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Off to go scuba diving on Bali north shore we are going to the Liberty Wreck where I had dove last week I understand from Justin one of the instructors at Blue Season Bali that they saw a shark the last time that they dove there which was only 2 days ago. I am hoping that I can spot one today as well. the last shark that I saw was when I was snorkeling in Phuket when we went out to Koh Phi Phi for the day.


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My first trip out to the awesome Nusia Pedia where we started out at Manta Point. As promised we had a beautiful Oceanic Manta come through and received a real up close look at one of the most beautiful and graceful of the marine animals. We then went and did a couple of drift dives the first was what you would expect with lots of fish and tons of great coral. The 2nd drift dive adventure was a fantastic experience more like flying underwater as you sweep past all sorts of fish including many butterflys and angel fish with the occasional visitors from the deep. I am really looking forward to seeing my first Mola Mola - Sunfish Bali has a reputation as one of the few places in the world where these exotic creatures come on a regular basis.

On the boat there were some freshly minted instructors who had just finished their IDC with Blue Season Bali which imports a course director who has a great record for getting instructors in shape for the IE. Blue Season Bali has a 100% pass rate on the IE IDC a enviable record. I am going to do the IDC Staff instructor here in Bali with Blue Season Bali. For more information on the Bali PADI IDC




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Bali Scuba Diving is everything that I thought it would be Indonesia is always listed as one of the 10 best scuba diving areas of the world. I have had the pleasure of scuba diving some of the best areas for scuba diving in the world having dove in Hawaii in Waikiki doing the wrecks and Hanama bay as well as lots of dives in Kona Maui & Kauai including the Molikini crater and the famous manta night dive in Kona with Eco Adventures. I have also had the pleasure of diving on the great barrier reef and the thrill of the shark feed out inthe Coral Sea while on the dive livaboard the Taka out of Carins Aaustralia. i have also dove in the Philippines and hundreds of dives in Thailand and Cambodia in Sihanoukville.

So far i have free dived off of the beach in Sanuer on the south end of Bali and I have done the shore wreck dive the Liberty in Tulamben on Bali's north side. I look forward to lots more dives that I will load videos like the one below which shows me swimming into a very large fish ball just off the Liberty Wreck in Bali.



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Have a Great day!
Fred

I just got to Bali Indonesia by traveling overland taking cheap flights trains and buses from Phnom Penh to Bali. I would like to say that all of the trip was good but there were some sections that were very tiring. The biggest problem was my expectations of what I was signing up for and to be fair their representations were geared towards getting me to sign up for there trips.

On the sleeper train from Jakarta to Surabuya I was expecting that the overnight sleeper would be a berth instead it was a chair that reclined slightly. The other one that there was a misunderstanding again I don't feel that I was entirely at fualt as I did ask alot of questions was on the bus to Bali from Surabuya I bought a first class wxcutive seat and was totally crowed and over booked I made sure to ask how many seats 31 which was the number of seats but they also had people sitting in the isles which they did not tell me would be the case and in addition they also had lots of extra baggage that was in the isles aswell further making the trip to the bathroom a real pain to do.

in looking at the costs afterwards that it would have been just about as expensive to take a cheap flight from Bangkok or singapore to Bali I would have saved a few days and the cost would have been roughtly the same when you added in hotels and taxis and mini buses betwenn the various conviencances.

Below some pictures from the trip.

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After sitting in Phnom Penh Cambodia and getting rained on everyday I decided that I needed a vacation, most of my friends will tell you that I need a permanete vacation as I am allways on holiday. What can I say lucky me my work is play!

I decided to go overland to Bali and took buses and trains for the whole trip with the exception of one leg from Batam Indonesia to Jakarta. I took the cheap flight from Batam on Sriwejira Airlines for $50 I needed to do this as the ferry was not going to get to Batam for 3 days after my arival and then would have taken another day to get to Jakarta so I took the cheap flight.

I did take the train from Jakarta to Surabuya which took most of the night not a bad trip with one small note the train was sold asa sleeper but was actually a regular train car with seats no beds so i did not get much sleep. Feels like I am jet lagged as the next leg by bus was sold as excutive class and was more like a cattle car as the bus was way over loaded If I had to do the leg from Batam to Bali again I would probbly get a flight out of Singapore which when you add everything up comes out to being just about the same price.

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