Images Without Borders
The Images Without Borders project was created to benefit Doctors Without Borders/Medicins Sans Fronieres and to connect passionate photographers with a responsible charity and a reputable sponsor, creating a safe way to donate images for relief in Haiti.
Members of the public wishing to donate to Doctors Without Borders can now buy limited edition prints by world class photographers, with all proceeds going to Doctors without Borders. Today Images Without Borders has over 85 photographers committed to working with the project. At this time there is no overhead other than the basic cost of printing and the project is supported by Photoshelter, AdoramaPix, Bay Photo Lab, and Doctors without Borders.
So if you would like to contribute to the relief efforts in Haiti, take a look at the Images Without Borders galleries and buy a print.
Edit 27/1/10 – The first cheque was sent to Doctors Without Borders/Medicins Sans Frontieres on Monday. Sales are gradually growing but please help spread the word about this project – tweet it, blog it and join the IMWOB facebook page.
Edit 3/2/10 – IMWOB now has several contributing photographers in Haiti shooting the recovery efforts. View the gallery.
Protests at COP15, Copenhagen
I have just put up a selection of images from Copenhagen – more to come over the next few days. The protest today was relatively peaceful, apart from a chaotic 30 mins or so that resulted in the police bringing in dog handlers. Tomorrow I will be shooting at another protest and doing some band photos, and Wednesday I will be at the Bella Centre.
Take a look at the COP15 gallery of images here.
Signs of the times…
I spent Saturday shooting at The Wave protest in London organised by Stop Climate Chaos. Over 20,000 people turned up to voice their concerns regarding climate change prior to the COP15 United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen. The event was a great success, all very peaceful and well organised. So much so that according to one tweet, a protestor was advised by the police to ‘make some more noise.’
Images are available to purchase and download – take a look at the full gallery of images from The Wave, London, 5/12/09 here.
Not Your Average Saturday…
Today was the Great Climate Swoop at Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottingham. Protestors attempted to gain access to E.ON’s coal-fired power station. Learn more from The Great Climate Swoop, E.ON and Nottinghamshire Police.
Goodbye underwater photography?
Yesterday I had an epiphany. No blinding lights or voices from above were involved, but I had a moment of clarity that helped me reach a decision I have been struggling with for some time. I was at the airport, browsing through some photo magazines whilst waiting for a flight to arrive, and chanced upon a portfolio from an underwater photographer. This in itself is unusual – u/w photographers rarely cross over to mainstream magazines and I was quite excited about what I might see. The photographer in question is quite well known and he has produced some really interesting images and features in the past, but this portfolio was terrible – generic images that you can find replicas of browsing any number of u/w photo sites or magazines. I don’t know whether the photographer chose to use these images or the magazine culled them from a wider portfolio but the selection confirmed to me what I have been feeling for some time – that the world of u/w photography, as portrayed by this magazine and the one in which I have included myself for some time, is not where I want to be anymore.
The last year or so has been a very introspective time for me and I have been having a long, hard look at what I want to be doing with my life, reassessing what I want to achieve. And yesterday, looking at those pages brought everything into focus. I realised that the u/w photographic industry is saturated with generic, clichéd stock images – as is my portfolio I regret to say. Take a look through a few u/w photography sites or magazines and you will see the same types of image, repeated again and again. Even the concept of u/w photography as an industry or niche is in itself probably a little misleading – I think it is more accurate to say that the majority of images that appear in magazines and on websites are taken by divers who happen to have cameras, rather than photographers who work underwater and it is the former that dominate u/w photography as a whole. What that portfolio really lacked, and what is missing from the u/w photography ‘industry’ as a whole, is real photographic journalism and often as not, any sense of individual style or aesthetics.
Simply put, photojournalism is about telling a story; using images to document the human experience. In a similar vein, natural history photography is about documenting the lives of the organisms we find around us. Both also have underlying considerations, ethical and otherwise – that images have context and help illustrate the broader framework of an event or location; are objective and portray the subject or event in a fair, accurate and honest manner; and in the case of a feature, that they have a sense of narrative. Photojournalists and natural history photographers work within this documentary framework then stamp their personal style on each and every image, both in terms of aesthetics and how they chose to portray the particular subject or event. (more…)
Code breakers – Alan Turing and Bletchley Park
View the gallery of images here. This weekend was the 70th anniversary of the arrival of mathematician Alan Turing at Bletchley Park. The below is from Wikipedia:
“Also known as Station X, Bletchley Park was the site of the United Kingdom’s main decryption establishment. Ciphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted there, most importantly ciphers generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz machines. Turing was for a time head of Hut 8, the section responsible for German naval cryptanalysis. He devised a number of techniques for breaking German ciphers, including the method of the bombe, an electromechanical machine that could find settings for the Enigma machine.
