Happy birthday!!!
3. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 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. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 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...Lue lisää
First diving: preparation
4. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 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 aLue lisää
ZEUDI: FIRST DIVE
4. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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. CoolLue lisää
MATHIJS: FIRST DIVE
4. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 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. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 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 verticalLue lisää
DOLPHINS! On the way to Piaynemo
5. elokuuta 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 10Lue lisää
TO PIAYNEMO: 1st snorkeling place
5. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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 veryLue lisää
TO PIAYNEMO:Tea break between snorkeling
5. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
What a better place than this for a tea break? 😍😍😍 And my toe signature of course 🤩
TO PIAYNEMO: 2nd snorkeling pitstop
5. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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 isLue lisää
PIAYNEMO: second hike
5. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 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 seeLue lisää
PIAYNEMO: late lunch and splashes
5. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 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 JeffLue lisää
Day in Merpati
6. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 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 forLue lisää
Time lapse: cape Merpati - Tabari Dive
6. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 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, weLue lisää
BATANTA WATERFALLS: the mangroves
7. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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 tallLue lisää
BATANTA WATERFALLS: the big one
7. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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 wasLue lisää
BATANTA: restoring lunch
7. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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 wentLue lisää
Back from Batanta: tree in the sea 🤨
7. elokuuta 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. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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!!Lue lisää
Snorkeling in Cape Kri
8. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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 techniqueLue lisää
Tongue of sand in the middle of the sea
8. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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 itLue lisää
Snorkeling during dive sessions: 1
8. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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. elokuuta 2022, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Fishessss a loooot... Last bunch of snorkeling photos... Check out the tiny sea snail! It was one few cm long !!



























































































































































































































































































































Matkaaja
Happy Born Day as they say in the US.
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