Where is Rune?

17 July.

Another snorkeling trip, although a short one, also in a shared boat. Another free trip sponsored by the owner.

Fish and coral.

Another view of my cottage.

16 July.

Just before sunset, the residents of Poya Lisa went upriver in a boat to see the mangrove forest. A free trip sponsored by the owner.

Earlier in the day, I killed time by drinking coffee and reading on my Kindle. I am reading Stieg Larsson at the moment.

Mangrove forest.

The boat got stuck.

15 July.

Today I joined a snorkeling trip, sharing a boat together with most of the other travelers staying at Poya Lisa. The boat was organized by the owner of Poya Lisa. Only Rp 25k per head. Lunch was brought aboard as well.

We saw dolphins on the way back.

I brought my camera and snapped several underwater photos.

Corals.

Sea anemone.

Sea sponges.

14 July.

This morning I moved out to Poya Lisa on the tiny island offshore Bomba. I selected a cottage on the west side of the island, which had a nice view of the ocean. Shared bathroom. Rp 125k per night, including 2 fish meals a day plus a simple breakfast. The included meals seem to be standard in the Togean Islands.

The rest of the day was spent in the sea, in the common restaurant where meals are served, and on my veranda.

My cottage at Poya Lisa.

Underwater life forms.

Seashell.

The short boat trip from Bomba to Poya Lisa.

13 July.

When I crawled out of my room around 09:00, nobody was around. No guests, no employees. Strange. So I just put the 65k on the table in my room and left.

I had planned to catch a boat to Wakai, but the only boats leaving for Togean Islands today went to the village called Bomba. So I ended up going to Bomba instead, which was not a problem for me. The boat left at 10:00, and took around 3 hours.

In Bomba, or more correctly, on a tiny island just outside Bomba, there is a place called Poya Lisa Cottages. It was full, so I was offered to stay the first night in a house in the village (together with some other travelers in the same situation as me). The proprietor took us to the island for lunch and dinner, however, so we only came back to the village in the evening to retire for the night. I shared room with a Mexican.

I went with the boat to the right.

Inside the boat.

Boat from Ampana to Bomba. The last stretch by ojek (motorbike).