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Post Harvest 3: Indonesia Solo Travel

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And here we are at the end of my blogging experience to finish out the trip of a lifetime :'( My last stop of my many months of travel was Bali, Indonesia for 1 week. Day 1 included a boat trip out to an island named Nusa Penida to take advantage of my newly-earned Scuba certification. The waters were pristine, the corals breathtaking...and I dove with GIANT MANTA RAYS. I've had many life highlights on this trip - and this one shoots towards the top. These gentle giants swim around a "cleaning station" that the locals call Manta Point, so the odds of seeing 5+ Mantas on any given day is quite high. My guide and I did a couple drift dives, went 100+ ft deep, and saw some mola mola (ocean sunfish) as well! The next segment of my Bali excursion was a stay in Ubud, one of the city centers on the island. Ubud central was a bustling, traffic-filled place with a beautiful palace and art markets abound. Just outside the city center are UNESCO rice fields, historic temples, an...
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Post-Harvest 2: Australia (GBR & Sydney)

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Leaving New Zealand was extremely tough - I enjoyed the people I met, was in constant awe of the natural beauty, and really respect the Kiwi way of life. Fortunately, Shannon and I had more adventures to look forward to, starting with getting Scuba certified in the Great Barrier Reef. Our course started with two long theory + pool sessions before going out to the reef for 2.5 days and 8 dives. What a feeling it was to i) be sitting on the bottom of a pool BREATHING and then ii) exist in the open blue waters for 40 minutes straight at a time. And despite the short time frame, we made some very close friends from France, Germany, & Australia to play Hanabi and Rummy with. They became our diving buddies, which comes with a high level of trust- we really got lucky! The reef was astounding, but most of what makes it "great" is the sheer size of the ecosystem and accompanying biodiversity. Visibility started around 10m, but unfortunately conditions worsened and cancelled our on...
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