I read again and savor with envy the words of Yann Senant<\/a> :<\/p>\n Facing us, mouths open, the divas fly, whirl, brush against us, move away in a magical turn and iron so close that we could caress them. I revisit the page dedicated to them on the site Dive-the-world.com<\/em>. Sangalaki is renamed here "The Manta Expressway"<\/a>. Oh, my! This kind of tourist propaganda has a real effect on me...<\/p>\n The first time I saw mantas was in February 2006, in Thailand, during a diving cruise in the Similan Islands.<\/p>\n This trip is not listed here on Bubbles Underwater & Beyond<\/em>but I had put some pictures online, on my very first websites of the time:<\/p>\n \u2192 Similan Islands - Thailand 2006<\/a> The manta rays appeared at the end of the dive, while I was back on the boat with the rest of the group... I immediately put on my fins, mask and snorkel, and jumped into the water to admire them, snorkeling!<\/p>\n Superb vision, magical moment. I flipped all the way, with all my strength. I flipped like never before, to follow them. They are fast, despite the majestic slowness of their \"flight\". My emotion, my excitement were such, that I didn't feel any fatigue. Quite an adrenaline rush!<\/p>\n Below is the little shaky video I made at the time:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GGUXo5mwYoY<\/p>\n The second time was last summer (July 2008), in Indonesia, in the waters of Nusa Penida, off Bali.<\/p>\n Difficult conditions: ice-cold water, exhausting current. They swirled around the well named rock of \"Manta point\". Fascinating spectacle that their incessant carousel in the blue fog... And here is one, and another one, and another two !!!...<\/p>\n You can find the story of this dive at the end of the link below :<\/p>\n \u2192\u00a0The mantas ballet (July 16, 2008)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Will there be a third time in Sangalaki?<\/p>\n I dream about it...<\/p>\n I saw the mantas in Sangalaki!!! Yes! 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La beaut\u00e9 du monde et\u00a0de\u00a0l'oc\u00e9an lui ont inspir\u00e9 ce blog. \r\n\r\nEn savoir plus<\/a>","author_facebook":"","author_twitter":"","author_instagram":"","author_role":["administrator"],"author_firstname":"Corinne","author_lastname":"Bourbeillon","user_login":"cbourbeillon","author_avatar":"![\"Manta](\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/image-5.png\")
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\nHuge. They are huge. Between four and five meters wingspan for those with white belly. Blacks are gigantic, more impressive and more fearful too.
\nIn a formidable energy, they want to show us that they are beautiful, majestic, elegant, graceful, agile.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThailand, February 2006<\/h2>\n
\n\u2192 Similan - Sub Pictures - Thailand 2006<\/a><\/p>\nIndonesia, Nusa Penida, July 2008<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nSmall addition to the return of the trip<\/h3>\n
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