The high-level intelligence produced at Bletchley Park, codenamed Ultra, is credited with having provided crucial assistance to the Allied war effort and with having shortened the war, though Ultra’s precise influence is still studied and debated.
Alan Turing is often considered to be the father of modern computer science. He provided an influential formalisation of the concept of the algorithm and computation with the Turing machine. In 1999 Time Magazine named Turing as one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century for his role in the creation of the modern computer, stating: “The fact remains that everyone who taps at a keyboard, opening a spreadsheet or a word-processing program, is working on an incarnation of a Turing machine.”
With the Turing test, meanwhile, he made a significant and characteristically provocative contribution to the debate regarding artificial intelligence: whether it will ever be possible to say that a machine is conscious and can think. He later worked at the National Physical Laboratory, creating one of the first designs for a stored-program computer, the ACE, although it was never actually built in its full form. In 1948, he moved to the University of Manchester to work on the Manchester Mark 1, then emerging as one of the world’s earliest true computers.
Turing was homosexual, living in an era when homosexuality was considered a mental illness and homosexual acts were illegal. Subsequent to his being outed, he was criminally prosecuted in 1952, which essentially ended his career. He died not long after from what was officially declared self-induced cyanide poisoning, although his mother (and some others) considered the circumstances of his death to be suspicious.”
We are live!
liquidmocean goes live! After several weeks of coding, coffee and consternation, we are proud to unveil the new website. There is still some work to be done – mainly building galleries of images and uploading video clips – but the structure of the site is in place.
The company is a collaboration between photographer Matthew Oldfield and cameraman Mark Thorpe and will be based out of Bali in Indonesia. Documenting the marine environment carries a heavy responsibility and liquidmocean promises not to engage in any activity that is detrimental to the marine environment. Understanding and respect for the Oceans is paramount in all of the companies activities. We pride ourselves on our professional approach. Whether it is a small promotional film, a full-blown movie shoot or a guided trip, our clients can expect liquidmocean operators to always work to an exceptional standard. We also guarantee a forthright and honest approach, and an unquestionable loyalty to our customers. In all of liquidmocean’s endeavours, we place our clients’ needs first – we are a company that you can be proud to be affiliated with.
liquidmocean will offer photography and filming services, unique expeditions and a range of exciting products, including our new rashguards with an anti-shark finning message:
- liquidtrips – our expeditions offer unique opportunities to explore some of the world’s most exhilarating and pristine underwater locations. Unlike other dive travel companies, we promise that our clients’ imaging needs come first and foremost. Read more…
- liquidpix – We offer a range of professional filming and photographic services, as well as a substantial collection of stock material. Using the latest in digital equipment – including the Red 4k camera system – we guarantee the highest standards, no matter the project. Read more…
- liquidstyle – Currently in development, we will be marketing a range of clothing for discerning divers, as well as lighting systems and other products for imaging professionals. Proceeds from the sale of our clothes will go to support conservation projects in SE Asia. Read more…
Please take a look around the site and feel free to comment – liquidmocean appreciated feedback of any kind!
Indonesia 2009
Since the middle of February, I have been traveling, shooting and collecting information for the new edition of the Periplus Action Dive Guide to Indonesia. This extraordinary trip has given me the opportunity to explore the best of Indonesia’s incredible underwater realm – from the stunning reefs of Raja Ampat in the east, to the rocky coast of Pulau Weh in the west. I have explored wrecks and thermal vents, drifted through schools of GTs and hunted bobbit worms on black sand slopes – a huge range of diving which reflects the diversity of this incredible country, both above and below the waves.
