Waiting to board
December 9, 2017 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 19 °CSo ... Is this going to be a .....
So ... Is this going to be a .....
After 27 hours of travel 🤤😲 (admittedly door to door) we arrived in Jakarta where we'll spend the next 2 days...
While bumbling around a shopping district in Jakarta, a thunderstorm of note was brewing. In the space of about 20 minutes streets looked like rivers, visibility was no more than 20 meters, and theRead more
So you think Jozi traffic is bad ... I'm thankful that we don't have thousands of scooter's, taxis, cars and even trains to contend with 😮
We took the local equivalent of Uber, calledRead more
A 2 hour flight from Jakarta to Komodo International Airport on Labuhanbajo.
Tomorrow we are collected and taken to the Indo Aggressor for our 10 day dive trip.
Already stressing that there's noRead more
Our spot for the night ... Looked really grim from the outside, and my heart sank ...
But inside it is newly renovated and clean ... Even has WiFi in the rooms 😁
Nice boat with great crew. Only 12 guests, so nice small group. Very happy we have the top side cabin so we can leave windows and door open 😁
2 tenders, each with only 6 divers and 2 crew, madeRead more
3 dives today. The viz wasn't great today ... 1st dive <5m; 2nd dive 5-10m; 3rd dive <5m.
However the colourful coral and multitude of small critters made up for it 🙄.
Oh and the 5 manta raysRead more
We didn't know that there were activities other than diving on a dive boat.
Gary, the tour leader asked if anyone wanted to go for a walk, little did we know it was a HIKE !
Fortunately we got backRead more