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21 October 2011
Due to the 5 hour time difference we woke early and walked to the airport for some breakfast before our 3 hour flight to Bali. We essentially had had an afternoon and an overnight in Bali for all the things I had in mind. Lengthy immigration queues ate into this time. We headed out […]
20 July 2011
I woke early in order to use shared transport to get to my next accommodation on the same island. The other guests are off back to the mainland. I had planned this move so that I could be on a nicer beach (Sumur Tiga) now that I’ve gotten all the diving (at Gapang beach) out […]
19 July 2011
Best dive! Today I did my third dive at Pulau Weh for this visit. This dive at Batee Tokong was the best! The clarity was good and because we dived around the pinnacle, one gets both the wall and blue-water experience. There were barracudas, turtles, octopuses, moray eels, scorpionfish amongs many other varieties. Some people […]
18 July 2011
I come back to Pulau Weh after a year to have a little more diving. This relatively undiscovered island offers some great diving and is easily accessible from my budget airline hub, Kuala Lumpur. Today I had two dives with Lumba Lumba: The first at Arus Bale (Bastard Current) was good … the variety of […]
18 July 2011
I come back to Pulau Weh after a year to have a little more diving. This relatively undiscovered island offers some great diving and is easily accessible from my budget airline hub, Kuala Lumpur. This visit to Pulau Weh I did three dives over two days, again with Lumba Lumba. The first at Arus Bale […]
17 July 2011
It was back to Indonesia after a few days in Thailand and Malaysia. I flew off to Banda Aceh at 1215 today on AirAsia, landing at 1240 (with an hour of time difference). I had a couple of hours waiting at the Ulee Lheue ferry terminal for my ferry to Pulau Weh. Arriving at Pulau Weh’s […]
10 July 2011
Surabaya takes its name from a legend in which the shark (suro) and crocodile (baya) fight for dominance. Beautiful story, beautiful name but otherwise … The old town has crumbling remains from the colonial past … generally Indonesia doesn’t revere that era so such old buildings are left to ruins or renovated beyond recognition. It’s […]
9 July 2011
Above: Jembatan Merah, or red bridge in Surabaya where there was a fierce battle in the war for independence. How easy would it be to get from Pasuruan to Surabaya? In theory it takes about an hour … not! Pasuruan is big enough to be unmanageable on foot … but small enough not to have […]
8 July 2011
The beautiful crater of Ijen After yesterdays 0020 wakeup, this morning’s alarm for 0330 seemed like luxury. I put on yesterday’s dirty shirt, trousers and ash-laden socks … our guide said we’d be equally dirty today. Soon after 0400 we took a short drive and walked about 90 minutes to the top of Ijen Crater. […]
7 July 2011
Sunrise over the three volcanoes I set the alarm clock for 0020 in time for a 0100 departure from Malang to Mount Bromo. The journey in our white Land Rover to Cemoro Lawang took about 2h30. Once there, we waited in the chilly highland air for a beaten up local Toyota Landcruiser to take us […]