The beginning of the year is when it’s normally a bit quieter in the Lembeh Strait. However, we’ve been busy during the past few months regardless of the typical “low season” but we still found time for some renovations and upgrades of the resort!
Wer gerne mehr über unsere kleines Juwel von Tauchresort und Indonesien im Allgemeinen erfahren möchte, sollte sich schnellstmöglich zum nächsten Zeitschriftenladen aufmachen: dort gibt es nämlich derzeit einen tollen Artikel, den unser Freund Patrick Neumann in der aktuellen Ausgabe der Zeitschrift “unterwasser” verfasst hat.
Happy Easter 2017 to all of you! Instead of the Easter Rabbit with white, fluffy ears, we’ve had a little tarsier visiting us. Not sure if he was hiding eggs though?
Tarsiers are small primates, about 10 to 15 cm in size which only live on some islands in Southeast Asia. The enormous eyeballs give the Tarsier a quite unique look: they can be up to 16 mm in diameter and help them hunt for prey and watch out for predators. During the day, Tarsiers rest clinging onto tree branches whereas at night time, they use their powerful hind legs and tail to leap to another branch and catch insects or smaller vertebrates.
It’s time to introduce myself properly, so far most of you only know me as “the new Serge”. My name is Sonja, I’m from Germany and decided to move to South East Asia in 2010 to become a dive instructor. Back then, you would always find me diving with a simple point and shoot camera – therefore, it wasn’t very surprising that I finally completed my underwater videography course in 2012.
This morning we had a very uncommon “check in” at our Resort: While our Girls were making the rooms after the guests had left for diving they found this little guy jumping around in Room 5. We had a big group arriving yesterday and the morning staff had not met Read more
Lots of great things happening at NAD right now. The camera room is being extended, and should double the current space available. Work on the new extended jetty is in progress. No more climbing up and down at low tide, as the new extensions are on floats and the boats Read more
After leaving in mid-May to spend some time quality time with the big pelagics in Mexico, Costa Rica, and the U.S., I’m back to stay for a while at NAD. After embarking on my open-ended trip to Indonesia last August, I spent eight of the past twelve months split between Read more
I was sat having a beer on the waterfront with resident guest Christian, and we noticed that it was unusually clear last night. So, we decided to get the tripods and attempt some stellar photography. Using the higher ISO capabilities of the 5Dmk3 and some duct tape and a small Read more
When I arrived in Lembeh this time it was just after Christmas. However, I was up for another Christmas treat. Simon here from NAD had ordered a bunch of cool stuff from Nightsea, strobe filters, filters for the lens and a cool pair of yellow spectacles, which waited for me here. I have now tried this system during my stay and will in this blog give a short overview over what I learned from shooting it. But first of all I want to give a brief explanation over what fluorescence is, and why we can find it in nature. BTW, the complete system is available for rent here in NAD if you wish to try it out.
Fluorescent hard coral
Bio-luminescing mushrooms
So here it is: My second Introduction Post on the NAD Lembeh Blog. My Name is Serge and after having written the updates here for one year as the Dive Manager i am now back for a 1 month visit and will use my time to keep you updated on Read more