so much
lightning.
 Groups of granite
boulders in every direction.
 As the sky turned
very dark we rounded a group to land on Kepayang Island.
 We parked on the beach and our driver
pointed to the bigger boats, there we would find the
turtle sanctuary.
  We head toward the rickety walkway passing the biggest
boulder yet.
 Below us, a
classic ‘one careful owner’.
 The chair did it for me.
 The steering
wheel for me.
 The turtle
sanctuary looked like a sad affair even from this distance. The pen on
the left suspended a net holding three adults turtles. The pen, front right had
a few big fish and a cuttlefish, again trying to swim over a suspended net.
Along the back were smaller frames with a couple of groups of baby turtles. We
saw no one to pay, no one looking after the place and felt downhearted at what
we saw.
   An adult
turtle, big fish and the cuttlefish and babies.
  The sky brightened
a little just as the first drops of rain began to fall. The boat park.
 Bear dwarfed by the biggest granite boulder.
  We went to explore, that turned out
to be a mistake we should have gone straight back to our little boat. As the
heavens opened we took shelter at the edge of an
eatery catering to a group of Indonesian tourists. One lady settled
undercover and serenely carried on with a good
book.
 Reminiscent of so
many school outings – but at least its warm.
 We run for it in a short lull and pull
out as things get heavy once more. Rain flattening the
surface.
 We passed a couple
of keen snorkelers who gave up in low visibility.
 Underway, the brightening sky couldn’t
mask the lovely sea colours. Time to head back for a
late lunch and a Bintang.
ALL IN ALL DRAMATIC WEATHER
OVER A POORLY TURTLE SANCTUARY
AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL DESPITE THE QUICK CHANGE IN
WEATHER |