2006-03 Banda Sea, Indonesia #6

  • Pulao Batanta
    Pulao Batanta
    Our first scuba diving location.
    Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 11, 2006
    2006-03-11#0002
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pulao Misool
    Pulao Misool
    Day 2 scuba diving around this very pretty island.
    Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0010
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pulao Misool
    Pulao Misool
    Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0014
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Adventure Komodo
    Adventure Komodo
    An Australian scuba diving boat, very stable and fast, but proved to be very uncomfortable during the approaching Typhoon Larry and rough passages.
    Pulao Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0019
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pulao Misool
    Pulao Misool
    Nice tree and coastline.
    Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0032
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pulao Misool
    Pulao Misool
    Between dives, we zodiac-cruised some lagoon areas.
    Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0040
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pulao Misool
    Pulao Misool
    Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0042
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Philippine Ground Orchid
    Philippine Ground Orchid
    Spathoglottis plicata
    Pulao Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0044
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pulao Misool
    Pulao Misool
    Frequent rain allows vegetation to grow on rock.
    Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0045
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pulao Misool
    Pulao Misool
    I guess you could call this a sea stack, seen at the start of a second zodiac cruise.
    Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0048
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Philippine Ground Orchid
    Philippine Ground Orchid
    Spathoglottis plicata
    Pulao Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0060
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Slender Pitcher-plant
    Slender Pitcher-plant
    Nepenthes gracilis - this is a very old plant, obvious from all the old stems.
    Pulao Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0062
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Zodiac Cruise Snacks
    Zodiac Cruise Snacks
    Snacks at the end of the second zodiac cruise.
    Pulao Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 12, 2006
    2006-03-12#0068
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sorong
    Sorong
    WE had to return to Sorong when one of our group developed a persistent nose bleed.
    West Papua, Indonesia, March 13, 2006
    2006-03-13#0070
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Freighter
    Freighter
    Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia, March 13, 2006
    2006-03-13#0071
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Harbor Monument
    Harbor Monument
    Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia, March 13, 2006
    2006-03-13#0072
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Longboat
    Longboat
    This boat came out to evacuate our friend with the nose bleed to the local hospital.
    Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia, March 13, 2006
    2006-03-13#0075
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Big Night Fishing Boat
    Big Night Fishing Boat
    Big lights and nets deploy to catch fish and squid at night.
    Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia, March 13, 2006
    2006-03-13#0080
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pulao Walid
    Pulao Walid
    Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 14, 2006
    2006-03-14#0083
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pulao Walid
    Pulao Walid
    Raja Ampat, Indonesia, March 14, 2006
    2006-03-14#0086
    Larry L. Jackson