Shallow water though it's quite far from the beach.
My hubby was still resting and not joining me for snorkeling.
I only snorkeled for 10 - 15 minutes, because I felt bad leaving my hubby alone on the boat. The second reason was because the boatman joined me to snorkel. Well, I'm a good swimmer so I don't need anyone to hold my hand or touch my body. So fed up that I prompted him not to hold me or restricted my movements as I wanted to take photos. But, he still did so, therefore I decided to stop snorkeling and told him that I wanted to see how's my hubby doing.
To summarize, for your safety, it's better to travel with family or group especially for ladies. It's not like Bali where nobody will really care or stare at you if you're in bikini.
Worse than Gili Trawangan, I didn't see fish in Gili Meno, but Colony of coral reefs...
Massive Massive coral reefs - Acropora formosa and Astreopora Expansa.
The combination of staghorn Acropora formosa and Astreopora Expansa
look like plates of rose petals and thorns, don't they?
Predominantly, Astreopora Expansa has brown, greenish and some in combination with pink, rose or violet colors.
Rainforests of the sea.
Corals are made of colonies of tiny animals called polyps, which each polyp contains lots of tiny algae. They gain their color from these symbiotic algae, so without them, they appear white.
Coral reef are most commonly found at shallow depths in tropical waters forming the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. They occupy less than 0.1% of the world's ocean surface, yet they provide a home for at least 25% of all marine species.
