Hotel Santika Premiere Seaside Resort Manado
Kel. Tongkeina, Kec. Bunaken Manado, Sulawesi, 95016, Indonesia
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... the afternoon and headed out into the town for a walk. It's a really pretty town and nice to wander round, I also found a field full of solar panels which I was impressed by, im sure they can get a lot of power from them with the amount of sun. On the way back I got drenched as it's the start of rainy season!
I was happy to get back in the water for some more diving the next day and we'd decided to do a night dive as well. The first dive was turtle ...
Reflections on the past year!
Sat here in my room in Manado (Sulawesi, Indonesia my favourite country in the world if I dis-count the UK), having just eaten one of my favourite brekkies in the world- Maccy D's on the waterfront (why don't they create these in the UK?), waiting for some guy to pick me up and take me to Bunakan (a world class diving resort) on his boat and drop me off at the hotel he owns, on the eve of my last birthday in my twenties, I reflect on the fact that my life right at this ...
Bunaken Marine National Park
... such a small portion of the country but what I did see was beautiful islands (beaches were no big deal though), green landscapes, dry landscapes in Komodo, mountains, and lots and lots of rice paddies.
Thanks for reading my blog and special thanks go out to those of you who left comments and/or emailed me over the summer. I truly appreciated hearing from you.
Until next summer...
peace,
Jen
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Day 134 - Goodbye Indonesia. Next Stop...
... so far) our favourite country in South East Asia (SEA). This group of 17,508 islands spreads across 3 time zones and a total area of over 1.9 million square km. The former Dutch colony is today the world’s largest (by population) Islamic state – with over 196 million Muslims.
Over our 2 weeks we were able to visit 3 very distinct areas, leaving so much more undiscovered (at least by us!).
The appearance of ...
Days 131 to 133 - Divers Paradise
... for yourself and always checking out gear. Here was one instance where 'the "relaxed" island way’ was not a good thing.
With this behind us, we set out on our first day of diving, arriving at the Lekuan III dive site. This was a nice wall dive covered in colourful corral with great visibility. Not too many fish but we did see three 4ft reef sharks (2 white tipped & 1 black tipped) swimming about 15 meters deeper than us, plus a ...
This resort was formerly known as: Santika



