My BALI trip Experience. Day 4,5 & back

Hola !!! its been a week yes yes its only a week hahaha. Well i did some wrong posting on the last post. All those happen actually on the 3rd day while i was at bali which is also the second day of diving. So today me going to post the Mola Mola hunting and Manta Ray hunting dive :p well we don't really hunt to kill just hunt to view that's all. :p So today the 3rd day of diving which is also the 4th day of the trip we travel 1 hour 30 min from our hotel to the dive site which is at Sanur. From here the Jetty we take a boat ride of 1 hour plus to our first dive site which is Crystal Bay at the island called Nusa Penida. This dive site is also most renown in the world as a very very dangerous dive site with occasion death for those who don't use a dive guide even though they are divemaster or instructor. Well anyhow... The main aim for today dive is to see the elusive Mola Mola fish also better known as the Sun Fish. So we got 3 dive 2 in the morning lunch break and 1 more in the afternoon. So the 3 dive is divided this way 1st dive we go Crystal Bay which depth can go up to well 200 over meter and hopefully see the Mola Mola, 2nd dive we go to manta point which only have a depth of 14 to 18m depending on the tide. 3rd back to see the Mola Mola again if we don't see on the first dive. Worse thing is we got to wear damm thick wet suit. i was wearing around 7mm thick wetsuit well it was actually 2 wetsuit. I was wearing my 2/3mm wetsuit and another 5mm wetsuit over it. The water is that cold there at the dive site.

Here's picture of the day 3 agenda.


First picture is showing the Jetty where we board our boat to go for our mola mola hunting. Then see my 2 instructor they are wearing 1 wetsuit and the blue color wet suit is the 5mm wetsuit that each of us is wearing.


At the start for our first dive what we saw is.... well the first picture show it. Alot of Dead corals but surprisingly lots of marine life. See the corals.... of cold water....


This picture is just a random Fish that happen to swim so close up to me and let me take a picture.. The other picture is showing how many other boat from Bali that's here to try their luck to try and catch a glimpses of the Mola Mola fish.


Now second one... you see this is the Mola Mola. and we only manage to see it on our second dive trip here. On the first dive what we all did was just hanging on for dear life on the corals so that the underwater current won't drag us downward which is dangerous. We were relaxing around 20m on the first dive. On the second dive on the same site the guide decided we shall go down deep to around 30+m for 10 min if we don't see it we will just leave. Sorry don't have much picture of the Mola Mola cuz we all were bz taking video instead. So this Mola Mola was spotted at the depth of 35m - 40m. So imagine we only get around 3 to 4 min time to see this nice beauty. These big fish come here every year to bali is for this Angelfish to do cleaning on them. That's why the place Crystal Bay is also known as Mola Mola Cleaning Station. Same for the Manta Ray.


This picture was taken after the first Mola Mola dive which didn't wielded any result. We see no Mola Mola on our first dive so we proceed to head for Manta Point to find the Manta Ray. Here on the first picture i am just trying to capture the wave that's hitting the wall of the island and how high the spalshes goes up to. Second is a natural Rock formation which is nearer towards the manta Point. The dive site for Manta Point is around 20 min away from Crystal Bay.



The boatman is offering a prayer while on our way to manta Point and the Next picture is our lunch served on board the boat.


This is manta Point drop off site. Upon arrival we see only sandy bottom not much corals or marine life here. But i manage to spot a couple of nicely hidden stingray at the sand. Try to spot then in the picture. Upon waiting for around 5 min we spotted our first couple of Manta Ray, We feel so lucky to be able to see them so fast and tis a big one too not a small ray. Later around 20 min later we saw another smaller fella more like a babies but still bigger then a human being size.


Just some of the Manta Ray Picture even with one that is fully black in color. They are really a magnificent sea creature.


After a good diving trip for all of us its about time to call it a day for our diving in Bali. So here's a picture of some of us while writing up our log book and the other picture is all of us waiting for the shop to deliver our T-shirt that we bought as a souvenir's.


Here's 4 exposure of Sunrise the Next morning before we leave later in the day. This is taken at 6.20AM in the morning in Bali.


Just part of the 4 exposure.



Well on the way back to Kuta Town on this day we drop by 1 of the royalty house garden. that's the View of the Right and Left side


This picture is taken from inside atop a small hill that show the whole of the garden. Entry fee was errr 5 Ringgit if didn't recall wrongly. Then that was lunch Nasi Dagang where the driver brought us to go eat. Price well something like Malaysia for me this plate of rice plus 2 drinks was at 12,000 ruppiah.


We head to Ubud first before we reach Kuta for some sight seeing and shopping. Its a nice town located in the inland of Bali. I love this place cuz lots of japanese girls hahaha :p Me and my instructor Cyrena was saying okay if i see any handsome japanese guys must tell her and vice versa. :p


Here's Some of the Souvenir that you can grab off Bali.

