Swiss Belhotel Maleosan Manado

... us from one side of the jeep to the other. Tired and a little nauseated we arrived in Gorontalo at the middle of the night. Got a hotel, fell on our bed like stones and slept (that is, after killing a fist big spider which seemed comfortable at the end of my bed).<br><br>Today we went to a 30 meter waterfall outside the city. With only flip flops on our feet we were not really prepared for the sharp rocks that were our path, but somehow ...

... has land very close on both sides giving it that old familiar feel. From a distance, all hills are green like Washington. Those are palm trees, however, and suddenly we're thinking this we like November in Indonesia way better than in Washington! That's when it kicks in, and we remember that it's mid-November and only two weeks to Thanksgiving and a month and a half until ...

... that. They were all really cute and so happy to see us. We were thinking that Angelina Jolie might want to adopt one of them. Further down the road, we made a quick stop at a tree none of us would recognize. At least, not until you smell the bark. It was a cinnamon tree, and the smell was incredible! Next stop, Pottery Barn. Ooops, we mean, village. The whole village was ...

After a very restful and rejuvenating night's sleep in a very comfortable king size bed (no dogs and no cat to compete for space!), we woke to a very beautiful cool and sunny morning. Our well constructed cabin is elevated on stilts and is located right on the beach with a view of Bunaken. There is lots of closet space and a ...

... all day until it reaches 6pm, when they gather with friends &amp; family and gorge themselves on everything within reach. As I understand, the practice is generally repeated at 4am in the morning, before the sun rises. This all means that most people actually put on weight during Ramadan, as they gorge themselves in Christmas-lunch-style every night at the worst time of day to do so i.e. right before bed. Humour aside though, I really enjoyed the idea ...

... and many many more. Did a couple of night dives, on the first one a group of us floated around a section of coral and watched Mandarin fish having sex. Which they do every night and don't seem concerned about the audience. On the second night dive I saw more variety of crabs and shrimps than I've ever seen in the rest of my life. The crabs varied in size from the size of my little finger nail, to one that was ...

... We found one to Manado on Batavia air that left at 3PM. It was 2:45...no problem! We hurried to the gate only to find it wasn't boarding yet and we had time to spare. Welcome to Indonesia! It doesn't do to get too stressed out about time around here. The flight stopped in Balikpapan on Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) which we only found out as we were in the air. We met a guy working for Conservation ...

... spotted rays, many colorful nudibranchs (like a sea slug), etc., etc., etc. Karen and I took the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course while we were there, and I managed to get my parents to take the Scuba diver course (dad ended up continuing and finishing his Open Water Diver certification). Our courses were pretty laid back, maybe too much so, without a lot of the formal course structure that had been my previous experience with PADI ...

We woke up early and made our way to the bus station to catch the early bus to Tankoko. There's a forest in that area that's home to the Tarsiers. So, with our bags on the roof of the bus and me at the back seat crammed with grumpy old men ( I was the only girl on the bus), we headed off for a 2 hour journey. I was asleep most of it. When we got to the moutain, there are only 3 homestays in that area. The one ...

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 faire de l'exercice. On a escalade le plus haut volcan du coin, j'ai nomme : Gunung Klabat !!!! Une journee complete de marche eprouvante... Faut dire qu'on est passe de 800 a 1950m d'altitude ...