Throughout the trip I have been helped and supported by a number of companies and individuals in Indonesia. My thanks go out to:
- Andy Shorten, of Maluku Divers/Archipelago, for the trip to Ambon;
- Andy Miners, of Misool Eco Resort, for the trip to Misool;
- Txus Reiriz, of MSY Seahorse, for the trip down to Triton Bay;
- Ton Egbers and Marjan van der Burg, of Lumba Lumba Diving Centre, for the stay on Pulau Weh;
- Michael Cortenbach, of Bali Diving Academy, for the Bali and Gili Islands Safari;
- Jim and Cary Yanny, of Eco Divers, for the trip to Lembeh and Bunaken;
- Greg Heighes and Yos and Lida Pet, of Seven Seas and Dive Komodo, for the trip to Komodo and back to Bali.
- David Cheung, of Scubacam in Singapore, for help with equipment;
- And Jean Bruneau, of Aquatica in Montreal, for help with the housing.
Indonesia has got under my skin. I leave in the next few days for the UK, but I will be back here soon I hope – this time to stay.
Man Maketh the Muck?
What is it that makes a great muck site so good? Why is it divers still rave about Lembeh or Seraya or Mabul after all these years? To most people the answer is obvious – there are plenty of muck critters to be found at these locations. But this explanation simply begs another question; why are there so many muck critters at muck sites? One common link between these sites is that they often have exposed areas of open sand or rubble, places that demand a very different set of survival strategies to those of the coral reef. And so the animals that have evolved the camouflage or behavioural traits to survive in these areas are the ones we have labelled as ‘critters’.
There is another common link between many muck areas – man. Lots of muck sites throughout SE Asia are found just in front of a village, beneath a jetty or in a harbour. Beneath the surface, man’s influence is very obvious in these locations. Rubbish and debris accumulate on the bottom making perfect hiding places for juveniles and critters – in other words, a perfect muck site.
However, man may also have had a less obvious effect on these sites. Pretty much every jetty in the world will have a fisherman or two, normally a child with a handline in SE Asia. Fishing like this will will have an slow but steady impact on populations of predators such as groupers and trevallies, species that are not normally seen in huge numbers at prime muck sites. And the lack of predatory fish may allow other, more ‘unusual’ species, to thrive.
This train of thought was sparked during my last visit to Mabul in Sabah. The presence of the resorts on the island has reduced the level of intensive fishing in the area. And the result? Mabul now has a huge resident school of jacks that live not far from the new water bungalows. Surrounded by thousands of swirling fish got me thinking – how much of an effect will such a large population of predators have on the muck life? And this thought led to another. Divers are generally a conservation-minded bunch and the presence of diving resorts normally has a positive effect on reducing detrimental and intensive fishing methods. Populations of predators that are targeted by fishermen normally go up as a result. What will happen to the muck critters when this happens? Will populations remain the same, improve or steadily get eaten?
So, a question for you. I think it is not completely out of this world to suggest that when first dived, some muck sites are pretty marginal and often heavily impacted by man in many ways. The presence of diving tourists may well turn these sites around – will their recovery see the demise of the muck critters that brought the divers flocking in the first place? What do you think? Have you seen a change in your favourite muck site in recent years? For better or worse?
The Intha – Sons of the Lake
Hidden away in the southern part of Shan state, Myanmar, stretches a remarkable shallow-water lake. Famous for its mirror-like surface, dense marshes and stunning temples, Inle is home to the Intha, the ‘Sons of the Lake’. These fishermen and farmers originally lived in Southern Myanmar, but probably migrated to the area in the 14th century. They now make up part of a unique community of hill-tribes, fishermen and traders that thrives around this stunning lake.
The Intha first attracted the attention of the outside world by virtue of their unique method of propelling their tiny canoes around the lake. Rather than 
sitting and rowing, Intha fisherman stand at one end of their boat, pushing through the water using a leg braced against the single oar. This quite uncomfortable-looking style of rowing has evolved so that the leg-rower can spot floating mats of weed or the bubbles from feeding fish, as well as lay out nets and maneuver their unusual, conical fish traps. The fishermen of Inle use these traps to catch small carp, known as nga hpein, which when kneaded with lightly fermented rice and potato, make up their staple dish, htamin gyin.
The leg-rowing fishermen may have first caught the attention of the tourists, but fishing is only one small part of Inle Lake life. As land is at a premium, the Intha have long cultivated floating gardens, built up of lake weed and silt and used to grow crops of tomatoes and other vegetables. The gardens are anchored to the bottom of the lake with bamboo poles, explaining the slightly surreal sight of fields of poles that greets visitors to the floating gardens. Pigs are raised in small sties built on stilts in the floating villages and fed on a particular type of weed that grows in the lake. Rice is also grown in the natural paddy fields of the lake margins and cheroot workshops and blacksmiths fuel a substantial trade with the Pa’O, Shan and Taungyo villages of the surrounding hills.
