Manado, Indonesia Travel Blogs

Manado
Apr 12, 2009 (7 photos)

... ajastaan jalkeen jaanut. Sen sijaan kaupunkiin on noussut toinen toistaan hulppeampia "mooleja", joita koko viimeisen Indonesia-illan sitten kiersimme. Ostokset sinansa jaivat vahiin. Mita nyt parikymmenta pussia nasi goreng -maustepusseja, pari pakettia ...

Mangroves: it's a dirty business
Jul 24, 2009 (16 photos)

Our last field site in Indonesia was in North Sulawesi--we'll let the photos tell the story. Sadly our trip to Indonesia is quickly drawing to a close. We have had an amazing time here and have been overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of almost ...

Manado
Apr 7, 2009 (4 photos)

Air Asian Kuala Lumpur - Manado -lennon ja Wings Airin Manado - Ternate -lennon valissa notkuimme Manadon lentokentalla. Ulkona satoi kaatamalla. Naimme joulupukin. Soimme nuudeleita. Ja arvuuttelimme sita, millaisella koneella loppumatka taittuisi. Vahan ...

Manado
Apr 10, 2009 (1 photos)

Kun pulssi oli vahan tasaantunut ja olimme taas indonesialaisen propelikonematkan jalkeen turvallisesti maan pinnalla Manadon kansainvalisella lentokentalla, rupesimme tehokkaiksi. Ensin ensimmaiselta pimean taksin tarjoajalta ilmastoitu autokyyti (Rp 200 ...

A Day In The Life Of Jimmy
Nov 17, 2000

After my last update we (the Togean crew) rented a van to Manado, a surprisingly pleasant and uneventful nine hours, if a little cramped. Manado had been described as a "clean" and "modern" place that you might like to stay for a while. Well, I'm guessing ...

Sulawesi
Aug 12, 2004 (9 photos)

Hello, Voila enfin quelques nouvelles apres quelques jours de folies sur place. Malheureusement y aura pas de photos cette fois paske ben j ai oublie de prendre ma carte memoire avec et de toute facon y a pas de prise usb dans ce cybercafe (un peu ...

Plongee, tarsiers et cocotiers
May 28, 2006 (7 photos)

... ecrit.....la fin du voyage approche et avec elle la fatigue des derniers 4 mois s'accumule :-) Je suis donc reparti pour Bunaken et Manado, au nord de Sulawesi, pour faire de la plongee. J'y suis deja alle en 2004 (si vous voulez voir un peu plus de ...

A Diver's Paradise
Jul 22, 2007 (4 photos)

After spending 1 more night in Manado than I had anticipated due to the unfortunate fact that there are no public boats to the Island of Bunaken on a Sunday I headed off to Bunaken on one of the public boats. I had expected something like a ferry but what ...

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride - We've arrived!!!
Nov 1, 2008 (3 photos)

... sites for the week. That's a volcano on the left, and Bunaken is on the right. How to describe the taxi ride from Manado to our remote location about an hour and a half away?  If anyone has ever been on the ride at Disneyland called Mr. ...

Koncno na Sulawesiju
Aug 13, 2004

Zivjo! Koncno sva na severu Sulawesija, kamor sva po triurnem letu proti severovzhodu priletela iz Jakarte. Po prihodu na letalisce v Jakarti naju je tam pricakal prijatelj Hermawan, katerega sva spoznala lani. Bila sva zelo presenecena, na koncu pa ...

Courbatures, tarsiers et chauve-souris bouillie
Aug 17, 2004 (7 photos)

Hello, malheureusement il faudra attendre un bon moment avant d'avoir les photos... desole, mais on a quelques ptits problemes de connexion. Pour reprendre la suite de nos aventures, apres avoir ete visiter le marche de Tomohon, nous avons decide de ...

Not another one...
Sep 12, 2008

... Bunaken started shaking. Just like in May in China, just a case of another earthquake hitting, fairly minor here, but probably somewhat heavier elsewhere in Indonesia. So, just letting you all know again that I'm okay. Have a beer on that. Cheers!

