Our final spring break in Indonesia, and we went to one of our favorite places for a week of diving and relaxation.
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- Come into the deep blue see for some diving pictures!
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- Alea and Breck will be your guides today…
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- Mom and dad just try to keep up…
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- Susan took most of the really cool pictures.
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- And Dave just tried to figure out our new camera.
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- Spotted ray
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- A school of fish – we ran into tons of “swarms” during the week.
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- Bright light!
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- Yes, this is fish butt, but I just liked these guys a lot.
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- Nemo says “Hi!”
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- A turtle and his remora friend take a break to savor the view.
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- Hmmm…
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- Chilling in the shade.
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- This guy almost smacked Susan in the face.
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- Know what that is? It is an octopus!
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- Octopus hanging from the rocks.
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- Octopus hiding in the rocks.
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- Octopus coming out of the rocks.
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- I like eels. Except as meals. And the way they feels.
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- Swirling in the current.
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- First nudi picture (don’t worry, there are plenty more).
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- Two shrimp.
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- Another nudibranch.
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- Another moray eel – we saw more eels of all kinds on this trip than ever before….
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- A little porcelain crab.
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- Another porcelain crab.
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- Pygmy seahorse – that”s our guide”s hand, so everything is ok. No great close up…
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- Wonder why they call these sweetlips?
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- Just a fun scene over an anemone.
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- Met up with a guy at our dive shop who gave me some tips about playing around wi…
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- Met up with a guy at our dive shop who gave me some tips about playing around wi…
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- Peek a boo.
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- Two cuttlefish in this picture. We saw lots of them on this trip (and Alea spells them “cuddle fish”)
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- Another cuttlefish.
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- I really like scorpionfish. There are a couple more shots in the album where they are even more hidden than this one.
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- Lionfish.
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- A turtle resting among some coral.
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- We were told that “baby sharks don”t count,” but I don”t care. Here are two baby sharks hiding uder a rock.
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- Here”s an adult swimming around.
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- There were actually 2 of the adults in the area, but I wasn”t able to get them both in the same frame.
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- Again, just a lot of fun to try to get fish pix.
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- This baby fish is about as big as my pinky.
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- A little puffer fish, hiding from me. It reminds me of a little cat sitting in a corner all curled up.
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- Another nudibranch – really cool!
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- So wiggly and fun to watch.
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- At the end of one of our dives, we came across this huge swarm of glass fish. I love the pictures, but am not sure they do the fascinating scene justice.
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- Another view of the glass fish.
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- This was so cool!
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- Just an all around fun place to be.
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- Mantis shrimp.
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- Another one, out in the open.
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- Oh hey – time for another Nemo shot!
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- A school of unicorn fish.
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- Big, bad, triggerfish.
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- Leaf scorpionfish.
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- Go home turtle, you”re drunk!
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- Funky textures.
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- Lionfish – love all the little horns and things.
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- Hi, porcupine fish!
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- Hi, puffer fish!
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- Another nudibranch – this is a kind our guides really liked and said they hadn’t ever seen before.
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- I actually got some video of this one crawling along the bottom.
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- A couple other nudis hanging out.
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- Nemo’s family at home.
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- Lion fish in full regalia mode.
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- A clam being illuminated by our guide”s flashlight. Gives you an idea of what things really look like deep underwater.
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- A very cool velvety purple nudibranch.
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- A close up of this one”s antennae.
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- A crab hanging out.
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- Brain coral grooves.
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- A pinnacle full of sea life.
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- Cuttle fish face.
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- Here”s the cuttlefish with his buddy the nudibranch in the corner.
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- Lobster and shrimp. Two great tastes that taste great together.
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- Seascape.
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- Turtle in a seascape.
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- Two little crabs in a coral.
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- Blue ribbon eel upset at being disturbed.
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- Alea and Breck explore the deep blue.
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- Another turtle in full resting mode. Never had seen this before, saw it twice on this trip.
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- “Hey dude”
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- Scorpionfish – a face that only a mother could love!
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- I really do like these guys.
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- These guys, though, are the real deal!
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- Here”s a spotted moray checking us out.
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- A couple of shrimp.
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- Totally cool colors – I dig the red and yellow together.
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- Another cuttlefish.
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- Probably my favorite nudibranch picture – and Susan is the one who took it!
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- Zoomed in view of the previous shot.
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- So this is apparently a ribbon of nudibranch eggs!
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- Reminds me of those little troll dolls with the funky hair.
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- Cow boxfish – saw these on our first ever muck dive.
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- Black ribbon eel.
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- Another first for us – an Indian Walker (aka the Devil Stinger). He’s “hiding” behind a plant.
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- Another scorpionfish.
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- Action around an anemone.
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- Another kind of lionfish.
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- Glass shrimp.
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- Here’s a squid guarding its bundle of eggs (the white clump on the right)
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- Another cool nudibranch.
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- Another cool ray.
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- Another Nemo face.
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- Another nudibranch.
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- Ninja divers Breck and Alea really did a great job, and we had an all around wonderful time. Thanks to the whole family for a great final week in the Indonesian sun and surf!
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