The Intha also have a long tradition of weaving and produce a cloth famous throughout Myanmar. The cotton Inle Longyi, or Zin me, was probably inspired by royal Cambodian ikat cloth but is now more influenced by thai and Indonesian designs, as well as the demand from tourists for colourful flowers and birds. Silks brought in from China and Thailand are used to produce luxurious cloth that is sold across Myanmar but it is one particular material that has made the weavers of Inle particularly well known – the lotus cloth that is unique to the area and is used to produce ceremonial robes for Buddha images and monks.
The tradition of the lotus robe goes back many centuries. According to Myanmar Therevada Buddhists, when this world came into being five lotus buds appeared, each with a complete set of Thingan Pareikayan hidden inside. The Thingan Pareikayan are a prescribed set of articles used by a monk and so it was prophesised that five Buddhas would appear, to show the world the path to liberation and enlightenment. The buds, and the robes they contained, were given to Thuddawartha Brahmins to hold in safekeeping and offer to potential Buddhas when they appeared on the earth. According to
legend, only four have so far been offered and Myanmar Buddhists celebrate a symbolic offering of the fifth lotus robe to Buddha images and to important monks.
The weaving process traditionally begins in May or June, when the lotus plants are at their most abundant, and for a week before they are harvested the plants are offered a series of nine different dishes of food. The freshly cut stems are marked into short sections and by twisting and pulling these apart, the lotus fibres are exposed and immediately rolled on a short table. The long threads produced are then spun and washed, ready for weaving into cloth. But not just anybody can work on the loom used – according to tradition, whilst the weaver doesn’t have to be a virgin it is better if she is a woman of virtue and lives her life strictly according to the five precepts of Buddhist teaching.
The perfect robe consists of an outer piece, or Agyathi, which is 2.5 yards long, and a Thinbine worn beneath the Agyathi, which is 6 yards long. To weave this amount of cloth takes a village of 60 weavers 10 days of work, and the process as a whole, from cutting the stems, spinning, washing and cutting the cloth, can take nearly a month. Nowadays the robes may be spectacularly coloured and have metallic fibres woven in to enhance their beauty and worth. However, the most celebrated qualities of these robes are still the simplest – their strength and lightness, as well as their fragrance of freshly cut lotus.
As Myanmar opened up to tourists in the 80’s and 90’s, Inle Lake became a well established destination and the weavers of Kyaingkhan village on the west side of the lake began to produce lotus fibre material for tourists. The lotus is now woven with silk to produce a huge range of stunning fabrics, but the Padonma Kyathingan Collective of Kyaingkhan village, named after the Padonma or red lotus that is normally used for weaving, still produces traditional lotus robes.
Today the weavers, fishermen and traders of Inle face a less certain future. The lake itself has shrunk by a third in the last 60 years or so, a 
problem partially blamed on the success of the floating gardens. Increased pollution has also begun to take its toll. The modern use of pesticides and fertilizers has led to a decline in fish stocks, forcing fishermen to turn to farming and so slowly increase the use of the very chemicals responsible for the decline in fish catches in the first place. This vicious circle is exacerbated by pollution from the growing human population around the lake and the clearing of the forests from the surrounding hills – runoff and siltation of parts of the lake is now becoming a more serious problem.
However the biggest problem faced by this remarkable area is the stability of the country as a whole. Since 1988, when pro-democracy protests were brutally put do
wn by the military government, the lives of the people of Myanmar have been tightly controlled. The opposition party leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under almost constant house arrest since 1990, has long advocated an anti-tourism campaign and with the recent troubles in September 2007, tourist numbers have dropped dramatically. Without this source of income, both the people of Myanmar, and its government, have suffered.
However, as Aung San Suu Kyi said,
‘Burma will be here for many years, so tell your friends to visit us later. Visiting now is tantamount to condoning the regime.’
In the interim what we need to ensure is that the people of Inle Lake and Myanmar as a whole, with their unique lifestyles and remarkably generous hospitality – are not forgotten by the outside world.