Well here's the Day Itenary for my bali trip. On the last day there's aint much photo cept some food only where we went to eat at Warong Made 1 of the most famous restaurant in Kuta Town. Other then that its more of Shopping day before we leave back home in the evening at 8pm. Luckyly no delay from Air Asia. Best part there was only 3 people leaving on the next day and when we are at the airport we really got to dig every single penny we got to pay for our airport tax that was 150K ruppiah. Originally our instructor told us it was 100K luckyly mange to save some suppose to be for meal. So ended up meals pay by credit card. cash wise... 3 of us me, E-mee and KC came back with 1000 ruppiah each only. :p

My BALI trip Experience. Day 3 & 4 & my MIA :p

Well sorry first 1 month no posting cuz got lazy hahaha and moreover was BZ and then Raya holiday around the corner so got even lazier ahahahaha. :p

Anyway to continue off where i last off My Bali Diving trip... Day 3. This is also the second day of Diving and just like the first day we did 3 dive this day. Of course the dive site is all just around the corner which is errrr 5 min drive away. But it comes with superb marine life. see the picture you'll know what i mean.

First Off this is the morning sunrise view of the Volcano Mountain behind my room which is very pretty of course. Then we have the dive site which is rocky as usual in Tulamben. It is 5 min drive away from our hotel.


The scenic View of the ocean here and one of the fishes i saw was the unicorn fish. Look at the marine life here its teeming with it.


Some of the Macro picture taken here. This is the very tiny crab dunno the name but who care its beautiful as they adapt to the corals around them.


My favorite again the harlequin shrimp. They are just beautiful creature of the sea. If you were to ask me are they poisonous? my answer will be i don't know :p


Here's another shrimp that i saw which is the size of a 5cents coins. Colorful they are. And the other is a Harlequin Ghost Pipe Fish. A rare species in Malaysian water maybe i can safely say they don't exist in West Malaysia Oceon.


In Malaysia if our dive master or dive guide some call them were to see a Lion Fish its a big hoo haa. But here in BALI !!!! Lion fish is a norm. You see them everywhere and this fella here is a baby Lionfish which show me its "wings" when i snap this. The other is errrr i dunno what either a crab or a shrimp.


Here's another my favorite shrimp and here's also a schools of baby catfish of the sea.


This little fella is only the size of 10cents and next picture is of course a Harlequin Ghost Pipe Fish.


Here's a common nudi branch we see alot in Malaysia but just snap because its beautiful :) And also here's a crab that sticking together with a Fire Urchin.


Here's another fella that's small in size which camouflage with some corals. Hard to find these guys for the inexperience people like me. And This Lion Fish its a huge Fella.


Here is a picture of a Fire Urchin which stung my instructor too. Well they move in the water unlike the urchin you see in Malaysia which go with the tide. And this one a colorful lobster that you


Here's another couple of shrimp mother and child that's resting on top of the Fire Urchin too. And the Rarest of them crab are the boxing crab. According to the guide there's only 4 of them here in Tulamben at that particular dive site we dive in. So imagine its only the size of 10cents coins and to find it in the vast ocean... We give our respect to the guide.


Big Huge Nudi Branch that's mating... well our guide took them and put together :p And also we get to see a residence in the dive site a BIG Moray Eel. Its huge. Suprisingly there's alot of shrimp around it.


After the first 2 dive we went back to the Tulamben Wreck to dive the other part of the ship and i saw this HUGE grouper. Its easily 40 to 50 kilos. We also went dive inside the wreck with our guide leading since all also rescue diver and above so wreck diving no problem.


Some of the Colorful corals around the wreck. They are just beautiful.


A Sea fan and some of the corals around the ship wreck.


Our Meals for the night. Well its one of the best meal we had there in Bali. And the Vege soup is a starter.


Here's 3 hungry people who is the first at the food table. Must take a picture they say :p Look at all those good food. :) These Multi Color Peanuts just taste wierd.


At First it was only 2 head Taking picture, Then somehow or rather another just pop in and off another picture is taken.


Then they decided 4 head in a picture is still the best that's when you get the 4 head. The other... Well you can imagine what David is trying to do with that BIG pole...


The crazy thing they do with a little alcohol in their blood stream.


At first it was Lee Pointing at some "Unidentify Flying Objects" then we see Siew Ching turning violent and trying to scare David :p Just some of us having some fun while waiting for the ride home.


A Group picture after a nice meal.

From left to right.
Me,Siew Ching(sitted)KC,BL Lee,FC,Cyrena,Gan(yellow),David,(forgot her name), E Mee(sitted), Janice & Shaiful.

Well there's the 3rd day of my Bali trip. The day after that will be "The Day" when we go see the Mola Mola and Manta Ray. That is another story to be told very very soon. :)