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2 July 2014
This morning I explored one of the cafes which make up Ambon’s cafe scene that’s not seen elsewhere in the country. At the Sibu Sibu cafe, I downed a delicious milky ginger coffee with some local cakes. Ambon is famous for having a disproportionate share of good singers in the Indonesian music scene, and their […]
1 July 2014
Leaving Papua Today I’m leaving Papua after 21 days, going to Ambon. It was a relaxed morning before checking out at 1200 and going to the airport for a departure at 1405. I spent most of the morning in the room of the Rumberpon Hotel till checkout and went to the airport nearby. I was […]
30 June 2014
There are two ferries from Waisai to Sorong today, at 0900 (Mon and Wed) and also 1400 (daily). I woke up and went to the ferry at 0800 and was amongst the first to get the ticket. We left about 0930 with lots of empty seats unlike the outbound journey. I took an ojek to […]
29 June 2014
Leaving Pulau Kri for Waisai After breakfast, I went back to Yenkoranu to pay for yesterday’s trip on credit card. I had tried yesterday but the data connection on the island is very intermittent and often best in the wee hours of the night and first thing in the morning. So, the connection worked fine […]
28 June 2014
Arrangements I was staying at Koranu Fyak homestay and had dived with them already. To be with friends that I had been hanging around with, I chose to dive with Yenkoranu Homestay next door. I had approached them for their homestay too but their boat transfer appeared overpriced due to a mistake in their webpage. […]
28 June 2014
The trip to Fam Island had been described by outgoing guests as the highlight of their stay. With that recommendation, we were all very keen to go. Brian staying at Yenkoranu next door managed to negotiate a deal for IDR1m per head including the long boat ride and 2 dives. The extras included a stop […]
27 June 2014
Staying on Pulau Kri at Koranu Fyak homestay, I made two dives with their dive shop, the Wobbegong Dive Centre. It was a much needed affordable homestay and dive centre. After breakfast, I fitted my gear. They didn’t have a good range of sizes of wetsuits and most were rather small for me and the other […]
27 June 2014
Above: My breakfast of kueh dadar. Breakfast today comprised of kueh dadar (green pancakes) with chocolate sprinkles (instead of the traditional coconut and brown sugar). I did two dives through our homestay in the morning with Ava, Eric and Danna. You can read about my dives here. Nicole tagged along for snorkelling. They continued for […]
26 June 2014
Today I moved to Pulau Kri for two days. I had tried to get the boatman to leave at 1000 but he was busy with dives so could only fit me in about 1500. I wasted about 3 hours waiting as I managed to fit in a couple hours of “work”. I went to Pasar […]
25 June 2014
Organising (or lack thereof) I had organised to do some diving through Mr Romy of Waiwo Dive Resort. He was very non-committal about all information he had given, eg. whether there were other guests, price and whether I could only do two dives instead of three. It made it look like a dodgy outfit. Apet, the […]