Petites Bulles d'Ailleurs - Diving and Travel Blog
Back to Sogod Bay, a perfect place to dive and marvel
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Travelling and diving in this post-coronavirus world
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Fish Whirl at Balicasag
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Diving at The Foot of Volcanoes in Sumbawa
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Sali Kecil, another part of the world in Indonesia
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A Diving and Travel Blog
Diving Trip: All My Adventures
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Useful Info Before You Leave
Raja Ampat: Practical Information And Tips To Organize Your Trip
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The Best Place to Sit on a Plane
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I'll take you back to Sogod Bay, nicknamed "the bay of whale sharks", in the south of the island of Leyte, in the Philippines... On my first trip there in 2008, I missed them. Twelve years later, I was luckier!
In lack of salt water, I'm nostalgically looking back these days to my last underwater images brought back from the Philippines... It was a year ago, early 2020. Before the Covid-19 pandemic and border closures.
It's hard to make diving travel plans with the Covid-19 pandemic. In the world before the coronavirus, I used to go diving in the Philippines or Indonesia... In the world after, I dive in Brittany in green and cold waters.
In the Philippines, Balicasag Island is a popular dive site. You can observe a huge silvery school of trevallies, spinning near the reef. A fascinating sight...
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I am Corinne Bourbeillon and Bubbles Underwater & Beyond is my personal blog. Through my underwater photos and videos, I try to share my wonder at the beauty of this other world under the surface of the ocean, so fragile and unknown...
The ocean produces 50% of the oxygen we breathe on Earth. Through these reports, I encourage responsible scuba diving practice. Let's protect the ocean!
Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt, Polynesia, Mexico... All the travels and all the dives I have told on the blog since 2006 are here.
Diving at Raja Ampat... A dream. But beware, a trip to Raja Ampat requires that you behave as a responsible visitor. Tourism, which is booming in this archipelago, is threatening one of the most magnificent reservoirs of biodiversity on the planet.
The huge Indonesian archipelago is my favorite diving destination. At the heart of the Coral Triangle, its waters are home to the greatest diversity of species in the world!
Tips and Tricks of Travelling Diver...
Sometimes you can choose your seat on the plane. Dilemma : is it better to sit in the front, or in the middle, or at the back of the aircraft?
For many people, traveling solo is inconceivable. Yet, we never make as many encounters as when we travel alone.
I'm traveling for underwater photography. So in my luggage, in addition to the clothes, I take all my photo and diving equipment. Namely a reflex camera (Canon Eos 7D), its waterproof housing to take it underwater, two underwater flashes, and a complete diving equipment!
My diving equipment and underwater photography gear now take up the biggest part of my luggage. Impossible for me to travel light as before! But the basic principle is still valid: I must be able to carry all my stuff on my own.
My Previous Underwater Adventures
It was last summer, in July 2018. I was back diving in the waters of the Alor archipelago in Indonesia, to explore its gorgeous coral reefs... often swept by crazy currents!
It is called dugong or "sea cow". I was lucky enough to watch this fascinating animal in its natural environment, in Alor, Indonesia.
In the Philippines, Tubbataha Marine National Park is open only three months per year. It is an underwater jewel, with exuberant coral and abundant life below the waves.
In the Philippines, it is THE mythical encounter that all divers dream of: the whale shark, the biggest fish in the world.
Tara. This is the name of an extraordinary boat, an oceanographic schooner sailing the Pacific Ocean to study coral. I embarked in February 2018 with the scientists for a media report in the Philippines...
In 2003, I dived on the Amoco Cadiz wreck in Brittany, France. At the time Facebook did not exist... My story had only been published in print, on the back page of the newspaper Ouest-France.
In video, here is a striking encounter, of which I have a very vivid memory... A very close, intense and unexpected face-to-face with an oceanic white-tip shark in the Egyptian waters of the Red Sea.
Fancy the big blue? Let's get into the water! I take you to the Red Sea for scuba diving, freediving and underwater photography....
Getaways in French Polynesia
