Bunaken

    A yellow pygmy hippocampus, as big as the fingernail of my little finger. (Bunaken, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, July 2007.)

    Latest flights to Pantai Liang

    Already my last day in Bunaken! I'm a little sad at the idea of leaving tomorrow ... I'm already starting to take my little habits here. To do with mosquitoes (nyamouk), the fresh and salty shower of mandi, grilled fish-rice of the evening, the fabulous lunch buffet at Froggies, the inexhaustible kindness of the locals.
    My guide Salim, looking for the little beasts stuck on the fall of Bunaken. Sulawesi, Indonesia, July 2007.

    Bunaken: Drops... to fall!

    These first two days in Bunaken have been going at full speed. The dives are up to my expectations: drop-offs covered with a variety of incredible coral. Side fauna, all the tropical panoply colorful is there.
    A traditional rocker boat, photographed off Pantai Liang (Bunaken).

    Arrival in Sulawesi: heading for Bunaken!

    Through the porthole of the plane, I discover Sulawesi, and the island of Bunaken, where I will spend the first five days. Arriving a creepy hair: it is nice over the bay, but a big rainy cloud settled on the airport of Manado.
    The Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Google Maps (screenshot).

    Next destination... Sulawesi?

    After my malaise trip from summer 2006 to the northeastern tip of Borneo (Sipadan Island), I feel the urge to return to soak my palms in the sea of Celebes. A little further east, this time: on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.