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23 September 2009 N1 27.384 E125 14.556 Our second dive today is in Jahir I, named after the one of the pioneer Indonesian dive guides, Jahir! It was spectacular. I’m running out of superlatives here and pretty soon, I’m going to sound boring. Too much of !!!!! Third dive was in Airbajo I. Here are […]

23 September 2009 N1 27.384 E125 14.556 I am now enlightened on the world famous place called Lembeh Strait. I’m no longer a Lembeh virgin! Hurrah! We’re here in Lembeh Resort to show what biodiversity is all about. Coincidentally, we’re also here to Twitter our activities, joining in the worldwide celebration of WWF Founder Sir […]

12 – 18 September 2009 S8 16.585 E115 35.585 While in Tauch Terminal, the easy access to the Liberty Wreck and a house reef made us dive and dive and dive till we couldn’t see straight anymore. And we had LONG dives. The house reef or Coral Garden had an incredible cleaning station at 27 […]

12 – 19 September 2009 S8 16.585 E115 35.585 First I have to pay tribute to the women porters of Tulamben. They literally risk their necks for us, and it’s quite embarrassing to see them carry one or two or even three tanks for our diving ease and pleasure! Here is some of the amazing […]

10 September 2009 S8 40.175 E115 27.960 After five months of straight shooting, we had to slow down and work on the thousands of images. The WWF Global Photo Network had been patiently waiting for their hi-resolution images but we could feel their itchy fingers wanting to get hold of the files! 🙂 So in […]

20 August 2009 S8 31.758 E119 44.784 Mesa Island We got off our 12-day liveaboard on the Seven Seas and hired ourselves a local floating home named Merannu, or Bajo language for “happy.” We swung again from luxury to basic and as always, found ourselves pleasantly surprised. Now our aim was to photograph Komodo’s people […]

6 – 18 August 2009 We spent 12 wonderful days diving with the entire Pet family and their friends onboard The Seven Seas, a super luxurious dive live aboard operating all over the best sites of Indonesia. It was Lida Pet-Soede’s much awaited vacation and it was perfect to share this time with her. Lida […]

6 – 24 August 2009 It is very interesting that mangroves and seagrass beds do not hold as much tourist attraction as flamboyant coral reefs. Fair enough as coral reefs are magical and full of variety of shapes and animals. But there is beauty in each ecosystem – so much so that we have this […]

6 – 22 August 2009 S8 27.213 E119 33.654 – achorage for Crystal & Castle Rock, North Komodo S8 47.133 E119 40.207 Horseshoe Bay Cannibal Rock, South Rinca S8 44.499 E119 25.217 Manta Alley, South Komodo S8 41.020 E119 33.978 Padar Island S8 26.339 E119 27.009 Batu Moncho, Beru Peninsula S8 08.647 E119 01.660 Pulau […]

In the beginning of our journey, we knew part of this expedition was going to be about food. About eating. But it was far from our minds to eat well in Jamursbamedi. In fact, we thought we were going to survive on instant noodles or instant anything, as this was by far the most remote […]