Saturday, December 6, 2008

Diving in Bali

Today I did a wreck dive off the Eastern coast of Bali in Tulamben.  The ship was the USS Liberty, a US cargo ship sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1942 during WWII.  The boat was originally grounded, but a volcanic eruption in 1963 sent the ship into the sea.  It is a shallow, easy wreck dive.
We saw sting rays, nemo and lots of other great fish.  It was a beautiful 2 hours drive to the east side of the island, full of lush landscape and padi fields.  This was the trip I was going to do by motorbike before my white-knuckled test run.