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Have travelled a tiny bit, a this stage Aus, NZ, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia but really want to spread my wings and get out there. I love diving, i can't describe the feeling you get when you jump off the back of the boat and then put your head under and immediately you are in another world. It is amazing. I am starting to try my hand at underwater photography but it is so much harder than it looks, fish never stay still!!

Not sure where is next, have to read some blogs and get inspired!

I hear the Perhentian islands calling my name.....

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By Trenty
February 4th 2009

old man sea Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gilli Trawangan

boat boy

The man smiles at me, cracked lips parting to show a grin of yellowed ancient teeth. His hand casually draped over the tiller seems to hardly move as he directs the boat through this tempest. I look forward and see only grey water rising above the bow and as i brace myself again i glance back at the man and for the first time notice the strain in his muscles as he wrestles the tiller into obedience while at the same time continuing his air of casualness. The women huddled next to me brushes my hand as she shifts uncomfortably and [View Full Entry]

By Trenty
February 1st 2009

The Verdure and Animalia of Gili T Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gilli Trawangan

black beetle attacking lilacus flowericus

The Verdure and Animalia of Gili T are as diverse as the people inhabiting the island. Deciding not to dive this time around both due to bad weather and my now chronic fear of sea sickness and boats, we subsequently spent alot of time walking and riding around the island. It was only really once we traversed the back streets and inland tracks of the island that we really gained a true appreciation for the way of life of the local villagers and the local flora and fauna. Many a day was spent traipsing the highways and byways of Gili T [View Full Entry]

By Trenty
June 19th 2008

Thoughts of travel and saving the world Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast

kids in sandakan
it's not africa but the closest i had

So i am laying on my bed, the rain is tapping at my window. My mind wanders to thoughts of travel and i browse the pages of travelblog in search of inspiration. Work is quiet at the moment and hence i have too much time on my hands, too much time thinking and not enough time doing. Uni doesn't start back up until next year for me so my new found enthusiasm for completing my teaching degree is already waning. I need inspiration and bad. Sitting at home day after day is not good for ones idea of self worth. I [View Full Entry]

By Trenty
April 12th 2008

mungalli, milaa milaa and a few waterfalls Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Inn The Tropics

milaa milaa falls
ali at the bottom of the falls

Time for another foray into the cairns hinterland and surrounds. Since heading up north we have become quite addicted to swimming in freezing cold fresh water swimming holes. There's something so refreshing and pure about it as opposed to swimming in the sea (not that we can do that up here with stingers and crocs!) We had read that it was possible to swim at a few of the waterfalls a little south of cairns so we headed off down that way, we had also heard that there was a good dairy down there at mungalli so we were keen to [View Full Entry]

By Trenty
December 3rd 2007

Bunaken dive sites Asia » Indonesia » Sulawesi » Bunaken National Park

lionfish

Some more photos i found from Bunaken before the camera died. Bunaken dive sites visted: Lekuan 3 Alung Banua Shipwreck Molas - Japanese cargo vessel wrecked off Manado Lekuan 1 - the demise of the camera featured notably on this dive Barracuda Point - funnily enough we didn't see any barracuda Bango Point Sachiko's Point Muka Kampung Alung Banua - night dive and the best dive ever!! [View Full Entry]

By Trenty
December 2nd 2007

No, cameras should not be used to attract attention while diving Asia » Indonesia » Sulawesi » Bunaken National Park

nudibranch

Over the period of a week we quite a few dives here in Bunaken. Here are some of the photos from the week underwater. We stayed a Bastianos resort which we would definitely go back to and stay. It was great, the staff were so friendly and everything was really easy, more about that in another blog though, this one is dedicated to diving and the memory of my late canon ixus 500. We had been diving for about 3 days when we started a dive at lekuan 2. We dropped to about 18-20m and started to drift along the wall, [View Full Entry]

By Trenty
December 1st 2007

Welcome to the hotel california Asia » Indonesia » Sulawesi » Bunaken National Park

bunaken

Thumbing through the latest issue of asia sport diver i happen to glance around at my fellow travellers and notice i am one of 3 others reading the same magazine, coincidence or is there something more at play? Waiting for my flight to Manado from Singapore i try to catch up on the latest in diving so i can feel "in" with the diving crowd once we touch down in Indonesia. From my observations it is clear i am not the only one. It's not really for the words though that i buy diving magazines, it's the photos of the weird [View Full Entry]

By Trenty
November 10th 2007

Swimming with turtles Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » open water

Turtle
Snorkeling with the turtles

After getting to Cairns a few months ago we thought that it was high time to have a little mini holiday, a very mini holiday ....... one day. Following a little research we settled on Fitzroy Island about 40min out from Cairns, it seemed an ideal place to spend a day. The brochures said there was snorkeling off the beach and the pictures looked too good to be true. To tell you the truth i had my reservations about it though, I had images of a dumpy island with a resort and loads of holidaymakers and crap snorkeling but Alison wanted [View Full Entry]

By Trenty
December 3rd 2006

Under the sea at Ko Ha and Phi Phi Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta

clown fish

After spending a few days of lazing around the beach at Ko Lanta, Alison and I were in need of some underwater therapy and we were itching to try out our underwater housing for the camera. Choosing the closest dive shop to where we were staying we went with Palm Beach diving. It is run by a few dutch instructors and they were really friendly. We booked in for two days of diving, one to Phi Phi and it's surrounds and the other to Ko Ha, a group of 5 or 6 islands that form a pretty little oasis in the [View Full Entry]

By Trenty
December 1st 2006

paper stars Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta

lift off
deb and her lantern

Nothing quite says you're on holiday like sitting in a beach bar sipping a beer or an ice cold mango lassi. Nothing that is unless the particular beach bar has Enrique on repeat, then of course it takes the whole experience of being on holiday to a whole new level. You can imagine my carefree mood then as i sat back in a cane chair, my feet digging little moats around me in the soft cool sand. Kinda ice cold beer in my hand gazing across the andaman sea towards the distant lights of Phi Phi. No crowds of tourists here, [View Full Entry]

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