Another activity on Apulit Island: a quite strenuous nature hike, very at odds with the placid beach shore. Amusingly, our laid-back guide was so used to it, he padded along on flip-flops while I was huffing and puffing in sneakers.
For me, the best part of the hike was encountering new plants and creatures.
A lizard, quite different from all the geckos that patter around the cottages.
This ladder was not part of the hike. The island was Japan-owned until around 6 years ago, and during the two years that the island was closed due to repairs, locals from neighboring islands created this man-made ladder so they could climb up to the top of the mountain to catch the ever-profitable swallow's nests made from their spit.
Leaves stuck in a spider's web.
A tree that looks like it's covered with barnacles. Apparently it is so rare that it doesn't even have a scientific name, just something in the local language.
Bamboo trees growing in sideways. In Japan, I think they only grow vertically.
Another flimsily-constructed ladder, this time made for the nature hike. Check the guide's flip-flops!
We saw lots of these large red beetles.
Bamboo like barbed wire.
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