How we got there - from Bintan Agro Beach to a place just north and then to White Sand to pick up one of the guys and then off to Mapur island
It all starts with sunrise - not so great this morning, but consistent.
A morning flower
Breakfast after sunrise
These folks make the best fried bananas in the world - started a year ago with a request - now its pretty frequent that you can find fried bananas
Preparing an omlette
The pool and Bintan Agro Beach Resort - in early morning sun
Then off snorkeling at Bintan Island
First a stop at White Sand Island - a local fisherman
Another view
White Sand Island
This is a big rock we see just before Mapur Island
Then coral from above
Another view of our snorkel spot
Here is Hari with a cuttlefish or squid (at least I think its Hari)
Another view of a happy guy
Under water, the front
And from the side
A closer look
Cuttlefish
Stag horn coral
Clown fish, anemone and some sort of funnel coral
A 2nd look just to make sure it was not my imagination
A face sort of
A variety of different types of coral and a small yellow fish
A close look at these shell-like corals (Montipora capricornis)
And stag horn coral
A cluster of different types of coral
A spotted fish swimming along the green, red and brown Acroporas.
Another view - I've not seen this fish before
A striped fish
School of fish and reef fish
This is a very interesting variant of a sea urchin. There the white marks point to the central anus
Purple coral
A school of fish
What I call table coral and what Jack calls Acroporas
The top of the Acroporas and a piece of rope - from a fishing net?
From further away
Just looking along the plane of the Acroporas
And Jack calls this Montipora capricornis, the spiral-like coral
Clown fish Amphiprion ocellaris
The larger, I am guessing is the mom
Returning to White Sand Island
Low tide at Bintan Agro Beach Resort
Serving Josh after his mixed fruit drink
Low tide
Walking around - some small crabs
And a big crab trap
The crab trap setup
Baited trap
Mama micro crab
and the little one
C. Frank Starmer