Doing a 14 day diving cruise = quite a bit of diving. We did three to four dives a day, which leaves very little for anything else.

I did manage to get quite a bit of reading done. I'm in the middle of Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, book five to be exact. Again, very well written and once you start ... well you'll have to finish the book.

I've taken so many underwater photos during this trip, that I had serious problems tagging and storing them in time for more pictures. I certainly have learned a lot and my natural light pictures are turning our better than before. Tim Rock borrowed me his 77mm magic filter, so I was able to take my Tokina Zoom underwater, few great shots with that, even though it did not focus very closely. I also borrowed 16mm fisheye from Felipe Barrio. Some of the blue water mangrove shots are taken with his lens. I have to say that my photos do pale in comparison to Tim's, Felipe's and Linda's, but hey I just started, these guys have been at it for a lot longer

Last hassles in Makassar airport, where I was slipped to a later plane, even though I needed to be in Jakarta a bit earlier to catch my flight. Frantic running around and good work from Chi Chi saved the day. I did not have a chance to say goodbye to Charon, Jesus, Felipe, Tim, Miuyki or Alberto as they where going to another flight. Goodbye.
To my surprise my luggage arrived to Manila in the same plane as I did. Off to international terminal and Singapore.

Ode to Singapore Airlines. If I have not said this before, no other airline company I've flown this trip comes even close. Brilliant service, new planes with exellent entertainment systems, good food and well ... er... hostesses are pleasant to the eye. I wish all the Star Alliance would be the same.