Pulau Weh... as close to tropical paradise as it gets

I've lost my slops. The compulsory footwear that saw me through thailand's Koh Tao, up and down the busy little beach street, have been left at the door at one of the establishments on Sumatra's Pulau Weh. Who cares. On this 500m island beach, slops aren't necessary. We've traded western loo's and showers for the most exquisite turquoise bay, palm trees, and a VERY chilled vibe. Even more so now, as Ramadan has just begun and the small community of locals living here do very little during daylight hours.

Life on Gapang Beach centres around Lumba Lumba Dive Centre. Onno and I are have just completed day 3 of our 4 day Open Water 1 course. Really fantastic. We went down to 18m today, and finished up all the necessary underwater skills. Favourite sighting today: a polka dot fish. Actually called a Clown Trigger Fish. Yesterday, a Green Turtle. :) a TURTLE!!!

So we reckon we'll bunk down here for a while, continue to navigate the local rules around Ramadan (we order our breakfast and lunch in the evenings, which makes it ok for the local beach restaurants to give us the food the next day), snorkel, swim, explore the island by scooter, practice our free diving and a little more scuba. And wait to see which bug bites us next. X