Between the Devil and THE DEEP BLUE SEA

It was an overcast day out of season and we were done with the volcano stop. We’d viewed Mount Agung from the safety of a village close by and were ready for something else.

‘You want to go closer?’ our driver Gede offered. ‘I know a friend who can take you…’ He trailed off at our energetic head- shaking. ‘No thanks.’ Not keen to die today.

We were on a day trip around Ubud and had already taken in the rice terraces and a few temples. But Bali is small and it was only midday so we headed to the coast. By the time we reached the beach, it’d started raining. ‘Snorkel?’ Gede suggested.

I might as well have climbed up that volcano and thrown myself into it. Putting my head under water was not a vibe for me. But we were here to adventure, so adventure I must.