June 25, 2024
Have you seen a flying Beluga ?
Saw one of these flying overhead and fairly low the other day! Oh my! Had to look up the story. Airbus created these huge freight carrying planes and they can now be seen fairly often flying in Europe. The freight can actually be loaded onto the plane via the hinged mouth of the whale. How creative! Kinda exciting to see one - hope to get another sighting soon! Comes in 2 sizes regular and XL!
Raja Ampat is truly a diver and snorkeler paradise! Soooo many fish and corals everywhere you look!
Seeing an Octopus on this trip is one of my goals. So far, I have seen two reef octopus hiding in holes on the reef slopes. But I really want to see one in motion, like this video below by Evan Johnston (follow him on Instagram at of___earth ). Evan is an Irish marine biologist, free diver/ scubadiver, instructor and talented underwater videographer. He has been at the Resort for the last 6 weeks taking video, for their future marketing and gave me this video for inspiration!
The Reefs of Raja Ampat are stunning and teaming with wildlife. The guides are super knowledgable of the 35 different dive / snorkel sites that surround the Resort. The guides get such joy in sharing it all with us and point out some of the most unique and tiniest of it's creatures.