2025 Mega Trip, Part I - Indonesia

[GRAgusta]

Inspired by our friend's desire to celebrate his retirement in Truk Lagoon we front loaded our trip with a ten day dive safari in Indonesia. To be precise Raja Ampat. This area is world famous for small critters, so that was to be my focus.

We started and finished in West Papua.
Image 07-03-2025 at 15.54 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr

Some of the small critters:
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My main objective was to find pygmy seahorses .... these guys are roughly 15mm long max.

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This location was recently on BBC with David Attenbrough ... he'd left before we arrived.

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Also lots to see from a wider perspective
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The diving was world class, and at least one deserved to be in our top ten all time, this was in Misool, which is worth going back to.

And it was good to get away from Scotland in January.

IMG_0936 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr

[Topcat]

Fantastic pictures, many thanks for posting. Enjoy the rest of your holiday!

[slparry]

Awesome Gawaine, and sooooo envious!!!

[Paul]

Fantastic pictures and it looks like you had a fabulous time. It's amazing what you can achieve with an Kodak instamatic in a clear plastic bag

Cheers,

Paul