Maratua
There aren’t many places in the world that promise amazing macro, big-fish encounters and rip-roaring current dives in a single location, and yet still remain little known to the outside world. However, just off Kalimantan’s east coast the atoll of Maratua offers all three, and a little bit more…
The Celebes Sea. Not many divers have actually heard of this huge expanse of deep water, but mention the fact that both Sipadan and Manado are found here and they’ll know what to expect. Both locations have long been justifiably famous as dive sites but what is surprising is how little known the rest of this huge basin actually is. Some areas like the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines are a little too risky for most tourists and much of the southern and eastern boundaries are just plain difficult to explore. However, on the western edge of the Celebes, just off the coast of Kalimantan, lies a chain of atolls and islands that offer some of the best diving to be found throughout South East Asia.
Making up the Derawan Archipelago, the islands of Sangalaki, Derawan, Kakaban and Samama have been dived for some time – all have a reputation for offering some quite unique experiences. But head past these islands and you finally encounter the atoll of Maratua, situated more than 50kms off Kalimantan’s muddy coastline. A series of raised coral islands makes up the northern half of the atoll whilst the southern end is defined by continuous ring of submerged reefs. The total area of the atoll is huge and with only a small population of fisherman living in 4 villages scattered around the atoll, the marine environment here is still in amazing condition. Diving tourism at Maratua is still very low-key, mainly because of the lengthy travel times involved getting out to the atoll. Situated on the eastern side of the central lagoon, Nabucco Resort has now been running for several years. In 2005 a new resort, Maratua Paradise, was opened on the western side offering easy access to Maratua’s dive sites, as well as the rest of the Derawan Archipelago.
The resort’s house reef is a perfect example of what Maratua has to offer. The steady currents that flow past the atoll are perfect for the growth of corals – as a result the steep walls are covered in colourful gorgonians and plates of hard coral. Beautiful clear water makes a drift along this section of reef a pleasure in itself but it is the variety of life that gets divers in the water again and again. Two species of pygmy seahorses are found hiding in the fans, turtles are everywhere and incredibly, thresher sharks are seen at a deep cleaning station on a regular basis. This house reef is probably the only one in the world that can offer pygmies and threshers on a single dive!
Just south of the resort, Cabbage Patch has a huge expanse of delicate corals and several giant clams in a shallow bowl at the edge of the reef. Giant elephant ear sponges proliferate on a deep shoulder of reef that juts out into the current whilst schools of bumphead parrotfish and fusiliers cruise along the reef top. Further north, the reef slope at Last Sand Coconut is broken up into gentle shelves that provide perfect resting places for the green and hawksbill turtles that seem to hide around every corner. And at the far north of the atoll, Lighthouse offers ripping currents, grey and blacktip sharks, Napoleon wrasse and what could well be one of the biggest schools of batfish a diver is ever likely to see.
Even a dive right in front of the resort offers a great deal more than would normally be expected. At sunset, beautiful mandarinfish and picture dragonets emerge from the coral rubble to start their mating dances and tiny cuttlefish stalk polkadot cardinals hiding in the staghorn coral. Sea snakes are often seen hunting and large schools of razorfish hover in the shelter of the legs of the resort restaurant. Leaf scorpionfish, stonefish, pipefish and sleepy filefish are all easily found – sunset diving at Maratua means the rare and unusual become commonplace!
However the highlight of a trip to Maratua has to be a dive in the channel. Facing the deep waters of the Celebes Sea, a narrow cut in the reef feeds the atoll’s central lagoon – huge amounts of water flows through this pass with every change in the tides. Most of the time this current makes a dive here impossible, but by dropping in just at the change of slack tide, divers are rewarded with a remarkable experience. The concentration of life at the mouth of the channel is simply incredible. Huge schools of barracuda, jacks and snappers hang just off the reef, whilst tuna, giant travallies and grey sharks cruise the dark blue water. Eagle rays, mantas, black blotched stingrays and even hammerhead sharks are all encountered on a regular basis – where Maratua meets the deep waters of the Celebes sea, anything is possible.
The nearby islands of the Dearawan Archipelago all have their own unique selling points. Sangalaki has its mantas and nesting turtles, Derawan has some great muck diving and Kakaban has a remarkable jellyfish lake to rival that found in Palau. Combined with Maratua’s steep walls, fantastic diversity and adrenaline-rush current dives, the exploration of the far reaches of the Celebes Sea has never been more enticing.