Bunaken
Jul 1, 2006 (5 photos)

... and the advertisements and the plethora of Christian churches, the town looked like a lot of places in Thailand/Indonesia/Malaysia. The harbor was a murky cesspool, crowded with small boats and big freighter/passenger ferries. There were the concrete ...

Najpomembnejsa (postranska) stvar na svetu
Jul 11, 2006 (5 photos)

Selamat pagi! (ali dobro jutro, kot bi rekli tam dalec stran, v Sloveniji) Ja, svetovnega prvenstva je konec in na zalost so zmagali nasi sosedje, da se bodo naslednja 4 leta lahko nosili ze bolj pokonci kot sicer. Obe polfinalni tekmi in finale smo ...

Reunited with Sarah
Oct 28, 2005 (6 photos)

... consider the effect of such practices on the non-muslim (and very tired) members of the community. Anyway, the city of Manado was a really refreshing change of culture, somewhat like an Asian version of "Home and Away". My memories of it include ...

Diving in Bunaken, Sulawesi
Jun 14, 2005 (6 photos)

... at Two Fish Divers (www.twofishdivers.com) and hoped to meet other travellers to work out where we should go in Indonesia - one recurring theme in this country is that no travel agent seems to have any information about anywhere that isn't fairly close ...

Back to the city
Jul 31, 2006

... sundae. We are now catching up on email and spending some time researching the next leg of our journey on line. Perhaps later we will have a cappuccino.... We will be in Indonesia until August 16th and we plan to divide that time between Bali and Java.

Manic Manado
Feb 14, 2009 (2 photos)

Entry Coming

Are you Man(ado) or Mouse?
Feb 10, 2008 (109 photos)

We learned that things move a lot slower in Indonesia. That information came quickly to me when I struggled into the mass of people all clambering for the ticket counter in the Jakarta Airport. There was some flooding in Jakarta and this delayed flights ...

Bitung to Manado
Sep 20, 2008 (45 photos)

When we departed Paradise Dancer, the "others" went their separate ways and we returned to Manado for another night at Kimo Bajo (and of course another massage!). The drive across the island was quite interesting; our interpreter was a very English ...

Manado, North Sulawese, Indonesia
Sep 8, 2008 (7 photos)

Kima Bajo Resort & Spa was a slice of heaven. Once settled we were so sorry we were only there for one night at each end of our Paradise Dancer dive experience. We made the most of the experience; a massage both visits!

Bunaken Island
Jun 26, 2005 (4 photos)

Travel from Togeans Night in Manado Stay at Lorenzo's Some more diving

Sulawesi, more scuba diving
Oct 17, 2008

More incredible scuba diving.

Getting to Bunaken Island
May 9, 2007

We took our leave of Singapore by boat and had a hectic, mad dash through Indonesia on our way to Manado in Northern Sulawesi.  We started out early in the morning on May 8th and took a ferry to Batam Island in the Riau Archipelago.  It's ...

Cigarettes & Cap-less Petrol Tanks - Just Say No!
Oct 31, 2008 (81 photos)

... famous for two things- diving & Christianity. It is now also famous for Alex's second worst snorkelling sunburn in Indonesia (Aceh still takes the cake), lazing in hammocks, UNO tournaments, pimped Mikrolets, decapitated pigs, getting lost on volcano ...

4 dives a day make us happy
Sep 10, 2008 (20 photos)

Third Day of full-day diving

Check-in
May 7, 2008

Perjalanan kedua gw ke Manado.  Terbang pake Garuda jam 18.00WIB.  Sampe sini tengah malem. Check-in di Gran Puri Manado.

the most sizzling city
Mar 2, 1999

party

Real Diving Started...
Sep 7, 2008 (15 photos)

... i had to fin really hard to maintain the depth i was at because i put too much weights on myself. Third Dive - Site: Manado House Reef A good last dive of the day. Saw different fishes as compared to the first day at the house reef.  Pretty ...

4 dives today....
Sep 9, 2008 (13 photos)

4 dives today - more updates to come