The bus bringing us to the boat tour was planned to pick us up at 8:10am from the hostel. I went down to the reception 5min earlier and asked if I have time to get a coffee. They said yes, but who could have known that getting the coffee would take more time (probably everyone). So, when I got out of the coffee shop, the receptionist waved at me furiously and pointed to a guy with a scooter. There was no reception in the coffee shop, so I didn‘t see the 20 missed calls from my brothers that they are sitting in the bus and left without me. I got on the back of the scooter and we drove until we caught up with the bus who was luckily making a stop to pick up our guide.

The boat tour was amazing even though it was windy and cold with heavy clouds above is. Getting into the water for a swim wasn‘t the easiest. It felt like being at the baltic sea in the spring. But it was worth it. 100%.

We hiked up a peak of a hill and at oke point the guide made us go through a tiny tunnel or cave that was maybe 10m long but we had to move forward on our tummies through the sand. On of my favorite moments was the kayaking. We went through some caves into a lagoon. The water - completely still. And the sandstone rocks covered in lush greenery emitted a peacefulness that is rare to find. And if you were quite for a moment, you could hear the sound of birds around. We even saw some monkeys in the trees.

And I loved how the guide was telling us, how all the sandstones are dinosaurs in a way, because they transformed mostly from bones and corals over million of years. And all the tunnels we went through with our kayaks were once softer stone once…which might have been big dinosaur whales. And because of the many trees on the rocks, the erosion is a bit faster in this area because we are in a bay and the leaves make the sea water more acidic.