Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


Off to Mapur Island: Mike, Charlie and Pop-pop

Here is how we got there

Here are the clown fish in action (requires the latest version of flash player). Watch the mom swim up to my face mask and check me out. Fun!

It all starts early each morning. About 5:30 the sun starts to say hi - and here is the June 9 morning

jun 09 4980 morning lights

Morning reflections

jun 09 5005 morning reflections

Morning boat

jun 09 5011 morning boat

jun 09 5014 morning boat

Morning fishing

jun 09 5021 morning fishing

jun 09 5026 morning fishing

Checking traps

jun 09 5031 check traps

Bintan Agro Beach Resort

jun 09 5038 agro beach resort

Harvesting shell fish

jun 09 5045 morning harvest

Morning reflections

jun 09 5048 morning reflections

Reflections

jun 09 5054 morning reflections

Clouds

jun 09 5059 morning clouds

Leaving the fishing village - on our way to Marpur island to start the next Sears training session

jun 09 0723 fishing reflections

A fisherman - needs a GE cooler

jun 09 0727 fisherman

A happy fisherman

jun 09 0728 happy fisherman

A kelong - fisherman home

jun 09 0730 kelong

Happy fisherman

jun 09 0735 happy fisherman

Another fisherman

jun 09 0741 fisherman

Can't find the Sears team so off to snorkel a bit

jun 09 0762 coral

Staghorn coral

jun 09 0765 staghorn fish

Coral and fish

jun 09 0774 coral fish

Little yellow fish

jun 09 0778 coral yellow fish

Many colors

jun 09 0779 many colors

Sea urchin

jun 09 0781 urchin color coral

A colorful garden

jun 09 0783 color coral

Seascape

jun 09 0793 seascape

To be identified

jun 09 0808 something

Orange stipe fish

jun 09 0813 orange stripe

Something

jun 09 0822 funnel

Hiding

jun 09 0830 hiding

Not hiding

jun 09 0838 coral fish

Looking for dinner

jun 09 0839 coral fish

The family looking for dinner

jun 09 0843 coral fish

The body of an eel

jun 09 0849 eel tail

Eel with mouth open (usual configuration)

jun 09 0850 eel head

The face of an eel

jun 09 0853 eel face

Hiding

jun 09 0855 eel

Acropora and fish

jun 09 0867 many striped coral fish

Anemone and clown fish

jun 09 0871 clown fish

Two clowns and a baby in the anemone

jun 09 0878 2 clowns

Clowns

jun 09 0880 nemo

Two clowns and a baby

jun 09 0883 2clowns baby

Different configuration

jun 09 0894 clown fish

Staghorn coral

jun 09 0899 coral

Some sort of clam?

jun 09 0906 something

Two somethings

jun 09 0907 2 somethings

Our family of clown fish

jun 09 0912 clown fish

To be identified

jun 09 0921 soft coral

Acropora

jun 09 0933 coral fish

School of fish

jun 09 0938 blue fish

Giant clam

jun 09 0946 giant clam

Yellow fish

jun 09 0958 yellow fish

Coral fish - feeding

jun 09 0959 coral fish striped

A little clown

jun 09 0971 little clown

Sea cucumber

jun 09 0982 sea cucumber

Frank snorkeling - with yellow fins

jun 09 0975 frank mapur

Our team

jun 09 1015 agro team

Another view of our team

jun 09 1017 agro team

Mapur Island beach - this is where Sears SA's are sent for training

jun 09 1023 mapur beach

Another view of the beach

jun 09 1027 mapur beach

Charlie

jun 09 1033 charlie

Mike

jun 09 1036 mike

Our Team

jun 09 1039 our team

Another view

jun 09 1046 our team

Taking a photo

jun 09 1050 charlie

Charlie underwater

jun 09 1054 charlie

Charlie from below

jun 09 1085 charlie

Adventures with our favorite clown fish

jun 09 1055 clownfish

THe mom (I think) is swimming up to my face mask to check me out

jun 09 1056 clownfish

And the little one is in the middle of this frame near the bottom

jun 09 1060 baby clown

Mom and dad

jun 09 1065 2 clowns

Mom and dad and the little one

jun 09 1070 2 clowns baby

More of mom and dad

jun 09 1077 clowns

Charlie taking more photos

jun 09 1072 our team

Mike preparing the next episode of Joe Chill

jun 09 1077 mike

Reflections of clouds

jun 09 1085 clouds

Grandpa

jun 09 1089 frank

Our deserted island - where are the Sears SAs?

jun 09 1091 deserted island

Mike and Charlie discussing the next training episode

jun 09 1094 mike charlie

Mike is now in a mild panic - where are the Sears guys?

jun 09 1095 looking 4 sears sa

Charlie decided to look on the beach - maybe Home Depot has intervened?

jun 09 1099 charlie beach

Hmmm - lets check the clouds - looks hmmmm - time to leave

jun 09 1101 clouds

A fisherman

jun 09 1112 fisherman

And fishing boats

jun 09 1121 fishing boats

End of our trip

jun 09 1128 end of trip

And our Agro home

jun 09 1134 agro home

Here are photos of local flowers. What interests me is the spiral unfolding of their petals

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C. Frank Starmer

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