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Being with WWF in Wakatobi
2 – 12 November 2009
The hour we arrived in Wanci, we immediately had a meeting with WWF Indonesia Wakatobi Project Leader Veda Santiadji in their Wangi Wangi office. He offered us different travel scenarios and we got really excited when the first option was to do initial diving on a snapper Spawning Aggregation Sites (Spags) [...]
Coral Miners
2 – 12 November 2009
We noticed from early on how different the sea gypsies from Wakatobi lived compared to their Bajau relatives from Sabah, Malaysia and the Philippines. The Bajo from Wakatobi reclaimed land and had sturdy houses on top of their new land. We heard from Sugi how complex the situation is because the [...]
Faces of Wakatobi
2 – 12 November
I cannot write enough about the people we met along the way. Their faces has left an indelible mark on us. Here is a gallery of the look of Wakatobi.
For several days in Anano Island, this man fished, salted and stored his catch before heading back to Runduma where his family lives.
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Muslim Mosque in Binongko
2 – 12 November 2009
You cannot mistake the religion of this area. Five times a day, we would hear the Imam sing from loudspeakers of nearby mosques. I loved it.
Our WWF companion Sugiyanta or Ma Sugi as everyone called him, brought Yogi to an old Mosque in Binongko. After getting permission from the Imam for [...]
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People of Wakatobi
2 – 12 November 2009
To many divers around the world, Wakatobi South Sulawesi is an underwater destination. Wakatobi, which is short for its many islands, stands for Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia & Binongko. We went to all these islands and beyond with WWF Indonesia and its partner agency TNC. We didn’t do much diving here. Rather, [...]
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