Volcano

    A manta ray evolves peacefully in the current, indifferent to our bubbles. (Gili Banta, West Komodo, Indonesia, July 2018)

    Diving at The Foot of Volcanoes in Sumbawa

    Near Bali, Indonesia, Sumbawa Island and its volcanoes offer a fantastic variety of dives. From manta rays to nudibranchs, the underwater world is full of wonders...
    Sunset on Gili Asahan. Lombok, Indonesia, July 2015.

    Going to an island far from everything

    Go. Breathe. Dream. Away from the hustle and bustle of the world ... Head to Gili Asahan, a small peaceful Indonesian island, in the southwest of Lombok.
    Bora Bora from the sky. Polynesia, October 2012.

    Huge French Polynesia

    Five archipelagos with 118 islands and atolls, scattered in the Pacific, on a vast territory like Europe ... Polynesia is just huge!
    On the way to Bangka Island! (North Sulawesi, Indonesia, March 2013.)

    Back to Indonesia

    I was (still) gone. A short trip of 15 days in Indonesia. On the program: rest and dives at Halmahera (North Maluku) and Bangka in North Sulawesi.
    Black sand beach, in the Amed region. (Bali, Indonesia, July 2011)

    Coming back to Bali

    I often go back to Bali while traveling in Indonesia. The island always brings me back to her. The more I go back, the more I love it.
    Photo pose in front of the Kelimutu craters. (Flores, Indonesia, July 2011)

    Kelimutu, the volcano to the spirits

    The Kelimutu volcano in Flores (Indonesia) is spectacular. Three craters form giant basins for three lakes with strange colors.
    Travel & Travelers, my new blog for Ouest-France.fr

    Travel & Travellers: my new blog

    This is it! I've just launched a new blog. It's called Voyages & Voyageurs and it's for my duck's website, Ouest-France.fr. I'll be talking about travel, of course. Always with the aim of helping you discover the world, here and elsewhere...
    Underwater volcanic sources. Pulau Weh, Sumatra, Indonesia, March 2010.

    Volcanic bubbles

    I take you diving among the underwater volcanic bubbles of Pulau Weh (Sumatra, Indonesia). These hot springs are a real underwater jacuzzi!
    Sunset over Agung volcano and Jemeluk bay, near Amed. (Bali, Indonesia, July 2008.)

    Bali, it's over

    Among my most beautiful memories of Bali: the sunsets on the Agung volcano in Amed and the molas-molas, gigantic moon-fishes crossed off Nusa Penida ...
    Mount Agung seen from the sea. (Amed, Bali, Indonesia, July 2008.)

    Good bye Amed

    My stay in Amed, in north-east Bali, ends (sigh). I like this place !!! Here are two souvenir images: a sunset over the Agung volcano and a toad fish photographed in Tulamben.
    A small cove in the Amed area, on the Lipah village side. Bali.

    I like Amed

    Here I am in Amed, all east of Bali. The coast is hemmed in by a series of cute coves of sand and black pebbles, where the bright colors of the junkungs, the small fishing boats with pendulums of the corner, line up.
    Motorbike trip between lakes and volcanoes

    Motorbike trip between lakes and volcanoes

    At 7 o'clock sharp, as expected, Anto is there with his bike. First step of our journey, concocted for us by the guide Yoce: Mount Mahawu. Easy climb, even for a non-walker like me.
    The countryside around Tomohon, with Mount Lokon on the horizon.

    Heading Tomohon

    Now that I am the queen of the mikrolet, I am embarking without hesitation in the first blue minibus that displays "Karombasan" direction "Wanea". Karombasan is the bus terminal south of Manado.
    In the Lembeh Strait, huge cargo ships are languishing at anchor.

    Lembeh: rusty cargo ships and black sand

    Last day in Lembeh. Time definitely goes too fast! With its rusty freighters and its black sand bottom littered with sediment and rubbish, this strait is really a singular dive spot, far from clichés.
    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.
    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.