Manta Point

We woke up early. The boat towards Manta Point left at 8:30, so we had to hurry. We had our breakfast and quickly went to Blue Corner Dive.

It was definetely too early for Jerneja.

We assembled our gear and eagerly waited for our giude to give us a sign to leave. What happened on this particular day is hard to describe with words. They promised us to see a lot mantas, because this location is full of plancton and they come in schools to feed through the whole year. We have only see manta ray once before on the Similan Islands and we were very lucky, so we were not sure, if this encounter is actually going to happen. But we were hoping....

The jeep picked us up and we were on the road again. Eventually we came to the boat and we were heading to our diving destination. This boat was a lot smaller that what we are used to. It had no toilet, no kitchen, well... just a covered deck, where we had our gear. We were wondering, how are they going to prepared our lunch in there??

Since the boat was so small, we had to put on the dive suits before.

Always happy crew.

The gear is assembled and ready to dive in.

Ready, set, go! We were in the water on the way to see mantas. The currents were very strong and we also got caught in the surge. But the currents bring plancton and plancton attracts mantas. It was totally worth the fight with the currents, because the view was spectacular. We saw everything, that they promised and more.

We also saw this beautiful turtle...

...and some very photogenic stingrays.

Delicious and versatile lunch for a hungry diver after fighting all those currents. :-)

Best regards,

Jerneja & Boris

Lembongan Island

Indonesia is commonly described as paradise for scuba dive enthusiasts. We wanted to jump in to our dive suits and in to the blue as soon as possible and make sure on our own that the glory of this country's underwater world is justified. That is why our next destination was Lembongan Island.



We soon found out, that traveling along Indonesia was not going to be easy. Lembongan Island is very close to Bali and know for its Manta point. This is why it is very popular with scuba divers. It took us 2 hours by taxi, some waiting, and another hour by boat and we arrived.

As we waited for the boat, we decided to try some curry and fresh juice.

Still waiting for the boat.

Boarding our luggage on the boat.

Finally on the boat and headed towards Lembongan island.

Last view of Bali and the fishermen.

We finally arrived. We liked this island a lot more than Bali. It was more quiet - without annoying locals - and yet full of people like us - either surfers or scuba divers. We went directly to Blue corner dive and reserve our dives. The people at the dive center were nice and helpful and they even helps us with accomodation and recommondations for best restaurants.

Blue corner dive, our diving center at Lembongan island.

We were in luck. The very next day they were headed to Manta Point - very famous destination, where manta ray encounter is guaranteed. We wanted more, so we booked 3 days of diving with them.

Greetings from Lembongan Island,

Jerneja and Boris