In Reply to: Turtle island and parasailing posted by tinkerbell on Tuesday, 20. September 2005 at 17:27 Bali Time:
Visited Turtle Island last Oct and whilst I had a good time, there were a few things that bothered me. The animals there appear to be reasonably well cared for (gorgeous little monkey...upsetting to see in chains...hot day and no drinking water in sight)Massive turtle in enclosure and tourists were encouraged to sit on it's back and have photo taken....It's shell looked damaged and didn't feel right doing this for the sake of a photo opportunity. Was told that these particular turtles were only kept for a month then released....but walked into the gift shop and staff were trying to persuade me to buy turtle shell souvenirs....I wonder sometimes about the fate of that turtle. Sorry if this wasn't the post you were looking for, but felt compeled to write of this experience.