Ngapali Beach: Arrived in paradise
Our hotel in Ngapali Beach is located directly on the beach and by beach I mean that I can hear the sea from my room. That was the best we could have done. The first afternoon we start quietly and just take a walk on the beach.
There we book a boat tour for the next morning. I don’t even want to know exactly with what nutshell we’re going out to sea tomorrow.
At 9:00 o’clock the next morning we go out to sea with our green-yellow nutshell. I can’t complain at all because it is reasonably comfortable, pleasantly windy and there is even sun protection.
From the „We visit two islands“ there will now be a „we go snorkeling“ and I don’t like that. From a distance I can already see the white shark swimming up and tying around the bib. Also the assurances of our boat guide that there are no sharks here I can not really believe.
After Mirko is brave and swims off, I wait on the boat and inspect my surroundings carefully. After staring at the bottom of the sea for about 20 minutes, I am at least convinced that there are no sharks in the immediate vicinity. After watching Mirko hunt fish with my gopro for another 10 minutes, I get jealous. I dare to die in the sea and try desperately to bring snorkel and diving goggles to the right place. After inhaling water through my snorkel for the first time, I am about to stop the expedition and return to the boat. Since 28 degrees water temperature is actually quite pleasant, I swim out to the reef.
About 30 minutes later I tore my hand and leg open at the sharp-edged shells on the reef. The snorkeling trip is over for me for now. Of course, once in a lifetime there is no shark to drive me out of the water, then something so stupid must happen to me.
Instead we do a little sightseeing and buy a drink and go for a walk on the opposite island, which by the way is called „white sand Island“. The beach really looks like paradise, but on the middle of the island there is already a burning garbage dump. The lighthouse of the island consists of a wooden construction with a nailed torchlight. Oh, and the deep-sea fishing boats don’t look like they’ll survive the next trip either. But well, what is safety in a country like Myanmar, after all it is the land of a thousand wonders and of course a deep-sea fishing boat with several holes in the keel can put to sea quite normally.
