Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's from all of us at Villa CengkehL

L to R: Putu, Komang, Dana, Agus, Putu, Wida, Susan, Putu, Swi

We're in Bali for Christmas

We are spending Christmas in Bali at Villa Cengkeh and will go to Phuket to get SV Villa G into the sea in early January.  A break for the Bali rain will be welcomed.

A Balinese Guardian

Thanksgiving Dinner in Bali

First Thanksgiving in Villa Cengkeh. Roast duck, Apple pie and veggies.

Diving Indonesia's Diversity Hot Spots: Komodo to Raja Ampat with SV Jaya

Just arrived in Sorong after 19 days of diving onboard the SV Jaya a ship in the fleet of Wicked Diving Indonesia.  Superb staff and excellent dive sites in over 1300 nm of the sea between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Have a look at the brief video by David Palfrey who dove every dive and worked everyday to make some superb video footage.  I have a 25 minute version which has been uploaded HERE <--Click to see the big version on YouTube.

KLM Jaya arrives Banda Naira

We sailed into Banda's harbour at daybreak. Beautiful setting in a very historic environment.

We continue diving tomorrow in the Banda area.

Susan's in San Diego visiting sister Diana.  They had lunch with Karin and Claes,  friends from Uppsala, today in Oceanside. Small world!

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dove karang dusborgh. dive boats wow and arenui there too. no hammerhead sharks. Lat-06.643400 Lon+129.496633 Alt +0 ft (0s ago) 16-Oct-2016 00:01:53 UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-06.643400&lon=129.496633

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just came across dive live-aboard KLM Matahariku stranded on reef pulau terbang selatan, Lat-07.351233 Lon+128.549866 Alt +0 ft (0s ago) 15-Oct-2016 04:56:34 UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-07.351233&lon=128.549866