A Week in Paradise

The Togean Islands were nothing less! We spent about 9 days on the island of Kadidiri and stayed at a fantastic place called Black Marlin. We had our own little bungalow, fresh fish and veggies for all of our meals, and spectacular diving and snorkeling. Jason and I decided to take the course for our advanced scuba diving certification, and had an excellent instructor from California. We each did 6 dives, including a dive at night, a deep dive (100 ft!), and a wreck dive. There is a B-24 bomber that was shot down in 1945 in the area. The plane landed in tact on the water and floated for over an hour before sinking gently, so it is in great condition. We really enjoyed the dive to it, and Jason said it was one of his favorite dives so far. The deep dive was also very cool, and was probably my favorite of the trip. Being able to dive that deep is so exciting!! The night dive didn't go so great for me...I was scared! There was quite a strong current during it as well which didn't help, and I was just a bit uncomfortable with it. I completed the dive though, but I think I'll wait awhile to try another. When we weren't diving we were snorkeling and finding lots of eels, parrotfish, clownfish, sweetlips, and countless others along with beautiful corals. There were a few nights that we had fires on the beach, and we really enjoyed the other people that were staying at the hotel. I could have stayed much much longer! Jason was able to use an underwater camera for 2 of the dives and got some good pictures. We will be in Kuala Lumpur in a couple of days and hope to get our pictures updated there, including the ones from the previous blog post!

Tomorrow we leave Indonesia which is a bit sad. It is by FAR my favorite country on the trip. Easily has the best scenery, best wildlife, nicest people, most diversity, and we have so much more of the country to see! We have spent over 6 weeks here and it's not nearly enough. Anyone trying to figure out their next vacation should come here :) Tonight is our last night here, and we are going to try spicy dog meat! Tomorrow we fly to Kuala Lumpur and will be scrambling to get our visa for India. Then that will be all for Southeast Asia! We're excited to move on to another part of the world.