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Lots and Lots
... all day until Lily got talkiung to some guy form Hawaii who invited us to his friends houe for a Margarita )the cocktail) party that evening. All we had to bring was juice and mentos so we went. It as hilarious and we had a great time and had amazing cocktails, they werent margarita's at all but were just ice, juice (mango or guava), vodka and fruit mentos blitzed up in a blender but they were amazing. We spent ages playing flipcup and stuf before going out. It ...
Bunaken Marine National Park
... to Manado to go to the hospital. I received the same prescriptions as the last time and after only 24 hours of taking them the infection seems to be gone...just in time to fly home!
Today I took the bus to Tomohon, a town about 45 minutes from Manado to go to their market, which is known for slaughtering live pigs, snakes, bats, and even dogs. Unfortunately (well, fortunately actually) there were no animals ...
Days 131 to 133 - Divers Paradise
... On it’s 3rd pass, the bottom had risen considerably and we watched in awe as its 7ft body silently glide by only 10ft below us!
On our final day of diving day we woke up early to a loud and heavy rain. This is usually a bad sign for visibility and overall presence of underwater life. We opted to forgo the plan to travel an hours ride out to Barracuda point and save some funds. Turns out the group had a decent dive at Lekuan but ...
Day 129 - Managing a Travel Crisis in 6 Easy Steps
... it seemed the best to not abandon our waiting flight and hope for the refund – not to mention keeping to our existing itinerary at our new destination!
Step 4 – Mitigate Potential Obstacles
Eli approached a couple of westerners waiting at a 3rd counter who looked like they were in the same situation. They said they were waiting to hear back if they could get on another flight. Eli suggested: “I will wait in ...
Bunaken - We Are not 20 Anymore!
... in case of any emergencies, we wanted to be reachable anytime, anywhere) didn't have any reception in this island, we postponed for the next morning. Straight after breakfast, we connected to the internet, realizing that we already had dozens of messages of worried friends and relatives, via e-mail, facebook and SMS, but we managed to send out the “we are fine and unharmed” message from the petrol-fuelled-generator internet service.
If we had ...