http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Sulawesi , Bunaken National Park en-us Sun, 06 Dec 09 00:40:58 +0000 Sun, 06 Dec 09 00:40:58 +0000 One day after our usual morning snorkel the clouds began to gather so we decided to go and explore the village after lunch. It was about a 30 minute walk from Lorenzo's. We'd set off another day but turned back as the temperature soared and there was little shade on the roadway. Today however with the lack of sunshine it made for a pleasant stroll. We spent a lovely afternoon speaking to the fri http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-433576.html We have just spent the last 8 days on the island of Bunaken off the coast of Sulawesi Indonesia.Our flight to Manado was delayed by two and a half hours meaning instead of arriving at 7.50 it was 9.30pm. By the time wersquod bought our visa and cleared customs it was approaching 10.30pm.Wersquod arranged to be picked up by Vasko from Lorenzorsquos and taken to the port for the boat wersq http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-433350.html We decided to leave Bunaken and see what else Sulawesi had to offer. We spent Monday in Manado on the mainland which was a nightmare dirty noisy traffic everywhere and road signs that were impossible to follow We managed to do the essentials like Internet and buying eardrops which we were both in need of badly. None of the hotels within our budget had a shower instead they had a 'mandi' wh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-424031.html The next couple of days we spent snorkelling relaxing and eating. The coral reef was reached by wading through the muddy mangrove water then swimming about 100 feet. From there the coral dropped down a huge steep slope like a rock garden so many colours and varieties probably the best wersquove come across ever. The fish were amazing too large ones tiny ones and every colour you can imagine http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-406615.html Afgelopen week hebben wij genoten van een weekje duiken in de wateren rond Menado. De vlucht met LionAir liep gesmeerd in een boeing 777 maar liefst Eva had visioenen van een aan elkaar geductaped propellorvliegtuig. We kwamen laat in de avond aan en wilde een bus pakken richting het centrum van Menado. Toen we na een half uur ploeteren bij het busstation aankwamen bleek deze niet meer te rijd http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-347068.html We flew from Bali to Manado in Sulawesi to go diving at an island called Bunaken. I worry that the nondivers out there will be bored with all of the underwater stuff so I've put a few above water pics first. While we were on the island we walked to another dive resort one night where some local guys were playing music. The lead sang into a microphone carved of wood and the drummer hammered on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-344936.html Some more photos i found from Bunaken before the camera died.Bunaken dive sites vistedLekuan 3Alung BanuaShipwreck Molas Japanese cargo vessel wrecked off ManadoLekuan 1 the demise of the camera featured notably on this diveBarracuda Point funnily enough we didn't see any barracudaBango PointSachiko's PointMuka KampungAlung Banua night dive and the best dive ever http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-286029.html 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 playWaiting 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-285429.html 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 f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-283061.html Oceans the final frontier. These are the voyages of the scubadiver Ali. His fiveyear mission To explore strange new reefs. To seek out new fish and new nudibranches. To boldly dive where no one has dived before.Hobby or ObsessionOf all the marine environments coral reefs contain the highest diversity of species of all the reefs in the world those in South East Asia have the highest diversit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-194358.html Well It's seems I've neglected my loyal readers for a long time now. But the truth is I wasn't really in a writting mood. But Since the weeks are piling up since the last entry I figured I better get off my ass and write something before I start to forget all the details of my life since the the last blog. I actually uploaded the pictures for this blog about a month ago now but just didn't know w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-168613.html After months of waiting for my contract and visa I finally moved to Papua New Guinea in January 2007. So far it has been a thoroughly enjoyable experience and I'll hopefully publish an entry on life here soon.... Nonetheless after spending 4 months in Port Moresby I was quite ready for a little break. The opportunity came when I met up with my parents and brother for a scubadiving reunion i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Sulawesi/Bunaken-National-Park/blog-167945.html