Greetings from Indonesia

After a 7 hour flight to Frankfurt Germany, we had a 2 hour layover. Then we got right back onto the same plane, which Jeremy referred to as “home” for 11 more hours, finally arriving in Singapore 23 hours after leaving JFK.  We waiting in Singapore airport for 2 hours (I was careful not to spit or chew gum) and then flew 3 hours to Manado, a city in North Sulwesi. We met our guy at the airport and waited another hour and half for a guy from Denmark to arrive (he was going with us). We drove 40 minutes through the city of Manado, until we reached the port and got on this small wooden boat…and waited another hour. Finally we left and road in the boat for 45 minutes until we arrived at the Island of Bunaken (pronounce boo NA ken)….OUR FINAL DESTINATION! Total travel time from JFK until we reached Bunaken was 32 hours. We are now officially 12 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time! I have to mention that Singapore Air was the best airline we have ever traveled on! They served us 3 meals per flight, gave free alcohol, and had unlimited movies, games, tv shows, and music in the screen in front of each seat. We flew on an A380-800, which is the “worlds largest passenger aircraft” with 2 floors and 471 seats! When our legs got numb for sitting so long, we got up and went up and down the stairs a few times!

Right now, I am laying under our mosquito net, with my legs blessedly straight. Jeremy is taking a much needed shower. We are definitely a little weary from all the traveling…and the waiting. At 7pm our time (in an hour) we will go grab dinner in the “Restaurant” and then head right to bed. The diving starts tomorrow at 8am so we need to get some rest. Earlier this evening, ss our boat pulled into the island, and we got closer to shore, the water was so clear that we could see like a hundred star fish; red, orange, bright blue, and pink right off the side of the boat! Once we were shin-knee deep, we literally got out of the boat and walked to shore in the water! Going under the surface tomorrow is going to be soooo incredible! XOXO from Indo!