Dolphin passing in front of Cha Cha this morning.

Cha Cha contacted me that quite many dolphins passing in front fo Cha Cha.
so I went out from house upstairs wait 1 minute, surely I saw dolphins, one was jumping at flat surface.
it's bit far but very nice scene on Sunday morning.

Video from Toni & Minna our guests Lembeh Strait & Bunaken Diving

Toni & Minna made amazing video about Lembeh Strait & diving in Bunaken.



There are lot's of "funny look" sea creatures.  fantastic!







Thanks Toni & Minna!!

departure morning

Hot day starting! May2019

on the sand bank island(?) 3min walk from Cha Cha.

Wow! 

It's a great idea to take picture like this on the sand bank- just 3 minutes walk from Cha Cha. 

Thanks Vivi and Alex😍

Big size dolphin we met the other day.

Feb2019
middle of rainy season.

we met very relaxed dolphins in channel between Bunaken Island to Sulawesi main land.
They were quite big size compare to the dolphin usually we see around here.

Beautiful creatures... they make us very happy us usual and  bring such a peaceful feeling!

awesome!!!

Dover Strait Swimmer TERUKO with "Uminchu Club" student came.

Ms.TERUKO ONUKI -  Dover Strait Swimmer

she held the record in Japan for swimming across the channel from Dover to France. 
(as the first Japanese)

She came with her followers, Students of "Uminchu Club" again (Ms.Teruko is the representative of this club).

The weather was not good though swimmers enjoyed swimming & freediving around Bunaken and Siladen island.

They all amazed by coral beauty of Bunaken still keeping the good conditions.💖

Really good morning!!

This morning, sun came out finally!

so much rain until yesterday.

This year's rainy season is really heavy.
it's like the unforgettable hard rainy season we had when we moved to Bunaken 20 years ago.
maybe weather is also coming back with some kind of cycle??

Manado, Sulawesi main land was flooded the other day, though Bunaken was OK even with hard rain, we went diving as usual.

some part of Manado town

dangerous level of water easily over 2m!

picture by people in Manado and Tondano.

Hopefully better weather to start new year.

These few days west side of Bunaken had huge wave.
we saw so many boats on this side escaped from big wave at Lian beach side.
we heard even Manado harbour was closed for a while due to this conditions.

but since this morning, weather getting better, so as the condition of the sea.
at this moment in the late afternoon it's still small rolling wave. hopefully we can have good weather through this holiday season.

Have a nice weekend, everyone!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Have a great Christmas and New Year 2019!
Take the time to celebrate your desires, values and affections with your loved ones. Wishing you all the best.


we will have 20 years anniversary of Bunaken Cha Cha next year.
Thank you all for warm support!!

big hug from Bunaken Island - Raf & Reiko💖

Dugon at the house reef of Bunaken ChaCha 2Nov2018

Lekuan2 point

Lekuan 2 point.
water temp.28℃
many turtles in and out from Bunaken wall.
A group of Midnight snappers swam around us.
In the deep water, we also saw a group of Jackfish, which was bit too deep to take photo though.

Dry season?!

in Japan, lot of place are suffering by strong typhoon, instead here in Cha Cha,

almost no rain for 3 weeks.

Though hibiscus looks happy having lot's of flower, palm tree definitely need rain!!

Thank you greeting and Sayonara time for guest

Cha Cha ladies 

next job will be a farmer ...??

The prices for anything imported are very expensive here in Indonesia.
so we bought few seed of vegetables from Italy if we can start to glow our own.
the picture is sprout of bell peppers which is Agnes's 3rd trial to plant this type.
 ummm let's see and hope.😊

A price of bell pepper is US$10 each?? in the local supermarket.

for some reason the yellow one is more expensive than the red one. 

maybe people likes "GOLDEN COLLOR"??

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An extra picture from meat section in the super market.

 please pass this if you don't want to see it.... 

"Bat"

traditional ingredients used for local cuisine

October festival ?!

October festival?!

Agnes and our staff organized a beach party for our guests before we coming back.
Wow! looks fun!!!   also local band with hand made guitar. Nice👍

Bunaken Cha Cha is NOT affected by the earthquake.

Just let you all know that Bunaken Cha Cha was not affected by the earthquake today that happened in Central Sulawesi, thanks to everyone who contacted us asking if we were ok ........felt nothing.

Thank you, everyone! ☺️

Bunaken Island Diving 2018 by Kimberly & Michael

Sunrise this morming.

Sunrise this morning

photo by Riskal. Sambu