Travelogues Manado

Travis still has some exciting things to report from Siladen before he heads back to Singapore.

Travis was allowed to watch the dolphins

Travis meets exciting people and other bears

Travis' adventure: first day of diving in Siladen, Bunaken National Park

Moving from Lembeh to Bunaken - Travis will become a sea dog if he continues to go boating so often.

Currently, there is only one ferry (actually more of a speed boat) from Manado, which only operates once a day, and you cannot book tickets in advance. Instead, you inform the...

Today was a relaxing day of riding scooters to a waterfall. Afterwards, Meli booked a taxi and we drove from Manado to Bunaken. Two minutes after our arrival, we were already...

I would have much preferred to stay at the Tangkoko National Park until my departure rather than going to Manado. However, my flight was at 6:25 AM, and it takes at least two...

Impressions of the fascinating Blackwater Diving in Siladen

Last stop of our India/Indonesia trip (and therefore also the last stop of our sabbatical year) was Bunaken National Park (a marine national park) - more precisely Siladen...

We spent two nights on the small island of Siladen, across from Bunaken, passing the time with snorkeling, swimming, and eating. The house reef right in front of the...

Today we would continue to the neighboring island of Siladen. This time, very luxuriously in a resort with a house reef. The biodiversity is once again impressive, and the reef...

Today we took a flight of about four hours to Manado. On approach to the island, we saw vast areas of rainforest. Laki, our driver who picked us up at the airport, took us to the...

Today we went diving twice in paradise, surrounded by countless turtles and large schools of fish. We also saw a reef shark, a large tuna, an orangutan crab, and a Napoleon...

In the first night in Manado, we slept well after a long journey. The next day, we walked around Manado in the heat of the midday sun, feeling motivated despite the 35°C...

Always an eye-catcher and worth a photo

We have been staying for two nights in a hotel near the beautiful islands of Siladen and Bunaken and today we had two very nice dives where we saw, among other things, small reef...