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Lembeh Diving Nudibranch White Rock
Indonesia / Scuba Diving / Sponsored

The incredible things you find when muck diving in Lembeh

February 26, 2018June 21, 2025

Have you ever been muck diving in Lembeh? There’s no better place to scuba dive and see weird tiny creatures in the sand – check out my collection of underwater critters.

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TOT Round Up 2012
Round Up / How I Travel

2012 Round Up – My trips

December 28, 2012July 5, 2024

I travelled more than I thought I was going to in 2012 – here’s a look at all my trips that I took in 2012.

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Cebu Moalboal Diving Underwater
Anecdotes / Indonesia

Scuba diving on your period

December 16, 2012July 5, 2024

What happens when you are stuck on a boat with no toilet in the middle of a scuba diving trip when your period hits? A TMI story about what I did next.

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Manado Diving Harlequin Shrimp
Indonesia / Scuba Diving

Scuba diving in Manado – uncovering harlequin shrimp and orang utan crabs

December 5, 2012July 5, 2024

Last two days of dive logs from Manado where we found cool harlequin shrimp and lots of hairy orang utan crabs.

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Scuba Diving in Manado – Lembeh Straits
Indonesia / Scuba Diving

Scuba Diving in Manado – Lembeh Straits

November 30, 2012July 5, 2024

The famous Lembeh Straits are a hotbed of amazingly weird underwater creatures – check out some of these beauties including ghost pipefish, frogfish galore and the super poisonous blue ring octopus.

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Manado Diving Mandarin Fish
Indonesia / Scuba Diving

Mandarin Fish and Mantis Shrimps – Bunaken and Manado Dive Log

November 27, 2012July 5, 2024

From Mandarin Fish mating to mantis shrimps hidden in the sand – just a fraction of my dive log from scuba diving in Manado and Bunaken in November 2012

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Manado Cocotinos Sign Me
Indonesia

Diving it up at Cocotinos Manado

November 23, 2012July 5, 2024

Reviewing the Cocotinos Dive Resort on Manado, a great base for anyone looking to explore the waters of Manado and Bunaken.

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Manado Cocotinos Dive Centre Sign
Indonesia / Scuba Diving

Weird and wonderful critters in Manado Waters

November 21, 2012July 5, 2024

A quick recap of my scuba diving trip in Manado and the Lembeh Straits, found in Indonesia’s Northern Sulawesi region

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Jaclynn Seah is The Occasional Traveller, a Singaporean indie traveller, travel writer and tourist guide who knows what it's like to juggle work and wonderlust. With a full-time job and limited annual leave, she hopes to inspire other busy folk like herself to travel more. [Click here to learn more]

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