I'm once again penning away in my notebook whilst I lurk in Labuanbajo, this time waiting for my flight back to Bali, and also for the massive doses of nitrogen in my blood to escape. My dive computer says I'm only allowed to fly later this evening, while my flight is at 3pm, but its a Finnish contraption so I figure its just being typically conservative.
True to expectations, the last 3 days of diving I've had have been tremendous. We've done such a variety of different dives and I've enjoyed them all. Yesterday in particular was a great send off. Our final dive had us swimming (I personally was simply gliding of course) behind a beautiful Manta ray for a good ten minutes, and then just as we were about to surface it came back out of the deep, swimming right up to my face, almost as if to give me a goodbye kiss...
I really was hoping to get a good sleep-in today but the varied calls of religiosity in this town make that pretty difficult. At 4 am the mosque down the road starts its call to prayer (with a loudspeaker positioned under my pillow). Another mosque on the other side of town then takes up the challenge, before the two catholic churches wake up and start the bells a tolling! Its all very atmospheric actually and I've kind of gotten used to it now. I still wake up at four but manage to get back to sleep... usually. Now, we get geckos back home, but they're the quiet little types. Here the source of their name is made very apparent - the little monster above my bed started up his "GE-KO"ing at every opportunity this morning, lest I ever forgot he was there. I wonder if gecko is good to eat...
Before i forget, thank you to all of you who responded so kindly to my little hint and deposited such generous sums in my bank account. Much appreciated. But unfortunately it seems I've been out of touch with the world of finance for a bit too long, and with the impending arrival of the shopping virtuoso that is Woozle, I'm going to need a much stronger currency... Pounds Sterling will be fine next time. Thanks.
I'm looking forward to Wendy's arrival tomorrow, and I think I'm prepared. I've hired a small truck to meet her at the airport so we can transfer her luggage to the hotel. And hopefully she doesn't get charged too much extra for bringing in her seven surfboards; only Wends has a matching bikini/surfboard combo for every day of the week...
A sunrise over Sumbawa island from the deck of the Perama boat en route to Komodo.
My first dragon on Komodo... Aargh!
Getting ready to take the plunge just north of Komodo, with Mantas spotted on the surface...
One of the gorgeous beaches around the Komodo Islands.
True to expectations, the last 3 days of diving I've had have been tremendous. We've done such a variety of different dives and I've enjoyed them all. Yesterday in particular was a great send off. Our final dive had us swimming (I personally was simply gliding of course) behind a beautiful Manta ray for a good ten minutes, and then just as we were about to surface it came back out of the deep, swimming right up to my face, almost as if to give me a goodbye kiss...
I really was hoping to get a good sleep-in today but the varied calls of religiosity in this town make that pretty difficult. At 4 am the mosque down the road starts its call to prayer (with a loudspeaker positioned under my pillow). Another mosque on the other side of town then takes up the challenge, before the two catholic churches wake up and start the bells a tolling! Its all very atmospheric actually and I've kind of gotten used to it now. I still wake up at four but manage to get back to sleep... usually. Now, we get geckos back home, but they're the quiet little types. Here the source of their name is made very apparent - the little monster above my bed started up his "GE-KO"ing at every opportunity this morning, lest I ever forgot he was there. I wonder if gecko is good to eat...
Before i forget, thank you to all of you who responded so kindly to my little hint and deposited such generous sums in my bank account. Much appreciated. But unfortunately it seems I've been out of touch with the world of finance for a bit too long, and with the impending arrival of the shopping virtuoso that is Woozle, I'm going to need a much stronger currency... Pounds Sterling will be fine next time. Thanks.
I'm looking forward to Wendy's arrival tomorrow, and I think I'm prepared. I've hired a small truck to meet her at the airport so we can transfer her luggage to the hotel. And hopefully she doesn't get charged too much extra for bringing in her seven surfboards; only Wends has a matching bikini/surfboard combo for every day of the week...
A sunrise over Sumbawa island from the deck of the Perama boat en route to Komodo.
My first dragon on Komodo... Aargh!
Getting ready to take the plunge just north of Komodo, with Mantas spotted on the surface... 
One of the gorgeous beaches around the Komodo Islands. 
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