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Posted: April 07 2012 at 3:40am |
Hi Everyone, I am currently a little over a month into my SE Asia trip. Right now I'm at Lake Toba in north Sumarta, Indonesia. Its an amazing place but just a week ago I was in Malaysian Borneo. Specifically a town named Kota Kinnabalu. This is not far from Sipadan which is a world famous dive spot. While there, i had the good fortune to take a day trip out to the islands. One tiny Island in particular name Mamotik was just incredible in terms of the diversity of corals I saw. I had my Gopro and took tons of pictures and hours of video. I was pretty pleased with the results but the colors are a bit washed out. I did have a flat port on the go pro so images were in focus. I will post these pics when I have a decent enough connection. I tried a few times to upload images but it timed out. The varity and health of the corals i saw was like nothing else ive seen before. I remember the egyptian red sea was pretty good but a lot of the coral was stressed and dying but it was fortunately not the case at this island for the most part. Table acros 20+feet across as far as you could see. And all type of hard corals that took your breath away. There were very few people on the island and thery only were in the beach area. I swam to the side of the island and I was the only person in the water there. It was truly an unforgetable coral garden. As i said I will post pics real soon. Just wanted to check in with my coral geek friends. Asad
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Posted: April 08 2012 at 6:35pm |
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Posted: April 08 2012 at 7:46pm |
What a life you have.
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Posted: April 09 2012 at 11:57am |
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Amazing!
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Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums.
Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following.
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Posted: April 09 2012 at 12:09pm |
Asad, you are awesome. 
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Posted: April 11 2012 at 4:08pm |
Those are awesome Asad. I'm glad you are having a great time and thanks for the update! Mike
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 8:46am |
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Nice pictures Asad!!!! I'm jealous, but thanks for sharing.
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 9:38am |
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Awesome photos of the reef. An appropriate choice of lenses, a "fish eye" lens!
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 11:59am |
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Asad the pictures are amazing.. Keep them coming :). Enjoy your trip and be safe.
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 12:30pm |
Are you tempted to just swim down and break off a frag or two to take home?
(I know I would be...)
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 12:36pm |
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Amazing! Looking forward to seeing more.
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Posted: April 15 2012 at 10:29pm |
Thanks for the kind words everyone. Yeah, its been an amazinn trip so far. I spent some time in Bali and then went ot Gili Travangan which is an Island off Lombok. The visibility was just jaw dropping on this island. However, this is where a lot of the coral was desimated from dynamite fishing. It is making a comeback in a lot of places though. Some of the reefs has great SPS that i totally wanted to get frags of ;) On this Island, I saw lots of Montiporas and acros that we have in out tanks. Lot of the aquacultutre stuff comes from close by here. That reminds me to ask if anyone knows of any aquaculture facilities that i can visit while in Lombok and Bali? I know there are a few around here but the locals dont know about them and they are not advertised to touurists. Might be a pipe dream but it would be cool to hand pick some colonies and have them shipped back. My plan is to take a bus/ferry all the way to Flores and Komodo Islands. I heard the diving and snorkeling is outstanding in Komodo. Here are a few more pics from Borneo. Ill post some from the Lombok area when I have a change to parse through all those pics. Thanks
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Posted: April 16 2012 at 12:55am |
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OMG you had me at hello !!!!! Great place to be hope you have a great time !!! a cool frag is always welcome lol enjoy your adventure
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Posted: April 16 2012 at 2:17pm |
Aloha Asad, You are so blessed to be able to take these vacations. For
those that weren't with us then, here are 2 threads of amazing stuff from Asad's 2010 trip to SE Asia, the places that make us drool.
Thailand Clams
Indonesia and Thailand
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Posted: April 17 2012 at 3:51am |
 Mark Peterson wrote:
Aloha Asad, You are so blessed to be able to take these vacations. For
those that weren't with us then, here are 2 threads of amazing stuff from Asad's 2010 trip to SE Asia, the places that make us drool.
Thailand Clams
Indonesia and Thailand
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Thanks sooo much Mark. Yeah, Im super lucky to be able to take the time off. I am heading out to Flores and Komodo in a day or so and have decided to take the 3 day boat ride that stops at the various islands and snorkeling spots along the way. Will try and take some pics along the way and keep you guys posted. Her are a few more in the mean time. These were at Gili Travangan Island off Lombok. Thanks
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Posted: April 17 2012 at 1:16pm |
Oh my.
Basket Stars, Klyxum(formerly colt coral) and thick forests of SPS of all kinds.
You are very photogenic. Have some fun for me. I'm thinking of you. Is your wife with you? Makes me want to go jump in the ocean right now, but it's not the same. Hawaii is drab compared to where you are. 
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Posted: March 16 2015 at 8:35pm |
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so cool
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