Sahid Kawanua Manado
Jl Sam Ratulang 1 Manado, Sulawesi, 95122, Indonesia
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Doing the cheap thing versus the right thing!
... as I got on the boat, I realised that there were no other tourists there, bloody hotel manager had got me to leave the hotel earlier! So as I sat on the boat and waited for the other tourists, the conservation fee issue played on my mind again, should I pay the money to the boat driver and hope that he gives this money to the park or would he keep it to himself? Did I really want to part with 150,000Rp when I didn't have to? ...
Natural Wonders of North Sulawesi
... and catch a tuna. You know how great it would be to catch a tuna and then eat it like sashimi?” His arms imaginatively cutting and fileting a fish in the air.
“Ya, ya.” was all I could get in.
“You know how great that would be to catch and eat tuna on the boat? That would be really special. Enoch, we should do this. This is what we should do.”
“Ya sure, why not.” It was a nice idea, ...
Days 131 to 133 - Divers Paradise
... were a bit cloudy. With the weather clearing we took part in the afternoon dive at Muka Kampong where we saw a solitary turtle which we don’t think will ever get old.
Keen to make the most of our remaining opportunity near the ocean Eli walked 20min up the beach intent on drifting back while snorkeling the coast. Unfortunately, the conditions (notoriously shifty at Bukaden) did a 180 requiring an hour of steady though relaxed ...
Day 129 - Managing a Travel Crisis in 6 Easy Steps
... a visual perspective). Given the ample warnings of an unreliable transport infrastructure, particularly in rural Indonesia (not to mention the reputation of our airline!), we made sure to confirm that our flight was on schedule the night before; soliciting the assistance of the hotel manager who was a local islander familiar with the local system.
We showed up at the very basic airport about 90min before the flight and were informed that ...
Dead or Alive!
... the local people have amalgamated their own beliefs with that of Christianity and the most important event in someone's life is their funeral. It is believed if more is spent on the funeral it will ensure the deceased safe passage to heaven. I was lucky that on my first day that their was a funeral being held in a local village for a women who had died a year ago but it was only now that the family had saved enough money for her funeral. ...



