by Capt Paul | May 29, 2009 | Capt Paul's Photo's
Om Swasti Astu, as we say here in Bali.
Back when the world was younger, the ancient Sea Gods of Bali decreed that a temple should be erected in their honour at 30mtr depth (yes, even the Gods went metric). An thus it was Temple Garden was made for them all to play in.
Lighting incense is a bit of a bugger though so bring a torch instead.
Lost city of Pemuteran?
Ancient pose for happy divers….
Diver checks watch to see what century she’s in.
ZOMBIE BUDDA!… Swim away, swim away…..
Deeply Deco Spirits.
Petrified sweetlipped turtle.
And finally a communion of spirits.
The facts:
Sank in 2005 as part of the still ongoing Reef Gardeners project. This little dive has become an interesting change from the reefs of Pemuteran. The often hazy vis creates a wonderfully spooky atmosphere.
Home to nudis and Electric clams, Temple Wall (or Pura Tembok) above also offers a lot of , well stuff to look at.
Personally I prefer the ancient gods story 😉
Om Santi Santi Om.
The Captain
by Capt Paul | May 29, 2009 | Capt Paul's Photo's
Always one of my favourite dives is Close Encounters, 12yrs on and I still enjoy diving here. Lots of coral lots of life and a good place to find leafscorpions. But not when your playing with the new wide angle.
Here are a couple of my poor attempts, please be gentle it was my first time 😉
The Captain
by Capt Paul | May 9, 2009 | Capt Paul's Photo's
Ssshh… don’t tell anyone but here are some Secret Bay photos.
The Captain
by Capt Paul | Apr 10, 2009 | Capt Paul's Photo's
Was out on a check dive in Mucky Pirates Bay when I found our little frogfish friend here sitting out in just the right position for a snap shot. Couldn’t resist taking a moment to take a photo.
Couldn’t find his twin though instead a friendly moray filled in for him.
by Capt Paul | Apr 6, 2009 | Capt Paul's Photo's
It was the first time new Pirate Brethren Rod & Angie dived Mucky Pirates Bay, Pemuteran.
It was the first time Rod had played with a underwater digital camera.
And it was the first time I had a camera around when I saw this rather nice Batfish.
I’d seen him (or her) around a few times during numerous dives in Mucky Pirates Bay, but never when I’d had a camera so close at hand. So I had to deprive Rod of the camera for just a minute to fire off a couple of shots for myself.
Rod also got a couple of good shots off, of which this Octopus was one of my favourites. Seems this guy has decided to make his home in front of the Sea Rovers dive centre. Handy if you guys bring your camera’s 🙂
More anon.
The Captain
by Capt Paul | Jan 30, 2009 | Capt Paul's Photo's
More Mucky Pirates.
New ship mate Gary Swearingan of Houston, Texas, whose job description is ‘Dream vacation facilitator’ (nice one. The Captain) for Wakatobi dive resort. Visited us before heading back to work, inspecting the modifications and refit of the ‘Pelagian’ the well known liveaboard, recently purchased by Wakatobi and then back to South Sulawesi prior to returning home to Houston.
So we showed him Muck! Loads of muck. 80 minutes and a flat camera battery later we had a few nice momentos along with a great way to start the morning. Hopefully Gary sends us his photos sometime in the future, in the meantime here is more of the Captains own.
See you in October Gary.
The Captain
