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Bali - 2005-07-06 - Nusa Lembongan - 2 Dives

Getting to the dive site was an interesting adventure. A Pro Dive person was there to pick me up right on schedule but told me to go ahead & get breakfast from the Inn, because I would not have another shot to eat for a while. I knew I would not be diving with Kutut because he had a ceremony to attend for his passed away father, I believe it was marking the 3 month point since his death. So I would be diving with his boss Putu. So the person who originally talked to me at Nakula was someone I did not know. He told me to go with the car that was waiting. So I ate & got in the car, the funny thing is that the driver did not really seem to know where I was supposed to go. He was a taxi driver, not someone with Pro Dive. So we had to stop a few times & make some calls to get everything straightened out because I though I was to go somewhere different than he was told to go. Either way we eventually worked it out & made it to the dock where there was a boat waiting for me.

It was interesting because I did not know if I was diving with other people or where we were going I was really along for the ride at this point. Either way I just found a seat on the little boat & did some reading & sight seeing for the hour plus boat ride. Eventually I realized where I was going,...Padangbai. I was surprised but I was eventually told we had to pickup the guide & other divers there. The reason I did not know much else is because the two guys driving the boat did not really know English so it was hard to find things out. Sometimes you just have to go along & hope things work out :) It took about 1.5 hours of wait, but eventually the dive guide & 2 more people arrived. In the mean time I was able to do some reading & go online. The Padangbai massage lady also tried to talk me into a massage, which I would have done, but I though it was only going to be a 5-10 minute wait when I got there. The two people who arrived were doing there Advanced Open Water diving course. There names were Ngoc (aka Go) & Snorre (AKA Snow), they had Americanized their Norwegian names for me so that I could pronounce them :) They were both nice as we chatted for a while as the boat got ready & on the way to the dive sites. The pictures & video below are all from Snorre's camera. Putu did not bring the Pro Dive camera so I was not able to have my own fun, but Snorre did a good job so I was happy to have pictures to show for the day. I had really looked forward to these 2 dives but in the end I thought they were the worst 2 dives of the 10. The first one had a huge current & the visibility was not as great on the second dive. They were nice & we saw a lot, but it was tougher because Putu was teaching them on the dives & wanted us to all stay close. It is always easy to stay close to one person in comparison to 3. We saw a lot & I enjoyed talking to my new dive buddies. We had lunch on the boat in between dives. After the dives we headed back the mainland & to Kuta where I would stay my last 2 nights in Bali.

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Larger Version - 01 - Brock & Ngoc
01 - Brock & Ngoc
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Larger Version - 02 - Brock, Ngoc & Snorre
02 - Brock, Ngoc & Snorre
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Larger Version - 03 - Snorre & Putu (Instructor)
03 - Snorre & Putu (Instructor)
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Larger Version - 04 - Dive 1 - Snorre & Ngoc Underwater
04 - Dive 1 - Snorre & Ngoc Underwater
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Larger Version - 05 - Dive 1 - Ngoc Underwater
05 - Dive 1 - Ngoc Underwater
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Larger Version - 06 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
06 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
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Larger Version - 07 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
07 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
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Larger Version - 08 - Dive 1 - Coral & Tomato Anemone Fish
08 - Dive 1 - Coral & Tomato Anemone Fish
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Larger Version - 09 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
09 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
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Larger Version - 10 - Dive 1 - Brock, Coral & Fish
10 - Dive 1 - Brock, Coral & Fish
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Larger Version - 11 - Dive 1 - Coral & Moorish Idol
11 - Dive 1 - Coral & Moorish Idol
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Larger Version - 12 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
12 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
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Larger Version - 13 - Dive 1 - Coral & Eel Tail
13 - Dive 1 - Coral & Eel Tail
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Larger Version - 14 - Dive 1 - Coral & Featherstar
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Larger Version - 15 - Dive 1 - Coral & Angelfish
15 - Dive 1 - Coral & Angelfish
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Larger Version - 16 - Dive 1 - Coral & Oriental Sweetlips
16 - Dive 1 - Coral & Oriental Sweetlips
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Larger Version - 17 - Dive 1 - Coral & Butterfly Fish
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Larger Version - 18 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
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Larger Version - 19 - Dive 1 - Coral & Titan Triggerfish
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Larger Version - 20 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
20 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
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Larger Version - 21 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish (Angelfish & Clown Triggerfish)
21 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish (Angelfish & Clown Triggerfish)
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Larger Version - 22 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
22 - Dive 1 - Coral & Fish
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Larger Version - 23 - Dive 1 - Putu & Brock
23 - Dive 1 - Putu & Brock
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Larger Version - 24 - Dive 2 - Coral & Pufferfish
24 - Dive 2 - Coral & Pufferfish
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Larger Version - 25 - Dive 2 - Coral & Brock
25 - Dive 2 - Coral & Brock
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Larger Version - 26 - Dive 2 - Coral
26 - Dive 2 - Coral
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Larger Version - 27 - Dive 2 - View from Above
27 - Dive 2 - View from Above
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Page with Video - 28 - Dive 2 (Video)
28 - Dive 2 (Video)


Larger Version - 29 - Riding Back
29 - Riding Back
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Larger Version - 30 - Riding Back
30 - Riding Back
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