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photo gallery: indonesia part 1: the northern part of north sulawesi (bunaken, tomohon)

2011-08-252019-07-10 markus

the following images are part of this blog post.

ready, set, go!

on board a bajaj – typical jakartan mini-taxis

hotel new angkasa in manado (sulawesi). it definitely looks better in the pictures.

our friendly neighbour at new angkasa

feels like time-travel

panorama: manado harbour

fruit market

change of hotels: rex in manado. was much better, but the pictures still don’t do it justice. the rat was replaced by an enormous cockroach in the bathroom.

the market: fish section

instead of cutting filets or sharpening his knife, he just used a piece of wood to slam the blade through its spine.

a bendi (horse/pony carriage) loaded with 4 people and 2 12 kilogram backpacks. we wanted to walk, but were picked up by a friendly hotel employee.

on our way to pulau bunaken, north of mainland sulawesi.

bunaken kuskus resort – the garden really is as lush as described in the travel guides.

*very* nice and clean cottages at bunaken kuskus resort.

the beach just off bunaken kuskus. the reef starts about 30 meters in.

crystal clear water

knobbly sea stars (protoreaster nodosus). despite their cuddly looks, they’re apparently pretty tough.

the reefscape just in front of bunaken kuskus resort.

thousands of fish swim near the drop-off.

trumpetfish (aulostoma chinensis) have a very extensible mouth and use suction to capture prey.

pink stony coral (acropora sp.?)

fanworm or feather duster worm (sabellastarte indica) – they’re tube-dwelling worms that filter particles from the water.

the small road towards bunaken village

even jesus likes bunaken!

beach panorama

bunaken village

scuba diving!

we saw the mandarinfish (synchiropus splendidus) during a special “mandarin dive” at nightfall. incredible!

waters so clear that the coral was visible from the boat

christmas tree worms (spirobranchus giganteus)

clark’s anemonefish (amphiprion clarkii) makes it clear that i’m getting too close to their anemone.

spotted boxfish (ostracion meleagris)

fish closeup

deep blue

scuba divers

air bubbles!

bunaken reefscape

the wall: a 50+ meter drop-off

scuba divers

the wall: a 50+ meter drop-off

clark’s anemonefish (amphiprion clarkii)

local women playing domino on the boat to manado

one of the usual dangers that pedestrians face in indonesia.

the door of the public bus wouldn’t have kept shut without the blue string.

tomohon market: vegetables

tomohon market: dried fish

tomohon market: dried fish

tomohon market: fresh fish.

tomohon market: vegetables (especially water spinach!)

chillis

“i’ll have 7 onions, some chillis, and the baby, please.”

please continue only, if you’re prepared to see dead animals.

forest rat. since it’s only sold raw, we didn’t get a chance to taste… (tomohon market)

forest rat. since it’s only sold raw, we didn’t get a chance to taste… (tomohon market)

fresh fruit bat wings… (tomohon market)

… and their previous owners. (fruit bats sold at tomohon market)

this was probably the most disgusting and unsettling thing we saw in indonesia: dogs for sale at tomohon market

this was probably the most disgusting and unsettling thing we saw in indonesia: dogs for sale at tomohon market

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