Working on a turtle conservation project on the island of Nusa Penida was the last leg of my trip and definitely the one I was most looking forward to. Who could resist a couple of weeks in paradise with fascinating sea turtles?  As I approached the island by boat from the Bali mainland it looked idyllic, with lush vegetation and attractive wooden buildings. However as soon as I disembarked, I was dismayed to find myself in a rubbish filled shanty town drowning under a sea of plastic bottles. Thousands of tourists flock here every year to take photos at the famous Instagram beauty spots, but what you don’t see in these stunning photo shoots is just what the island looks like off camera. Me and my fellow new volunteers rattled along the unmade roads in an old truck, and, as I had requested a private room, I was dropped off…