Wake Boarding in Indonesia

Time for an update.

1. I'm back in Ukraine!!
Unfortunately, every time I move locations bloggy tends to get put on the backburner.

2. I think I've finally settled into a rhythm here so I'll be again posting regularly!
I'm going to attempt to catch you up on all my adventures up until now with multiple posts a week so stay tuned!

3. And I've also finally linked my Instagram [redqueenyuliya] to my Facebook Page so if you want to continue to see all the photos I'm posting from around the world and like being the first to know where I am and what I'm doing make sure you like the Fb page.

And now, the blogpost.

I have a group of friends from touch rugby that go wake boarding every week, if not more.
I've wanted to go with them for a while, but I always seemed to have something else planned.

Finally as my time in Singapore was nearing an end, I finally realized I have yet to go to Indonesia!
So one public holiday I cleared my schedule and off I went!

We went to Batam Cable Park in Indonesia (or BCP for short).

But lucky for you, if you're currently in Singapore and want to check it out without the hassle of booking anything, I suggest you meet up with my friends.

You get to Indonesia via ferry, which takes approximately 1 hour.
And then a quick shuttle bus.
And BCP takes care of all your passport and visa handling while you ride!

Here's a little look at the park.

And a look at all the fun you can have if you go:

Make sure you wait to catch the last ferry back and relax while watching the beautiful sunset over Batam.

Next up, a quick summary of Singapore, and then onto US adventures!

#60: Learn to Snorkel

The boat sped off, but before we even got comfortable it slowed down, and a few moments later we dropped anchor in another little harbor.
This one had no beach in sight, only 2 other boats in view, and nobody really knew what was going on.

(Well you know because of the blog post title...

but let's assume you didn't know what was happening either...)

The scenery was beautiful, but everyone on the boat was a little confused what we were doing there.

Then the crew pulled out a box of masks and snorkels and told us we reached our first snorkeling spot.

Snorkeling???
I've never snorkeled before!!!
I didn't know we were going to get to snorkel!!!
That's on my bucketlist!!!

Chris was one of the first people in the water.

It took me a little more time to get comfortable...

First off, if you've never snorkeled it feels quite claustrophobic trying to breathe through a tube under water.
Secondly, breathing is key. Slow breaths, in and out. Only your mask has to be underwater, not even your ears need to be covered.

Thirdly, it helps if on your first time you can be in water shallow enough where you can touch the bottom with your feet.
My first experience was in 10m deep choppy ocean water.
Not ideal to say the least, I was a little freaked out for the first 15 minutes while I learned to breathe, float, breathe, spit water out, and swim all at the same time.

Once breathing is mastered you can explore anywhere you want... like one of our crew who can dive 10m with a snorkel!!!!

I got a lot more comfortable in the water and started attempting to dive.
And Chris and I thought why not take one of both of us diving together?!!

We'll pretend that was a successfully carried out idea...

So after about 30 to 40 minutes of snorkeling (and ticking an awesome bucketlist box!) we got back on the boat and were off to yet another mystery paradise destination!!