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Français Indonesia: Komodo + Raja Ampat - July 2016
"So, did you go back to diving? "I am asked since my return ... Yes! I even realized a dream, combine in one trip two famous spots: Komodo and Raja Ampat.
Magic blue
Of all the shows that nature has to offer, underwater life is the one that fascinates me the most. Diving, discovering what lies beneath the surface always gives me the exhilarating sensation of exploring another world ... Immerse yourself in the blue, it's magic! The proof…
Above, one of the sequences that I brought from the aptly named Blue Magic site, to Raja Ampat (some of you have already seen it, since I first posted it, as a in mouth, on the Facebook page).
Below, another magical moment during a dive in Komodo: the moving face of an apneist and a manta ray at the Karang Makassar site.
It is for these moments, so exhilarating, that I multiply the diving-trips, preferably where there are clear waters, warm and rather full of fish ...
In this month of July 2016, I flew to Indonesia (again). This huge archipelago, between Indian Ocean and Pacific, is a fantastic destination for underwater photography! And I decided to hit hard, combining in one trip the two most beautiful diving spots I know in this region of the world: Komodo and Raja Ampat.
Komodo AND Raja Ampat
Komodo, I had already been there in 2011. As for Raja AmpatThis is my 5th visit there since my first stay in 2012! 😀
See also → All my trips
I quickly made a small Google Map below for you to see at a glance what it gives, question on-site trips to Indonesia. In red, the airports of Jakarta, Bali, Labuan Bajo, Makassar and Sorong through which I passed. In blue, the archipelagos of Komodo (in the Small Islands of Sunda, near Flores) and Raja Ampat (in West Papua, all to the east).
Read also → Raja Ampat: practical information to organize your trip
The good thing about diving is that you can stay exploring the same sites during the same trip, or come back from one year to the next, never tired. Each new immersion is different because the conditions change constantly (weather, tides, phases of the Moon, time), the meetings under the water reserve their lot of surprises and the coral landscapes vary to infinity.
Some pictures are better than a long speech ...
I'm sorting my photos and it takes a little time. This time I brought back more than 6,000 images (terrestrial and underwater) ... 😯 But I'll be back soon in a future post to tell you the details of this new Indonesian getaway! On the menu : bubbles (champagne) in the air, bubbles (air) underwater, a new princess boat, Balinese rice paddies, a blue hole in the middle of the coral (with the pontoon that goes well) and especially full of very fresh fish and wriggling ...
Indonesia: Komodo + Raja Ampat - July 2016