I'm alive, no need to worry (mum)! I have been busy recently and the internet here keeps going down all the time, which is quite understandable considering where I am in the world. Well I was a live aboard last week which was fantastic. In the mornings we did a reef check which is used by government bodies to measure global warming and coral destruction and then in the afternoons we did a fun dive. I think every single dive from the boat could have been clas...

Well after the last blog my face has recovered from the jellyfish sting. Just had to have my head in hot water for 2 hours top break down the toxins. Since then I have passed the reef ecology course so can now contribute to the research effort here. The past 2 days I have been helping with coral reef monitoring and have being getting a boat and travelling for about 30mins to some more remote dive sites. It means that the waters have very strong currents but wit...

Selemat sore ( Good Evening) Well first of all sorry about the much delayed update and I may just blabber on about boring things. It has taken a hell of a long time to get here but paradise is worth waiting for. And when I mean a long time I mean a 7 hour flight, 4hour wait, 8 hour flight, staying a night in Jakarta in an amazingly luxurious hotel, a 4 hour flight to Kendari and then a night in not such a nice hotel, 5 hour ferry followed by an 12hour over ni...