Tag: Snorkelling
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Monsoon in Dhigurah
To get to most atolls in the Maldives often requires a transfer back to, then from Malé again, since although inter-atoll ferries seem to be common, there are seemingly none which go between the different atolls… So on Wednesday, the plan was to first take a speed boat from Fulhadhoo, Baa Atoll (at 7am) back…
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Fulhadhoo: The Maldives Hidden Gem
From Dharavandhoo, we were due to take public ferries over to Fulhadhoo. I found a timetable on the MTCC website which showed a public dhoni from Dharavandhoo to Eydhafushi at 9.05am and then Eydhafushi to Fulhadhoo at 2:15pm. However, the night before we were trying to confirm the boat times and found contradictory information. The…
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Manta “stand-by” in Dharavandhoo
Our first destination for our big trip is Dharavandhoo, an island in the Baa Atoll of the Maldives. We came here for two reasons. First, the close proximity to Hanifaru Bay – famous for it’s giant schools (up to several hundred at a time) of Manta rays which come here in the summer months from…
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The start of a long journey…
Well, we finally made it. We quit our jobs, I rented out my flat, we sold a lot of things and packed up the rest of our lives into storage, and here we are. First destination, The Maldives. But the Maldives are a collection of several atolls, split further into individual islands. The airport is…
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Sick on Siquijor
From Bohol, I got the public ferry over to Siquijor, a relatively small island just off the larger island of Negros. Siquijor seemed a little less touristy compared to everywhere else I’d been, but still had a good tourist infrastructure and nice places to stay. I decided to treat myself and booked a fairly fancy…
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The Ultimate Snorkeling Experience – Coron to El Nido Expedition
Now the real adventure was starting, and I booked something a little bit different to usual. I am not normally into group tours, but as I was looking into the “best snorkelling in the Philippines”, I found several companies operating this “expedition” they called it, which is a one way trip from Coron to El…
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Exploring West Bali and Day Trip to Ijen Crater
The next day when we woke at the beautiful Menjangan Dynasty Resort, the clouds had cleared and it was a glorious day. I had Whatsapped a small company called West Bali Explorer to take us on a snorkelling trip to Menjangan island. The trip was about 1/3 of the price as the resort and the…
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Shark spotting in Nilaveli
After riding a train, hiring a moped, getting a tuk tuk and a taxi, we decided the time for a bus was here and boarded a bus to Trincomalee from Polonnaruwa. The buses here are, in a single word, crazy. They are usually by far the fastest things on the road, constantly beeping, overtaking everything…
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Beaches in Kuta, Lombok
When we arrived in Kuta on the South coast of Lombok we checked into Yellow Flower Inn initially. It was nice here, but for your money you could get a hell of a lot, so on the second day we changed our accommodation a place we saw just down the road which had a pool…
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Partying in the Perhentians
I slept so well that night in the little hut on stilts that I woke up late, but still decided to get a bus over to Kuala Besut to grab a boat to the Perhentians. Awi offered to take me to the bus station in KT and on the way took me via his house…
Ocean to Jungle 