Trip : Amed and Nusa Lembongan, Bali 2015 (1)

Finally our first trip, together with Sita from MrsBaliTour and Endah our lovely guest from Jakarta. Our trip schedule is 2 days in Amed (for Lv. 1 SSI Course), 1 day beach rest and 1 day trip to Nusa Lembongan. We arrived at Amed around 17.00 PM and heading direct to our Hotel, most hotel in Amed having sea view with an amazing sunrise in the morning because it located along east seashore of Bali island. First night we spend for resting and preparation for SSI course.

Our SSI Freedive course is host by the amazing Apneista. Its located at Jemeluk, Amed a famous snorkeling spot there. The place is not big, wide, formal building kind of place; it’s small, cozy and warmth kind of place, place that make you don’t want to go back home.

Go check out Apneista at their website.

Jemeluk, Amed has only one single road alongside the beach line. The beach itself have great variation of fish, just a few meter swim you could snorkeling around and have fun, if that not enough there is a snorkeling spot that people named “Coral Garden” or “Amed Wall” and “USS Shipwreck” near by.

At night the place is quite, the wind from the sea is soft, calming and relaxing; resting and honeymoon feel great at Amed. At our first day, we wakeup early and took a moment to enjoy the sunrise, fresh air, and then enjoying our omelet breakfast by the beach and pool. At 9.00 we arrive at Apneista for and preparing for our course. As I have mentioned before, the place is so cozy and warm. The food and drink is great, I just cant stop looking at the menu on the wall.

On the first day we introduced about Equalization, MDR (Mammal Dive Reflect) and Hyperventilation. And then we practice in open water with wetsuite, snorkel, mask and weight. At first we practice on 5 to 10 meter, then we have a lunch break and continue open water practice.

The second day come so quickly, and as the first day we wake up early, enjoying sunrise, breakfast and go straight to Apneista for our second day course. On the second day, the course is more focus on practice on open water the theory, so after a short briefing we take our gear and head to the water.

At second day, we introduced on “duckdive” and “safety buddy”. At second day we start to practice on 10 to 15 meter deep. After 2 to 3 hour practice, we rest for lunch and then get back to the water for another 2 hour practice. What is great about the course is the knowledge about how human body work underwater and how to be stay save underwater or in open sea. I really suggest people that love water, swim on the sea, dive underwater and other kind of water people to take this course.