The Orangutan Crab As with many areas of the Indo-Pacific region, we see many of these fuzzy little orangutan crab fellas around Gili Air, as documented in the above picture and below photo taken by Ellie during her Underwater Photography Adventure Dive at our Gili Air dive site, “Turtle Heaven”! The orangutan crab (achaeus japonicus)…
Hey there, it’s me, Conny again 🙂 My 3rd week started and I’m finishing up my Divemaster training in Lembeh. I really like Two Fish Lembeh Resort and I already fell in love with the tiny aquatic organisms from the Lembeh Strait – it’s a crazy little world underwater here! The pages of my logbook…
Here’s Conny – Divemaster Training week 3. Finally arrived at Two Fish Divers Bunaken Resort after my stay in Lembeh. And Pow! – The vibrant underwater environment in Bunaken really hits you. It is definitely the opposite of Lembeh. Huge coral walls and filled with 1000’s of different fish, colorful animals, rays, sharks, frogfish, crocodile-fish,…
The Rhinopias Scorpionfish Even for Lembeh, finding rhinopias is a special occasion! Rhinopias don’t move around very much which means we can often visit our funny looking friends. Pictured is the Paddleflap Rhinopia (Rhinopias eschmeyeri) which must be one of the best common names in the animal kingdom. It is also known as Eschmeyer’s rhinopia/scorpionfish…
My Divemaster Internship in Nusa Lembongan… Hi everyone! My name is Sara. I am from California and currently an undergraduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. So far I am finishing up the first half of my Divemaster Internship in Nusa Lembongan and I have been absolutely loving it! I feel so lucky…
Hi there, I’m Conny – doing my PADI Rescue course and starting my Divemaster internship at Two Fish Lembeh. Lembeh is really nice and quiet with awesome dive sites, amazing food and staff – especially my instructor Dan! I’m trying to enjoy this place but there is a lot to do and learn. Fortunately, it is…
At Two Fish Divers Bunaken our dive sites are packed with a multitude of tropical reef fish species – we are spoiled for choice! The Clown Triggerfish has some of the most amazing patterns and colours which make them very recognizable against other triggerfish in Bunaken Marine Park. The top half of its body is…
Echinoderm has to be one of the more wonderful gifts from the ancient Greek language, it means hedgehog skin! Within this phylum we find starfish, sea urchins as well as our creature of the week… the sea cucumber. There are over 1,700 species of sea cucumber and they are to be found on the seafloor…