Friday, May 25, 2007

The Passage - Raja Ampat (Dec 06)

Never was I interested to check out a coral garden after travelling hundreds miles and spending thousands but this garden was pretty amazing. The Passage narrowly separates Waigeo and Gam Islands. On descent, we met strong current in the channel where we quickly shelter into the huge rocks, crawled into crevices and surface below a hole surrounded by forest. Very cool site.


Passage
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On the other side, the forest hangs out creating a canopy that passes shimmering lights into the water filled with beautiful red, yellow gregorians fans. The rays of lights penetrating does remind me of the beaming transporter that was shown in Star Trek. Overall, this garden is absolutely stunning, filled with lots of small nudis, jawfishes, gobies and seahorses.

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