Guesthouse "The 4 Fish" Manado

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 every ...

... ryhmille (joita vaaleissa toki on muutama mukana) ei kannatusta juurikaan heru. Tilanne on vahan samanlainen kuin esim. Suomessa, jossa avoimesti uskontoaihepiiria politiikkaan tunkeva KD on ja pysyy pienpuolueena. Sellaisessa monikulttuurisessa ja moniuskontoisessa maassa kuin Indonesia ei kerta kaikkiaan ole varaa paastaa uskonnollista fanaattisuutta tai muuta suvaitsemattomuutta valloilleen. Juuri esim. Malukun saaristossa, johon siis Ternate ja Tidorekin ...

20 Dollars less in our pocket, a lot closer to the equator. After an amazing final night in Bunaken we took the ferry back to Manado. From there, the bus to Gorontalo. A nine hour jeep ride through tiny villages, by an abundance of rice fields, passing election posters, rivers and not so solid bridges. When we reached the mountain range the drive became less pleasent as the many curves that our driver had to enter with a speed of 80 km/h kept ...

... s driveways or on the road itself. They oftentimes used to roads as the asphalt paving did a better job of drying the kernels than the dirt driveways. Oh, and the dogs loved the roadways also. They could be found lying in the roadway just about wherever they wanted. Some were pets, but sadly many will make a meal. They have a saying in North Sulawesi that they will eat ...

... s. Back rolling off the boat into the really clear water, we could see the wonderful corals and schools of fish. Picking our depth we cruised along in the slight current pausing to take pictures, watch a colorful fish or peek into crevaces in the wall for hiding critters. Although its hard to imagine, the schools of fish were greater in number and of different varieties than the ...

First day at Manado: We reached Manado at around 2 pm and we were transported to the resort with one of the co-owners, a Singaporean. When we reached the resort, we were very happy with the environment. At about 3.30 pm, we went for our check-out dive at the House Reef. We ...

... he kept taking us into it, which meant I used up my air pretty quickly. I was down to 50 bar and signaled that we need to start our ascent, so we moved up to 5m, which meant going up an incline and also into the current. When we got there I had 40 bar left, wasn't worried as we only had to do the 3 min stop. But I had to fin to stop been swept away, once the 3 min was up I let go and started to drift to the surface, at which ...

... of Bitung is the nearest to the Philipines, which is a major transfer point for these rare Indonesian animals. The wildlife sanctaury had fairly good facilities and most of the animals were doing pretty good, with the exceptions being the sun bears, clouded leopard, and most of the monkeys. We got to interact with lots of the animals and see tons of amazing birds as well though, and it was a very rewarding experience. Highlights included playing with the orangutans, and ...

... sveta, ceprav bi clovek pricakoval, da ob boju za prezivetje pozabijo na take banalnosti. Iz Rantepao-a, od koder sva zadnjic porocala, sva se spet vozila celih 12h v natrpanem avtobusu. Ugotovila sva, da imava ocitno zelo dobra zelodca, saj so bruhali vsi po vrsti, in to ne enkrat. Mojca je v narocje vzela eno puncko, saj se je cela druzina stiskala na 2 sedezih - no pa se je ta kmalu pobruhala in je to po malem pocela se naslednjih 10h. A sva se naucila nekako ...

... fish turned out to be a big koi breaded and fried, and surprisingly tasty rather than swampy-tasting, as I expected From there, we headed to a pottery-producing village. It looked like the clay was being dug straight out of the ground on the property, as there were several pits visible and filling with trash. They looked to be making the pots using coils and big manual wheels. Some of the pots were huge. The stuff was clearly for domestic sale ...