Diving in Tulamben

This was our second trip to Scuba Seraya in Tulamben which is in the North East part of Bali, we were here last year but flew from Perth. This time we left Birmingham early on Tuesday 18th June and took the bus down to Heathrow. We spent the couple of hours before the flight in the business lounge stuffing our faces with sausage baps and Danish pastries – yum yum. During the thirteen hour flight to Singapore a screaming kid assaulted our ears and someone with bad wind (not Steve for a change) violated our noses and taste buds.

We transferred in Singapore and boarded the flight to Bali and upon arrival our driver took us the three hours to the resort. He used the horn to warn other drivers that we will be passing on a blind bend, overtaking whilst there is oncoming traffic and to scare the sh*t out of motorcyclists! It made for an eventful transfer.

We arrived at the resort late afternoon on the Wednesday 19th June; it was a lot easier getting here from Perth.

We were very tired but managed to have something to eat and a few Bintangs before retiring to bed.

The diving was great - the guides remembered us from our last trip, and it soon felt that we had not been away. Check out Rupan’s photos.

Bubble Shrimp

Leaf Scorpion Fish

Leaf Scorpion Fish

Frog Fish

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Whip Coral Shrimp

Hermit Crab

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Blenny

Temple

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Pygmy Seahorse

Soft Coral Crab

Enjoying post dive Bintang

Enjoying a post dive Bintang

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The Dive Guides

Boxer Crab

We have both been given pointy sticks so now we look like proper dive guides apart from Steve’s close-up eyesight is failing – due to age, so he is useless at spotting small stuff and Rupan has a habit of loosing stuff – she has even managed to loose the pointy stick. Luckily Steve’s distance vision is still intact and he was able to retrieve the pointy stick and now they come in handy for stabbing each other in the bottom.

Rupan also managed to pick up a few hitchhikers on several of the dives. You’d hear a little yelp, turn and find Rupan prising a feather star off her leg with the pointy stick. Very funny!

In a moment of in-between dive boredom Rupan drew a flower on Steve’s arm. Alit our dive guide noticed the artwork and has now decided to tag Steve with the nickname “Lady Boy”.

Steve has decided he is getting too much like Rupan, he needs to pee before a dive, forgets he’s equipment, can’t see anything while on the dive, needs help getting out of the water and needs a pee after the dive. All things that Rupan sees as the norm – welcome to Rupan’s World!