2006-03 Banda Sea, Indonesia #6

Pulao Batanta

Our first scuba diving location.

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 11, 2006

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Pulao Misool

Day 2 scuba diving around this very pretty island.

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Pulao Misool

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Adventure Komodo

An Australian scuba diving boat, very stable and fast, but proved to be very uncomfortable during the approaching Typhoon Larry and rough passages.

Pulao Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Pulao Misool

Nice tree and coastline.

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Pulao Misool

Between dives, we zodiac-cruised some lagoon areas.

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Pulao Misool

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Philippine Ground Orchid

Spathoglottis plicata

Pulao Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Pulao Misool

Frequent rain allows vegetation to grow on rock.

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Pulao Misool

I guess you could call this a sea stack, seen at the start of a second zodiac cruise.

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Philippine Ground Orchid

Spathoglottis plicata

Pulao Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Slender Pitcher-plant

Nepenthes gracilis - this is a very old plant, obvious from all the old stems.

Pulao Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Zodiac Cruise Snacks

Snacks at the end of the second zodiac cruise.

Pulao Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006

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Sorong

WE had to return to Sorong when one of our group developed a persistent nose bleed.

West Papua, Indonesia, March 13, 2006

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Freighter

Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia, March 13, 2006

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Harbor Monument

Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia, March 13, 2006

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Longboat

This boat came out to evacuate our friend with the nose bleed to the local hospital.

Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia, March 13, 2006

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Big Night Fishing Boat

Big lights and nets deploy to catch fish and squid at night.

Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia, March 13, 2006

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Pulao Walid

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 14, 2006

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Pulao Walid

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 14, 2006

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