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Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben December 5th 2006

Atlantis International picked me up bright and early in the morning to go back to their shop to get outfitted with gear and join the group going to Tulamben dive site. My group consisted of two Canadians living in India (works in Energy business), an English couple living in Russia (guy works as boss in casino and has taken two months off to become a dive master), a guide and me. The first dive we did was the USS Liberty ship that was hit by a torpedo in WWII. Two destroyers tried to tow it to a base to be fixed but ended up beaching on Bali. When the volcano erupted in 1964 the blast knocked the ship over so the water covered it. It is now an artificial reef. This was my first wreck dive ... read more

Amed Day 2

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben August 9th 2006

Mount Agung

Kylejee

We had the most amazing views of the Java Sea. Each morning we would rise early enough to watch the spectacular sunrise over the sea as hundreds of fisherman would direct their boats back to shore with their catch of the day. Amed is a popular destination for divers so we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to freshen up on our diving skills. This was our first shore dive and it certainly put our balancing skills to the test, walking over larger slipper rocks while equipped in our dive gear (including oxygen tanks). The visibility was somewhat poor but we were able to see beautiful coral and a variety of ocean life surrounding on old shipwreck (U.S. Liberty). Our dive master is a friendly Balinese Hindu called Made who immediately after the dive had to leave ... read more

Amed

Asia » Indonesia » Bali » Tulamben August 7th 2006

Amed Blue Moon Villas

Kylejee

It has been several days since are last entry since we did not have internet access for a while. So what have we been up too…….. Well, we spent two and a half days in the beautiful seaside town of Amed, Bali. ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos...more history

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