{"id":9159,"date":"2015-09-19T08:30:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T07:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=9159"},"modified":"2020-12-26T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T14:42:50","slug":"dive-liberty-bali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/dive-liberty-bali-20150919\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty forever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, how I love the wreck of the Liberty<\/em>in Bali. I go back to dive there regularly, without ever getting tired of it. She's so beautiful...<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Back to the Liberty<\/em>thirteen years later<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How time flies... I just checked in my old diving logs: my very first immersion on the wreck of the Liberty<\/em>The first documented case of a new project in Tulamben, northeast Bali, Indonesia, dates back to... June 28, 2002<\/strong>\u00a0! Depth reached at that time: 27,8 m. At that time, I was a young Open Water diver (first level in the American Padi certification system) and I had only 16 dives on my log!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2015.<\/strong> Thirteen years later, I am Rescue Diver (3e<\/sup>\u00a0Padi level, passed in March 2009), I have nearly 650 dives noted in my logbooks and a bulky underwater photographic case in my hands. This is my fourth or fifth stay in the beautiful Balinese region of Tulamben \/ Amed and I am back on the Liberty<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Diving<\/a>
Light effects on the sunken and gorgonian-covered remains of the Liberty wreck, in front of Tulamben beach in Bali (Indonesia, July 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Wonderment intact, sensations not blunted. Throughout the week, I made a series of dives on the wreck, without getting tired of it. As in 2002, then in 2008 and again in 2011 and 2012... <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years go by, but every time I visit, the\u00a0Liberty<\/em>\u00a0does not betray the previous memories. The site is still beautiful. A sure value. I would cry with happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More to read\u00a0\u2192 All my articles on the Liberty<\/em> in Bali<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the wreck of the Liberty<\/em>\u00a0is a very (over)frequented tourist attraction. And it wouldn't be the first site to fall victim to its success in Bali. But so far, so good... <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day, however, hundreds of divers turn the wreck into a jacuzzi with their bubbles. To avoid the crowd, the trick is to come and dive very early, at daybreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Diving<\/a>
The Liberty wreck (Bali, Indonesia, July 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Diving<\/a>
Impressive pink and orange gorgonians have developed on the Liberty wreck, which over the years has become a splendid artificial reef well colonized by attached coral fauna. (Bali, Indonesia, July 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Liberty<\/em>the magic wreck<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So here I am underwater again. After a few strokes of the fins, the shadow of the wreck becomes clear. Huge!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I shot the exuberant soft corals that colored the scrap metal. I come face to face with the humpback parrots - they are still there, oh joy! I go down to the 30 meters zone, to inspect the gorgonian that serves as home to the shy pygmy seahorses. I play with a school of glass fishes taking refuge behind a piece of metal sheet. I transformed my guide Wayan into a Chinese shadow on the way back, in the frame of the huge rudder... This wreck is magical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The site is gigantic, it is a fabulous playground, with inexhaustible charms. Impossible to be blas\u00e9!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Diving<\/a>
My guide Wayan seems very small next to the gigantic sunken ship. (Liberty Wreck, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, July 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Diving<\/a>
The Liberty wreck is huge! (Bali, Indonesia, July 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Diving<\/a>
Large coloured sponges have covered some of the structures. (Wreck of the Liberty, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, July 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Diving<\/a>
Here, gorgonians and alcyonians compete for the remains of the Liberty. (Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, July 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Diving<\/a>
A simple torch is enough to explore the Liberty wreck (Bali, Indonesia, July 2015).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"The<\/a>
Humpback parrots are regulars at the Liberty wreck. You usually have a good chance of seeing them early in the morning, just after sunrise (Bali, Indonesia, July 2015).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Diving<\/a>
The dance of the glass fish... (Wreck of the Liberty, Bali, Indonesia, July 2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n