Solidarity is more than just sitting at home doing nothing, wearing a mask when leaving the house, watching others and pointing fingers without even bothering to look into the life, health or financial situation of that particular person, community or country. Solidarity is easy that way. Even easy to recognize: […]
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Road trip to capture the highlights of East Bali
Once upon a time, before the corona virus had officially reached the local population of Bali, there was a window of opportunity to explore spots usually overrun by tourists. That’s why in mid March we went on a road trip to capture the highlights of East Bali. It’s all about […]
WeiterlesenDevil scorpionfish: Sinister style with venom
Our next candidate of the group of ambush predators presented in “They got the look” is the devil scorpionfish a.k.a. false stonefish presenting its sinister style with venom. In general, we don’t think it is very nice to call somebody or something false. This fish is pretty real and has […]
WeiterlesenDive into the underwater wonderland of Sulawesi at home: Sulawesi Splendour
For all ocean addicts, explorers, nature lovers, and everybody else who has to stay at home due to the coronavirus and is perhaps longing for a refreshing dip in the ocean: Watch Sulawesi Splendour I-IV. All these creatures are out there waiting for us. Hopefully, when all this is over, instead […]
WeiterlesenGood news for all tourists in Indonesia in times of Covid-19
In times of Covid-19, we’d like to focus on the positive side of things, using our time to prepare beautiful material and information from around the world and spread good news and positive vibration. This one is for all visitors that are still in Indonesia: emergency stay permits will be […]
WeiterlesenLet’s talk scientifically! Pictures and marine ID
Over the last weeks, we posted pictures with scientific explanations on classifications of marine life on Instagram and Facebook. As not everybody is (regularly) on social media, I am happily putting it all together in one post now: Let’s talk scientific! Let’s talk scientific! Tiger cowrie When looking only at the […]
WeiterlesenKeep your plastic and clean up the rest
Plastic is on our minds. Every high tide leaves behind a line of plastic on the beach of Amed. Every heavy rain shower washes half-burned or openly collected rubbish from the settlements and streets into fields and streams, distributed by the wind, animals and more rain, eventually, most of it […]
WeiterlesenUnderwater carnival in Amed, Bali
It is Rose Monday: Alaaf! As that’s the expression, sort of hurray, that is used in the area around Cologne in Germany as well as Maastricht in the Netherlands, we stick to that regional greeting. Even though we are not big fans of the actual celebrations, we celebrated our very […]
WeiterlesenWaspfish: Punk’s not dead
A warm welcome for the next members of the ambush predators: They got the look. The cackatoo and white face waspfish are the living proof that punk’s not dead, just in hiding, waiting for the right moment to make a move. Having difficulties getting out of bed during the day, in combination with […]
WeiterlesenNew video series for visual meditation: Take a Minute
In this series of 1-minute clips, we invite you to “Take a Minute” to relax and refresh your mind and soul with visual meditation. The first video features a shallow and sheltered part of the reef which is simply perfect to start or end a dive. Take a minute to […]
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