With its pristine beaches and spectacular dive sites, the Coral Triangle is a much sought-after tourist destination.

20 – 24 October 2009 N1 35.560 E124 46.199 – Bunaken Island N1 34.532 E124 48.592 – Thalassa Dive Center Off we went with the tireless Simone Gerritsen of Thalassa Dive Center in Manado to explore  Bunaken and the surrounding islands as well as the under-appreciated mainland Manado. We knew to expect the steep wall […]

18 October 2009 N1 27.604 E124 45.671 – Murex Dve Resort About 15 years ago, Yogi dove and dove and dove for two straight months with Murex Dive Resort and Liveaboard in North Sulawesi. During this period, he contracted dengue fever and got a special visit from Murex’s very owner, the gentle, soft-spoken Dr. Batuna. […]

15 – 17 October 2009 N0 50.831 E124 42.464 A relatively unknown dive destination not far from Lembeh is slowly getting its share of the limelight. Buyat Bay is about five hours from Manado located south of Lembeh. It used to be a gold mining operation that shut down recently. Now the mining facility’s skeleton […]

If you happen to be in Singapore on October 27 with nothing to do at 7 pm, join us at the Botanical Gardens, as we shall be presenting our expedition so far through a 40-minute slideshow. Here’s WWF Singapore’s leaflet-invitation to announce the event!

23 September – 4 October 2009 N1 27.384 E125 14.556s As much as we appreciate the diversity of creatures crawling about Lembeh Strait, we appreciated more our guides who led us to them. Visiting divers will never get to see critters without the help of our Indonesian dive guides from Lembeh Divers Resort. They see […]

23 September – 4 October 2009 N1 27.384 E125 14.556 An insanely fantastic artist friend of ours by the name of Robert Strachan has, for years, barked out an order everytime we went on a dive journey. “Will you photograph fish faces for me? Not side view. Not quarter view. I want full frontal in-your-face […]

23 September – 4 October 2009 N1 27.384 E125 14.556 What the heck is muck? We have been diving in the Lembeh muck for the past 12 days and finding it so interesting we could hardly tear ourselves away from it. We must be mad, you’d think.  How can diving silt and sand be interesting? […]

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 […]