Paradise wrapped in plastic

My Point of View

I spent 2 wonderful weeks diving the reefs in Raja Ampat last November. West Papua has since long been high up on my wish list. I love travelling to remote places, leave every day comfort behind and get in touch with Nature and the people living in these places.

It’s pure magic to witness the first glimpse of light in the wee hours of the morning and the golden sunbeams in the afternoon…

Cruising through the labyrinth of small islands, entering the famous Passage is pure food for all our senses !

Fam islands

The Passage

Mirrors

Having a coffee or/and lunch break on a white sandy beach comes sooner or later into your mind. The boat gets closer to the beach and you disembark the food..

You look forward to a perfect moment in this perfect picture…but then reality gets you, right away, without a warning! You stand on the beach and you rub your eyes as if you still can’t believe what you see…

The whole beach is covered in rubbish, plastic sandals, bottles, brushes, scatters and boxes of any kind. You are miles away from the next village, hours away from the next city…

My appetite for the delicious food faded away instantly

Out for an ice dive!

Photo of the day

Hello all.

Let me introduce myself! My name is Play. I’m Mona’s dive buddy. I was really excited as she promised me a dive under the ice. I know quite a few spots in Asia so far but she never took me under the ice!

Mobil was excited too! He is Chris’ dive buddy and we spend a lot of good moments together. So this morning we were both geared up and ready to dive!

Unfortunately the dive got cancelled this morning 😦
They didn’t tell us why but they spent the whole evening with other human friends. They ended up around some strange liquid they call Zacapa Ron

We don’t know what this liquid contains but they looked desperately tired this morning and decided all to cancel the dive…Well at least they accompanied us to the spot where we could watch some other human divers get under the ice.

Well maybe some other time soon! My human friends are strange!!!

Perfect moment-Ice Age

perfect moments

Today I decided to have a walk out there in the sunny yet frosty Upper Sure NP. Temperatures were still at -8°C in plain sunlight at 2 pm! On top of that a Siberian breeze inflicted a -20°C “real feel”! Although covered in thick and warm clothes my nose was quickly frozen as were my fingers while I was taking photos with my eye-phone. Nevertheless I enjoyed the bright sunbeams and the icy oxygen provided by the winds. In short I felt ALIVE!