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Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben October 26th 2010

So, da bin ich also wieder. On the road again. Die erste Woche in Bali ist vorbei. Nach einem nicht mehr enden wollenden Flug ueber 18 Stunden mit Landungen in Doha/Qatar und Singapur kam ich abends in Kuta - Flughafen auf Bali an. Ich war froh, den Flug gemeinsam mit Didi zu haben, so konnten wir wenigstens ein wenig quatschen und uns gemeinsam die Zeit vertreiben. Die erste Nacht habe ich mich ueberwunden, in den Touristenort Kuta zu gehen und hatte ein einfaches Hotel reserviert. Es war guenstig und halbwegs ok, aber der Massentourismus macht mir jedes Mal fast Angst. Am naechsten Tag organisierte ich mir ein guenstigen Transport nach Kubu an der Ostkueste. Dort fahren keine Busse hin, da bleibt einem nur ein Privatfahrer. Ich erwischte aber einen zu einem sehr fairen Preis. Der war ... read more
Didi und ich im Flieger
Goa Lawa
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Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben September 24th 2010

After Borneo I flew to Singapore and had a great relaxing 24 hours with book reading and fabulous Turkish food! Then I took a late flight and arrived in Denpasar at 21.30. After tons of paper work I got my visa and took a taxi to my 'home stay' as they call the small hotels. The next morning I got ready to see the Mola Mola/Sunfish at Nusa Penida. I was very lucky and saw two on the first dive!! It was such a cool creature, very surreal. Apart from that the diving was average and I had some reef wreckers on the boat...had to play reef police but they still kept on lying all over the reef.. Transferred to Tulamben which is a bit further up north and got an ear infection...arrrrrrghhh!!! After a couple ... read more
coral crab
sweetlip
mantis

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben August 18th 2010

Here some pics of the Tulamben dive!!!... read more
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Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben July 25th 2010

I said goodbye to Richard on Thursday even though we found out just a few minutes before leaving for the dive centre that his flight was on Friday morning as to that morning. It was too late to cancel going on my 2 day trip to Tulamben so hopefully he enjoyed his extra day in Sanur anyway. The reason for the overnight trip was that one of the girls here is short on logged dives to get her divemaster before she leaves so we had to do as many dives as we could. I thought this would involve lots of short dives - I was definitely wrong. We spent an hour underwater followed by an hour surface interval and repeated until we had 5 dives each day. The dives started to last as long as our ... read more
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Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben July 20th 2010

I was given about 24 hours notice that Richard would be joining me as his visa has run out in China and he’s got to wait for his work visa to be sorted out. Apparently it was between seeing me and the Philippines so I’m glad he decided to come to Bali. I was also glad he was able to find my hotel with only the street name and being told to look for a small sign with the name of where I am. We went up to Tulamben which is at the north of the island and is a popular diving place as there is a sunken US liberty wreck very close to the beach. I helped on an open water course whilst Richard tried a bit of snorkelling and chatted to the locals. I ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben July 2nd 2010

I've been addicted to dive since February this year. Especially after I get my diving Certificate. One of my favourite spot is Tulamben. Tulamben is a small fishing village on the north-east coast of Bali. It is located on Kubu ditrict, Karangasem Region. It is about 100 Km from my house in downtown capital of Bali, Denpasar. Takes about 3.5 hours motorcycle riding. It is among the most popular dive sites on Bali since the wreck of the Liberty, a US Army Transport ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1942 lies just off shore. During high-season, up to 100 divers descend to the wreck each day. The town's name is derived from the word batulambih, which roughly translates as "many stones" a reference to the destructive eruptions by Mount Agung that have effected this part ... read more
Turtle

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben May 6th 2010

The PADI Divemaster thing is really a great work out everyday in the water today 2 dives and we taught a guy how to Free dive which kept us in the water for an additional hour. The PADI Divemaster course can be done in 8 days but If it esd me I would have felt ripped off as even in 15 days we are craming alot in and Steve now renamed Slugo the DMT came out here to Asia fairly well prepared. I did not know that being dehydrated can be a way to increase the chances of getting Bent aparently recently here in Bali a diver, instructor with lots of dives was not staying up on his water intake and got bent even though his computer said that he was with in the limits. Amazing ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben May 3rd 2010

The Asia Travel Diet Thing Again. Now I have my Aspen friend with me and we are diving Bali and all is good. Diving as I said yesterday is a great form of exercise which is a key component in every weight loss guru program and doctors recommended way to lose weight and to keep it off, Diet and exercise. Scuba Diving is a low impact but high calorie burner as water is 2400 times denser than air so even moving slowly through the water is going to burn a lot of calories on top of that you have a 30 LBS tank and 10 lbs of weights and other dive accouterments and tools so when you are going into and out of the water you have to lug that which is a work out in ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben July 13th 2009

Saturday, July 11th We had a lazy day reading, washing clothes, snoozing and snacking on delicious pineapple pancakes covered with honey and ice-cream. After a nap we found a resort that sold the wi-fi credits we were looking for (it cost three times as much as the same credits in Lovina! Ouch!). What’s weird is the lack of wi-fi in Bali. This is such a huge tourist hotspot and yet there are almost no wi-fi service providers. Even in Vietnam, which the rest of Asia considers to be a little backward, you can't turn around without running into a free wi-fi hotspot. Anyway... We decided to enjoy a snack and the lovely view of the beach from the resort's restaurant. We had a Lassi (yogurt fruit shake), a pizza and tea while the sun set. Our ... read more
Ragged-Finned Firefish
Longfin Batfish
Whitetip Shark

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben July 11th 2009

July 8th This morning we snorkeled the Drop-Off. It was an interesting spot with little shallow coral and plenty of fish. Highlights were one Nudibranch, three small Black-Spotted Toadfish and one big Barracuda. Back at home we napped and read most of the afternoon, then went hunting for wi-fi airtime. We were unable to locate a place where we could buy some credits but ran into a South African guy. We started chatting and soon his girlfriend joined us. Sean and Wendy live in the UK and they're also traveling for an extended time. After a brief chat we said goodbye and went home for dinner. When Sean and Wendy went on the prowl for dinner they found us sitting in our restaurant and joined us. They've traveled extensively and have the craziest stories. After hearing ... read more
Harlequin Ghost Pipefish
Xenocarcinus Tuberculatus (Weevil-like Crab)
Ferdi & The Liberty




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