Bastianos Lembeh Diving Resort Bitung

... down the hill, better at night time!<br><br>So I got on the flight on Monday 27th and the air hostess sat next to me while we were landing.  Got chatting to her, told her my diving situation, at which point the guy sat next to her perked up and told me he would make sure I had a good time at the resort - he was owner!  What luck!  2 days later I was told I had a free treatment at the spa, compliments of the owner who felt sorry for me!  Very very nice of him indeed!<br><br>The resort was ...

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 ...

... here another Microlet will take you to Ruko the harbor where the boat from the resorts will pick you up, no public ferries in here only the ones from the resorts for the 10 to 20 minutes crossing. The whole trip will take one hour and a half more or less and you do not have to pay more than pennies for each leg of the trip. Two Fish was much better than Daniels, their price went also up to $17 Euros for single room but the food was much better and the service too ...

... the shallow corals! There was soooo much coral and in so many different varieties. On some dives, we were having a great time just shooting macro pictures of the corals, or video of the reef dwellers. Being as how we have to fly at 1:45pm tomorrow, we could only make two dives today. No third due to the required off-gassing time before our flight. That was ...

... if you would like to see it when we get home. We also saw a few different varieties of ribbon eels, which are long and thin and make their home in holes in the sand. They stick their heads out along with a few inches of their bodies and do this mesmerizing little swaying motion; kind of like an ...

... middle of the night! Holy ****, what a rain storm. The cabin has a corrugated metal roof, and wow did that ever accentuate the rainfall. It was incredible. What was really funny though was that we both woke up enough to comment on it, then quickly fell right back to sleep not really actually caring. Pretty tired from day 1! Out on the boat again with our dive ...

... out on board the boat at 8. Ah, the relaxing life of the dive vacation! A ctually, it's a very easy schedule to keep and you can't help but be excited and ready to go, knowing what mysteries await. The Lembeh Straight is home first and foremost to muck diving. Doesn't sound very appealing, does it? While some groupings of coral do exist, and in some areas there are entire reefs ...

... state rooms are larger than traditional liveaboard state rooms (at 180 sq. ft. each, more than 60% larger than an average liveaboard cabin) and each cabin has private ensuite facilities and air conditioning. There is also a 470 square foot "Master and Commander Suite " at the stern of the main deck that features a king size bed, separate sitting ...

... archi-enthousiaste d'une touriste nordique, l'attitude meprisante du personnel de Mama Roos, une des 3 auberges locales aux prix prohibitifs. Heureusement, le village de Tangkoko, ses enfants drogues aux photos, sa longue plage de sable noir brulant bordee de cocotiers et parsemees de bateaux de peches barioles, rattrape bien le coup. Bon OK, les tarsiers, ca reste quand meme rigolo a regarder. Mais bref, allez ailleurs.

... So you can imagine my delight at the warm water and the flushing bowl. Anyway, we heard that this little town is quite known for some of their exotic food. Eg: Bats, dogs, snakes, rats etc. And Dave, being Dave, wanted to know what a bat tasted like. (I keep telling him, if he joins 'Fear Factor', he'll win hands down.) So, we found a restaurant that served both exotic food and 'normal' food. I refuse to eat dogs. I generally ...