Pulau Sidoela, Banggai Islands

Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Tue 9 Oct 2012 11:55
01.53.637 S 123.10.919 E
 
We had a phone call at 05.30 this morning from Alex to say that they would come to the boat to take some photo's before we left. Just after 07.00 we were on our way having sail goodbye to our Banggai friends, breakfast and getting the boat ready to go.
By lunch time we had found our perfect island: long white beach, not a soul in sight and very clear water. We anchored in 20 m sand and coral and could see the bottom.
We went snorkeling after lunch, the visibility was amazing. The coral was nice but not very colorful, but we have never seen so many fish in one place. Mostly very small, but very colorful. We then walked along the white beach and found a few big tiger cowries and a helmet conch shell. Nice sunset, chicken penang for dinner and now we are set for a quiet night. Tomorrow we'll try some other islands.
 
         
 
            Alex and Jemi                                                                            Goodbye friends