(This is the activated Google Map of our boat ride to Mapur Island. Click and drag to find your way around Bintan and nearby islands).
Here is where we put in. When the tide is out, it is necessary to find a nearby place with a channel to escape
Our boat
Leaving the channel
Our team
Fishermen
Rishermen reflections
Our team - all smiles
A fisherman near Mapur Island
Then into the water. I have never seen such underwater beauty anywhere in the world. Doyle and I were in the water, probably 3 hours
Seems that jelly fish are part of the underwater beauty
Some angel fish
ANd the eye of a sea urchin
And a jelly fish watching everything I do
An interesting yellow fish
When the jelly fish gets too close - its time for a quick macro and escape
Some sort of black fish
So much color and life
A distant jelly fish
And another eye of an urchin
Clown fish in their home
More clowns
My best clown photo - the guys there called them "Nemo Fish"
More corel
A white spine urchin
Sort of like buds
Another sea urchin
A funny yellow fish
An angel fish
Coral
Red coral
Another jelly fish
And the fun sergeant major fish
The many colors of coral
The beach
And rocks. You can see the dark area to the right - our coral garden
Our team
Preparing for our escape
A lone fisherman
The storm
Our wet team plowing through the swells
SLightly less blurred team
And home - with a wet fisherman
C. Frank Starmer