I also did some touring of the north side of the island, visiting some parts I'd never been to before up along the north coast. Found a little town called Lovina that looks like my kind of place, so I'll spend some more time now researching that part of the island. It's not as close to diving as I'd like, but the national park's right there, and there's boat diving to be had nearby. It's about an hour and a half to Tulamben, and less than an hour in the other direction to Menganjen Island. So the diving's still not too far away. But it's a lovely part of the island, and far from the hustle and bustle of the tourist areas in the south.
Anyway, figured I'd share a few pics from the trip ...
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One of the things I got to do while I was there was introduce my Indonesian "cousins" to scuba diving. One of them described it as a dream come true ... these people don't take many vacations, and until they met me it never even occurred to them that they might be able to scuba dive. One of them, Denny, is now seriously bitten by the scuba bug. I encouraged him to take a real class ... all we did was a short intro, with about an hour in the pool. But you can see how well they did ... not too bad for two young fellows who had never tried it before ...
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Maybe if I do move over there, I'll get back into teaching for a while ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)