The Ulun Danu has a walled center precinct that is normally closed to the public, as it is actively in use as a Hindu temple. There are a number of attractive and active shrines scattered in the gardens. The two, multi-tiered shrines that are actually in Lake Bratan form what is are probably the most recognizable and often photographed sight on Bali.
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Mar 25, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: Bali, Bratan, Candikuning, Candikuning Temple, Danu, Indonesia, lake, Lake Bratan, lake shrine, Land & Air, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, Pura, Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, shrine, temple, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, Ulun Danu, Ulun Danu Temple | Leave A Comment »
(Underwater photo of a yellow moray eel surrounded by several types of shrimp.) I got down near the sandy bottom to approach the coral head, then looked up into a crevice in the rock. Inside, a yellow moray eel was watching me. The many different types of shrimp around seemed to have eyes only for the eel.
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Mar 15, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: bottom, Bunaken, Bunaken National Park, Bunaken Park, camel, camel shrimp, candy, candy shrimp, crevice, dancing, dancing shrimp, dive, diving, eel, hole, Indonesia, moray, moray eel, North Sulawesi, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, rock, sand, scuba, scuba diving, shrimp, Sulawesi, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, u/w, Underwater | Leave A Comment »
(Two photos: rice and smoked fish for sale in the Aertembaga Market in Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.) I was impressed the number of superficially identical varieties of rice for sale. There were also a number of stands selling fish; One had a pile of different fish piled on a newspaper-covered table.
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Mar 12, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: Aertembaga, Aertembaga market, bag, Bitung, cooked, cup, display, dried, fish, Indonesia, Land & Air, market, measure, measuring cup, North Sulawesi, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, price, raw, rice, smoked, stall, stand, Sulawesi, tag, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, vendor | Leave A Comment »
(Two photos of flamboyant cuttlefish.) We came across a number of flamboyant cuttlefish in the Lembeh Strait. This is a very small beastie; the ones we saw were 2 to 4 inches long. It adopts bright, almost pulsating shades of red, purple, and pink with that distinctive yellow border when disturbed.
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Mar 02, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: bottom, critter, cuttlefish, diver, diving, flamboyant, flamboyant cuttlefish, Indonesia, Lembeh, Lembeh Strait, metasepia, Metasepia pfefferi, North Sulawesi, ocean, Pfeffer's flamboyant cuttlefish, photo, Photo Tourist, photographer, PhotoTourist, sand, scuba, scuba diver, sea, Sulawesi, The Lembeh Resort, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, Underwater, underwater photographer | Leave A Comment »
