Pre-travel planning
14 ноября 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
While we wish we could travel light, it's not happening. We sorted and weighed our dive bags and gear and our necessities are 20kg each. I suspect we will end up traveling with a total of 60 kg,Читать далее
Packing dive gear
17 ноября 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Somehow it all fits, with room left for clothing!
Out Of Office!
22 ноября 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
I guess my OOO message makes it official!
DIA overnight
22 ноября 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Pikes Peak and Denver sunset
Headed to Bali
25 ноября 2024 г., Гонконг ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Checked out of the hotel at 5 am and navigated check-in and a shuttle bus to our flight to Bali. Starbucks was the only place open at 6 am. No plastic cups, lids, or straws🌎
Driving from Denpasar to Pemuteran
25 ноября 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
We got to see the busy scooter traffic of Denpasar and then up through the mountains. We drove from the south to the north across the island of Bali
LAX to HKG, 14 hr 51 min
24 ноября 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We made it to Hong Kong!
Bali
25 ноября 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
The hardest thing about traveling has been the lack of caffeine to try and counteract jetlag. I've had only 2 coffees since Friday morning.
Day 1-3
25 ноября 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Finally made it to the hotel! Only 30+ hours of travel later. My highlights of the first few days were the privilege of getting to fly Polaris and the brief stop at a coffee plantation. The plantationЧитать далее
ПутешественникHad a smoky flavor. It was kind of underwhelming but still yummy
First day of diving
27 ноября 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We did our first three dives of the trip out of Pemuteran. They were three dives and the water is 30c/86f. Really too warm for diving when the air temp is 32/90. They served us a typical IndonesianЧитать далее
Sri Ganeshan Menjangan Temple
28 ноября 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Checking out the temple from our boat during our dive surface interval
Bali Hinduism
29 ноября 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
The island of Bali is majority Hindu, and we have seen a lot of Bali Hindu religious expressions. Most homes and businesses have their own temples and light incense in palm baskets filled with flowersЧитать далее
Muck diving
30 ноября 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
The dive company drove us to a muck site, Puri Jati, about 45 minutes East of Pemuteran. We did two really long dives, 110 min and 80 minutes. We saw all kinds of macro critters and will try and postЧитать далее
Last day of diving
1 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Heavy rain delayed our dives but we managed to get our last two dives.
Last morning in Pemuteran
2 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Checking out of our lodging and headed to Ubud, Bali
Drive to Ubud from Permuteran
2 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Welcome to Ubud
2 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
We took a ride over the mountains and thru the middle of Bali, with a stop for coffee and a view of some twin lakes. We are now in Ubud, which is a tourist destination and very different fromЧитать далее
Ubud Monkey Forest
2 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ 🌩️ 30 °C
We have arrived in Ubud! We are letting our gear dry in the hotel (it’s a little musty). We then grabbed lunch before we headed to the monkey forest. There, we saw a temple, a few monkeys, and IЧитать далее
Monkey Park
2 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ 🌩️ 29 °C
A Day of Sightseeing in Ubud
3 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
HOT TO GO! Sun is out.and it is warm 🥵.
We visited the Royal Palace, walked through the side streets, stopped for cold drinks and air con when we could find it, and then wandered up to someЧитать далее
Bali to Jakarta
3 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
The hardest part of today was saying goodbye to Sage. She is staying on in Ubud for a few more days before flying home to go back to work 🥺. We are so lucky to be able to travel and dive as aЧитать далее
Layover in Jakarta
3 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
2 hrs in the CGK Jakarta airport and then we board our flight to Sorong SOQ. They have these amazing loungers in the "rest area". My new favorite airport.
Flying into Sorong, West Papua, Indonesi
4 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Slept most of the 4 hour flight. Window seat was a good choice for this flight with the sunrise and descent into Sorong We flew right over many dive boats that can be seen in the video
Arrival in Sorong
4 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Landed after the over night flight. We were waiting in line to check into the hotel behind an Australian who had the 2018 skipping championship China backpack!
A visit to the mall
4 декабря 2024 г., Индонезия ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
We are spending today and tonight at a hotel in Sorong and get on the dive boat tomorrow. Sorong is a port city and quite industrial. Most of the tourist top 10 recommendations have just 1Читать далее
ПутешественникIm begining to think ill have the same issue with my patagonia backpacking trip
ПутешественникWe are having to pay for extra weight but no other choice. It's a trade off since we want to dive with our own gear. I brought hardly much besides dive gear, swimsuits, a few pair shorts and tank tops.