Indonesia pics and video

[Bora_Horza]

Hi everyone,

I’ve fairly recently returned from a diving holiday to Indonesia, visiting Alor, Maumere and Komodo. Thought I’d share a few pics I took out there, and a video I put together from the clips I took in Komodo. These were taken using a Canon A570 IS.

I had a lot of fun - just wish I was still out there! Happy diving all

 

[fuggler]

Very nice. I'm so jealous of your trip. We almost booked a liveaboard trip to Alor on a Peter Hughes boat but once we found out that there's a less expensive trip to Komodo, we booked that instead. Are both areas pretty much the same? Which area did you like best?

 

[diver 85]

great pics & video--thanks

 

[Dave C]

Very nice. I especially liked the pic of the sea anemone tips.

 

[aku321]

Awesome! Thanks

 

[Sully3]

beautiful shots! that yellow rhinopias is awesome!!!

 

[Bora_Horza]

Cheers for the comments all!

Komodo vs Alor - mmm, same same but different. Both great marine diversity hotspots with strong currents, etc, so in that respect similar. But you do see different critters in each region (or whats common in one area is 'rare' in the other). I did daytrip diving into Komodo, so visited the central & northern part of the park, generally warmer water (28°C or so) and saw mantas, whitetips, etc (which I did'nt see in my visit to Alor). While in Alor I dived both warmer waters and cooler waters (24°C) which had different smaller critters, plus I saw a mola mola and a glimpse of a hammerhead (which are rarely seen in Komodo). Maybe I saw more pelagics and bigger fish around Komodo, but more interesting smaller things around Alor. My recommendation - visit both areas, they compliment each other nicely!

EDIT: of course, if you're on a liveaboard in Komodo you can also visit the cooler waters in the south of the park, and see the differnt critters in that area..

 

[RAYL82]

THAT VIDEO MAKES ME WANT TO GET OUT AND DIVE NICE JOB ON THE VIDEO AND AWSOM STILLS YOU ARE QUITE GOOD. :goingdown:

 

[TightLines]

What kind of critter is that in the movie at 1:20?

 

[Saltwater Junky]

Thank you for sharing. Beautiful images. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Fantastic!