After exploring the first freshwater creek, we then followed the coast further north to a little white gravel beach. As the shoreline of the bay is generally composed of undercut limestone cliffs draped in overhanging jungle, it is rare to find a beach, let alone anywhere to get off the water.
The beach is backed by another freshwater creek that seems to run through the gravel as well as over it, as there is much cold clear water all along the beach. As we inspected the beach, ignoring the piles of plastic waste, we found a little timber structure along the cliff at one end that appeared to be a sleeping shelter for fishers caught out in the frequent storms. There were also utensils and equipment consistent with people fishing. Also in the scrub behind the beach, Birgit found a weightless seedpod, vibrant orange, that looked like a citrus fruit, but is really just part of the jungle.
After this, we found another skull, this time not human, but a dolphin skull. No wonder now why the dolphins have been so shy when we see them. This kind of explains why we haven’t seen dolphins riding the bow wave of SeeBeeZee since arriving in Indonesia. After this, we rode around in the bay to explore some more of the jungle near the tidal race entrance to the bay.
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