After
Wakatobi our next stop was Taka Bonerate, the third largest atoll in
the world (and no, I'd never heard of it before either). We were
still travelling with Dutch boat Geramar while the rest of the rally
boats had gone north and west to Buton island for cultural
exhibitions and dancing organised by the Regency. Our mission, and
our reason for choosing the northern route trough the islands, is to
dive, dive, dive Indonesia.
We'd
been given the contact details for Ronald the marine park ranger
based on Tinabo island and I'd phoned him a few days ago to say we
were coming and to ask his advice on where to anchor. Yet again, the
electronic charts for this part of the world are sketchy and
inaccurate though there are much better Indonesian paper charts with
details. The only problem is finding one for sale! Ronald directed
us to a point on the south east corner of Tinabo – a quintessential
paradise island with white beaches, coconut trees and a small dive
resort being built on one end – where we dropped the hook off the
reef in 22m of water, sparkling clear water.
We've
organised Ronald to take us and Tricia and Dick from Geramar out for
two dives tomorrow using a local boat.
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