Happy birthday!!!
3. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Happy birthday to a guy that re-plants corals in the sea where the locals destroyed them with dynamite in the past 🥳🥳🥳 traditional song and all the workers cheering him :-)
Snorkeling before diving
4. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
DAY 3: Today we will have our first diving session. They call it "le baptême" = "the baptism"
But before .. some snorkeling in Cape Kri... Beautiful place full of weird fishes ! And turtles also...Weiterlesen
First diving: preparation
4. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
The "baptême" starts and each of us went one after the other one. Jeff had to be with us the whole time. But here the videos/pictures of the preparation we needed and the jump into the water. As aWeiterlesen
ZEUDI: FIRST DIVE
4. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
I was recorded from the surface with our goPro. But Jeff also recorded me underwater with his goPro! He said I was autonomous and stable enough to leave me float on my own and take the footage. CoolWeiterlesen
MATHIJS: FIRST DIVE
4. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
My footages of Mathijs were many and long, some parts then are cut and some sped up 4x. The important bits stay at real speed 😉
After diving: toe signature + yoga vibes
4. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Hihihihi special places deserve toe signature. After the dive, my toes needed anyway some YOGA 😊 and I tried some handstands on the beach. Thomas' ability to catch the millisecond I was up verticalWeiterlesen
DOLPHINS! On the way to Piaynemo
5. August 2022, Halmahera Sea ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
On our way to Piaynemo dolphins started appearing and it looks like the enjoy using the boat stream of water and jump in it!!!!
What a moment!!! There were so many and it lasted for around 10Weiterlesen
TO PIAYNEMO: 1st snorkeling place
5. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
On our way to Piaynemo, THE view of Raja Ampat, we stopped in two places for snorkeling. The first one looked like a turtle view form the side ! So I will call it the Turtle Island :-) it was veryWeiterlesen
TO PIAYNEMO:Tea break between snorkeling
5. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
What a better place than this for a tea break? 😍😍😍 And my toe signature of course 🤩
TO PIAYNEMO: 2nd snorkeling pitstop
5. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Such colourful corals here!!!! Couldn't stop taking pictures... I hope these picture will transmit a bit of my wonder!
PIAYNEMO: first hike .. toe signature 😁
5. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Nice to see the name through the rocks when arriving with the boat... The way up to the peak for this first hike was pretty comfortable. Trees were in the middle of the staircase and I think that isWeiterlesen
PIAYNEMO: second hike
5. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Also here what a view! The hike was much more difficult though, but shorter. I went up to the real tip. The first video is from the highest point of the rocks, the second video was from where you seeWeiterlesen
PIAYNEMO: late lunch and splashes
5. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
It rained cats and dogs while we were having lunch on Piaynemo after our second hike. But it was weird because the rain was warm, and we were anyway very wet from the hike. Then after lunch JeffWeiterlesen
Day in Merpati
6. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
After the excursion to Piaynemo, we relax in our own island. Big headache in the morning, probably due to both the sun and the exaggerated bumping of the boat on the waves on the way back. Time forWeiterlesen
Time lapse: cape Merpati - Tabari Dive
6. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Time-lapse recorded with the GoPro. At the end of the video, I see an eel which apparently pretends to be a sea snake to scare predators. If you remember, in our first snorkeling ever in Komodo, weWeiterlesen
BATANTA WATERFALLS: the mangroves
7. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Today, excursion to the waterfalls of Batanta. They are situated on the island we could see far in front of our bungalow. Before starting the hike, we sailed through the mangroves. They had very tallWeiterlesen
BATANTA WATERFALLS: the big one
7. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
The hike to the big waterfall was quite difficult. Mud would get until above the ankles, we walked through the river current, climbed rocks... we weren't expecting that! But the big waterfall wasWeiterlesen
BATANTA: restoring lunch
7. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
After the heavy hike, a restoring lunch on a deserted beach. There was an abandoned bungalow there, and no form of human life. Silence was only broken by the waves and some birds. After this we wentWeiterlesen
Back from Batanta: tree in the sea 🤨
7. August 2022, Halmahera Sea ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
On our way back to Tabari Dive, we found a tree, just a tree, there, in the middle of the sea 😮😮😮
Wtf?
Brigitte ❤️ the Tabari owner
8. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Brigitte... What a woman she is. Strong and determined. She was a bit sick and annoyed she couldn't come with us for the excursions and the snorkeling/diving... I want to be like her when I grow up!!Weiterlesen
Snorkeling in Cape Kri
8. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Before diving again with Jeff, we have our beautiful snorkeling session in Cape Kri again. There is no place here where it isn't worth snorkeling again and again!!! And while my snorkeling techniqueWeiterlesen
Tongue of sand in the middle of the sea
8. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
What is this special place???
What is this bright light?
In the middle of the sea, after the first snorkeling session in Cape Kri, we ended up in this small piece of paradise. I can't call itWeiterlesen
Snorkeling during dive sessions: 1
8. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
While we were diving and taking footages, of course beauty would call by itself and catch your attention. So here soms footage of corals and all the fishes around us !
THOMAS: second dive
8. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Thomas at his second dive. Awareness and control! And how many fishes !!!
He was left by Jeff to roam on his own. That makes it much nicer!
Snorkeling during dive sessions: 2
8. August 2022 in Indonesien ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Fishessss a loooot... Last bunch of snorkeling photos... Check out the tiny sea snail! It was one few cm long !!



























































































































































































































































































































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