Day 165 to Bunaken Island

Feeling a bit more alive this morning I jumped up had breakfast and we checked out the port where we would get the public boat to Bunaken since the boat transfers the resorts provide are too expensive. In typical 'this looks dodgy' fashion after asking around we were led by a guy through the market round a few corners from the small port to a filthy river with a few boats. One had Bunaken written on the side and he said it leaves at 2pm, so all was well!
We sat back in the hotel out of the blazing sun for a few hours waiting since neither of us had much interest in  discovering the city in the heat.
The boat was fine and took only an hour, the walk from the beach where we pulled in to the resort had us in bits, it was stinking hot and we were in the water within minutes of arrival. In our rush to the water we did grab our masks but didn't ask about where to go. The water was about mid tide and quite shallow with sea grass for the first 200mts till coral and a drop off to the depths of 70+ metres. On this first snorkel we saw a few fish in the grass and some cute shrimps in a sea anemone but didn't go out far enough to see the coral. When we came back in I was sitting in the sandy shallows when a sea snake gave me a fright and a quick exit from the water. Rach thought it was fantastic and got back in to take photos!