The Lembeh Strait is a well-known area for its rich marine biodiversity and unique marine life. One of the fascinating relationships found in this area is between the shrimpgoby and snapping shrimp. The first section will define and explain the nature of the relationship between shrimp gobies and snapping shrimp. Read more…
Here’s a little blog about transiting in Jakarta on your way to visit NAD. Simon flew from Manchester in the UK to Jakarta on Etihad via Abu Dhabi. He bought his tickets about a month in advance and at the time the Etihad flight was the best value by a Read more…
These two Shrimpgobies are very similar, and if you aren’t paying much attention you will dismiss them as being the same. These are two of my favourite critters, and i consider them a connoisseur’s choice when people make their wishlist for Lembeh. They are very hard to shoot until you Read more…
I did one dive on New Years Day, and I found this little guy: This shrimp was first found by one of my guides in 2011, and amazingly enough it has evaded me until yesterday. Every-time I have dropped in on a site where they had a confirmed sighting, it Read more…
Well it’s the year end, so i thought i would post my favourite 12 photos of the year. The problem is I dont have any from before 25 September 2012, which was when i (finally) started diving in 2012! Hopefully for 2013, i will be able to post a favourite Read more…
Over Christmas we were lucky to have so many cool guests, and we had a great time. On Christmas Eve we went Santa-ing to our village, Mawali. As we went around the village with bags of candies, we found all the kids ran away, sometimes screaming. What we didnt know Read more…
My new purchase in November was some special equipment for shooting underwater fluorescence. We have lights, visors and filter sets for you and your camera so that you can capture images of corals and some other critters, fluorescing. The science behind it is that this light is a wavelength that Read more…
As Phyllodensium Nudibranchs are uncommon, bizarre and attractive at the same time, they always make a good Blog post. Specially when they are found in numbers. Having blogged some weeks ago already about the Solar powered Nudibranch, it’s today the turn of the Kabira Phyllodensium (Phyllodensium kabiranum). As they are Read more…
Blue Ring Octopus have been everywhere form months now, which is unusual to have them around for so long. The guests have seen them mating, feeding, fighting and now we saw a beautiful specimen with eggs. Blue Rings doing normal behaviour are a Top 10 Critter for Lembeh, where would Read more…
Our first Lembeh Shootout in association with Underwater.kr has just finished, and it was a blast. We made our rules very strict, specifically in relation to trying to limit our environmental impact, as one contestant put it… ‘It was refreshing to shoot with the discipline we sometimes forget.’ We laid Read more…