Adventures in Pulau Weh!

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May 20th 2008

Published: June 24th 2008

(There is a blog missing which covers Malaysian Borneo, including Miri & Sipadan. This will be added ASAP) We flew from Tawau to Kuala Lumpur and then had an 8 hour wait before our flight to Medan. Medan is the capital of Sumatra - the furthest east island of Indonesia which happens to be the most populous Muslim country in the world. During the long wait we got Mon's eyes checked out by the ai... Read Full Entry

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Joe Smith and Monika Kozak

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We spent a year and a half travelling in 2006/2007 and were back in the UK for 6 months, but it is shit so we are going back to South East Asia for another 6 months before returning on a more permanent basis. The plan is to travel round SEAsia (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Idonesia are on the "to do" list at the moment.) Plan to do see some ancient temples (Ankor Wat is top of the list), do lots of trekking and as much diving as we can as well as some sitting around and drinking tiger beer and singha. Will be meeting up with as many friends from our previous trip as we can (Hanna,... full info

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The cafe next door.

We had to walk across a plank to get to it.

Joe on the dive boat

Us heading out for a dive

Joe after his dive

this was the time when he did his deep dive to 45 meters!

A local fisherman catching tasty fish

Aqua blue water so clear and lovely

Our beach as seen from the dive boat

Some run down huts

We think these may have been damaged by the tsunami

The shop dogs chasing a poor goat!

There were goats all over the island and the dogs loved to chase and harass them.

ScubaMon!

Snowflake Moray Eel

This one is a juvenile, we were informed.

Snowflake Moray Eel

Another shot of this cool little guy. Mon stalked him for a while and we were lucky to see him swimming about. Normally only the head pokes out from a hole in the rocks or coral, or sometimes even in a bottle or part of a ship wreck some other man made hole.

Nemo found us!

This is another type of clown fish, like the famous Nemo!

More fish

You getting bored yet??

LIttle blue spotted fishies!

Joe and Carol

I mean coral...

Little blue fishies!

This little guys live in the coral, but as soon as you come near them to snap a shot, they hide in the coral again. Bastards.

Batfish and baby!

The sliver one on the right is a bat fish, the one on the left is actually a juvenile bat fish. He is closer so he looks bigger, but that is perspective for you!

Pipefish

Slightly out of focus, but still a nice shot. A pipe fish is like a stretched out seahorse.

Juvenile Riboon Eel

When he/she grows up he/she will be yellow if she is a girl or blue if he is a boy!

Giant Clam!

4th July 2008

Wendin
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Awesome"ness"
The pictures are fabulous and you have given me the best idea of what the island is like to me and my friend Syamil...who would soon be going to Weh Island... makes me more eager to visit that little island!

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