Gorontalo
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sorry but couldn't provide much info on the macro stuff............I only had one day for macro and I had 2 dives at the muck site which didn't yield much for me....saw a lot of porcelain crab......flying gurnard....baby mantis shrimp....ghost pipe fish....baby lionfish........i din ask to see the teddy bear crab.....dun recall seeing any unique critters cept for the blue belly blenny which juz sticks in my head....not much pix to see either.....
Bloody impressive!! I think I will sell all my gear and let others take the pictures!
I don't know where Gorontalo is ... but the marine life and the waters look very impressive. It seems to me the best diving is now in the more inaccessible places now
How did you get all your gear on board the plane (both on the budget and on the domestic flights)? Were the airlines very sticky about keeping to your weight limit? If so, how did you overcome this?
Makasaar (used to be called Ujong Pandang, I think?) is very "frontier town"-ish .. Think Singapore River 20 years ago, or old town Malacca. I remember visiting the wharves and it was filled with the very distinctive white Bugis trading vessels, which are still the main trading vessels for that part of Indonesia. Like many towns in that region, however, it is a bit run down. Nonetheless, it has a very rich history and culture - the Portuguese (or was it the Spanish? I forget) left behind a few forts, and there are many tribes around that area.
The photographs I took then belong to the organisation that sponsored the trip, but I am thinking of negotiating with them for limited use of those photos. Hoping .. *fingers crossed*.
Cheers, Jeff
I don't know where Gorontalo is ... but the marine life and the waters look very impressive. It seems to me the best diving is now in the more inaccessible places now
How did you get all your gear on board the plane (both on the budget and on the domestic flights)? Were the airlines very sticky about keeping to your weight limit? If so, how did you overcome this?
Makasaar (used to be called Ujong Pandang, I think?) is very "frontier town"-ish .. Think Singapore River 20 years ago, or old town Malacca. I remember visiting the wharves and it was filled with the very distinctive white Bugis trading vessels, which are still the main trading vessels for that part of Indonesia. Like many towns in that region, however, it is a bit run down. Nonetheless, it has a very rich history and culture - the Portuguese (or was it the Spanish? I forget) left behind a few forts, and there are many tribes around that area.
The photographs I took then belong to the organisation that sponsored the trip, but I am thinking of negotiating with them for limited use of those photos. Hoping .. *fingers crossed*.
Cheers, Jeff
Bloody impressive!! I think I will sell all my gear and let others take the pictures!
I don't know where Gorontalo is ... but the marine life and the waters look very impressive. It seems to me the best diving is now in the more inaccessible places now
How did you get all your gear on board the plane (both on the budget and on the domestic flights)? Were the airlines very sticky about keeping to your weight limit? If so, how did you overcome this?
Makasaar (used to be called Ujong Pandang, I think?) is very "frontier town"-ish .. Think Singapore River 20 years ago, or old town Malacca. I remember visiting the wharves and it was filled with the very distinctive white Bugis trading vessels, which are still the main trading vessels for that part of Indonesia. Like many towns in that region, however, it is a bit run down. Nonetheless, it has a very rich history and culture - the Portuguese (or was it the Spanish? I forget) left behind a few forts, and there are many tribes around that area.
The photographs I took then belong to the organisation that sponsored the trip, but I am thinking of negotiating with them for limited use of those photos. Hoping .. *fingers crossed*.
Cheers, Jeff
Thank you...
I only checked in my dive gear......I had all my underwater camera system in a standard size carry on......this help to distribute the weight.....had a little problem on my domestic flight to Gorontalo as the flight's overhead compartment is too small for the "approved" size carry on....however, on the returned domestic from Gorontalo, the overhead compartment is able to contain the carry on.....so it depends very much on which plane you may be taking.....
Didn't manage to visit Makassar other than walk one round in the airport....you certainly make Makassar very nostalgic....hope you will be able to get the pictures...........
I think gorontalo is a province all by itself.
http://www.divetheworldindonesia.com/map-of-sulawesi.htm
I travel with a dive trolley bag. A cabin-size trolley bag for housing, strobes, arms and ports. A lowepro backpack for camera, lenses, batteries, chargers and portable hard disk. :bsmilie:
http://www.divetheworldindonesia.com/map-of-sulawesi.htm
I travel with a dive trolley bag. A cabin-size trolley bag for housing, strobes, arms and ports. A lowepro backpack for camera, lenses, batteries, chargers and portable hard disk. :bsmilie:
Don't think it's the Togian islands. If i'm not wrong gorontalo diving is along the coast. :dunno:
Ranci paying for this adv?)
wat adv?? :dunno:
muka_tikus
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Yo H2o,
Long time no see/hear. How've u been? Nice pics, esp d cwab.. still with ur F80? Catch up sometime...
Cheers!
robin
Long time no see/hear. How've u been? Nice pics, esp d cwab.. still with ur F80? Catch up sometime...
Cheers!
robin
thanks
............wa long time no see........ok la, still alive and still using F80- Status
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