Seraya Secrets
Everyone who has dived Bali has heard of Tulamben. The Liberty Wreck and the reefs surrounding this famous site tempt thousands of divers each year into the water, mainly to experience the fantastic fish life and atmospheric remains. However, the Tulamben area has a lot more to offer than this busy site. Only 3km away, nestled in beautiful Muntig Bay is one of Bali’s hidden secrets – Seraya.
Bali has long been known as a destination for great reefs and chance encounters with big fish, such as the Mola Mola at Nusa Penida. After muck diving became more popular, entrepid divers began to explore Bali looking for different sorts of encounters – with the weird and wonderful macro world. Secret Bay at Gilimanuk led the way, with divers combining trips to the reefs of Menjangan with the mucky shallows of Secret Bay and its hidden residents. Other divers began to explore around the popular areas of Lovina and Tulamben and it wasn’t long before their attention turned to the black sandy beaches at the foot of Gunung Agung. Here several rocky spurs separated by stretches of sand and pebbles provide shelter for an incredible array of critters – from frogfish and seahorses to harlequin shrimps and a huge variety of nudibranchs.
Seraya’s beach dive is not the world’s prettiest. The expanse of sand and rocks are not particularly attractive, but perfect for photographs – the dark of the sand provides a wonderful backdrop for the incredibly coloured life! Small sponges, patches of hard and soft coral and in the deeper sections, carpets of waving hydroids are all there is to break the dark monotony. However with a bit of searching, it soon becomes apparent why so many people make trips to this site. Frogfish and seahorses hide amongst the sponges and hydroids and nudibranchs seem to be everywhere – a long-term resident of the area has found over 150 species on the beach just off the resort. If you are a fan of unusual crustaceans, Seraya will keep you busy for many dives. Hidden amongst the pebbles in the shallows, boxer crabs are easily found and photographed and there are several resident pairs of harlequin shrimps. These beautiful animals can be found wandering the sand patches or holed up on a rock, slowly eating their way through a meal of starfish.
During the day Seraya’s beach dive holds enough surprises for most divers. However it is at night that the place really comes alive – jump in the water with the resort manager and you are unlikely to want to surface! Hundreds of small crabs and shrimps emerge from hiding to feed, and octopus and bobtail squid start their hunt. However it is the rare and unusual that drags most divers away from their thoughts of a sunset drink – Seraya is one of the few places easily visited by divers where the incredibly rare and elusive tiger shrimp is easily found. Heading down to 15m a search of small patches of sponge and hydroids soon reveals the stunning tiger shrimps, often in groups of two of three. Although quite shy, they soon get used to the torches of the divers particular if caught in the act of feeding on a brittle star.
The resort at Seraya is the perfect base to dive from. Currently there are 4 villas and 4 maisonettes, all over-looking the sea or with views of the volcano, ensuring the resort is always peaceful and perfect for groups of divers looking to book out a place for themselves. Each room is beautifully built, with teak furnishings, marble floors and an outdoor bathroom, showing the attention to detail that has gone into the construction of the resort. A small restaurant serves a fantastic mix of Western and Indonesian food, massages are available to soothe away the stresses of the day, and the convenient dive centre is located right on the beach, with only a 10m walk to the waters edge. With all things considered, Seraya is perfect for the lazy diver!
The resort is very much aware of the need to conserve the area for the future and have set up a fund, contributed to by visiting divers, to help educate the local fisherman about sustainable fishing practices, as well as set up a series of fish attractors off the beach. They also hope to use the fund to establish a no-take zone stretching from nearby Batu Niti to beyond the Tulamben wreck several kilometers away, preserving the area for both visiting divers as well as the local communities who depend on the rich seas for food and livelihoods. Just off the resort itself, a coral growth experiment has also been set up, using an electric current running though a large metal frame to encourage the growth of coral colonies. Seraya is here to stay and the resort is making every effort to ensure the marine environment not only remains unaffected by divers, but will continue to get better and better in the future.
Bali has been known as a divers’ paradise for many years. However, it still has secrets hidden away, sometimes only minutes away from some very well known sites such as the Liberty wreck. With a little exploration, a visitor might just stumble upon the incredible life found at Muntig Bay – the tiger shrimps are waiting!
