Diving on M&M

Back to Lembeh

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 18:44:50 +0000

2025 was the year of Martina's 50 birthday and also our 25th wedding anniversary. We had wanted to do something special but couldn't decide on what. Going to Japan was a strong contender, but so was a relaxing beach holiday.

In the end we did neither and decided to go back to Lembeh for diving - or rather back to the Lembeh Resort for diving.

We only went for 7 days plus two travel days but still managed to have a relaxing holiday.

Diving in North Sulawesi

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 18:10:26 +0000

For years we talked about going to Lembeh muck diving. The first time it became slightly more concrete, we ended up going back to Raja Ampat with Thierry. The second time we started planning, Covid came along and delayed our plans. So this time nothing was going to derail our plans.

Initially we had only wanted to go to the Lembeh Straight, stay in a cheaper resort for a week and then splurge for a few days at Lembeh Resort. But Markus found the Murex Resorts which partner with Lembeh Resort for a combined "Passport to paradise" experience and we decided to basically follow that.
So we booked three days at Murex Manadao, three days at Murex Bangka and then 5 days at Lembeh Resort.

Raja Ampat 2018

Sun, 08 Apr 2018 19:56:28 +0000

Because Thierry turned 40 this year and changed his mind about going to Lembeh and because a lot of other things happened, we ended up booking another 11 day liveaboard trip on the MSY Seahorse where we stayed also with Thierry in 2014.

To our big surprise Daniel - who had been the second dive director the first time round - was still there, which contributed to this trip being a lot better than we expected.

Tubbataha Reef and Palawan

Wed, 12 Apr 2017 19:42:35 +0000

After talking about it for years, we finally went to Tubbataha and Palawan. It did not turn out to be the amazing trip we had hoped for, since we had bad luck with the weather conditions for the first part of the trip. But it was nonetheless enjoyable for the most part. And we met Erik again whom we first met in Thailand on a liveaboard and hadn't had any contact since. What are the odds!

A wedding in Thailand

Sun, 08 Feb 2015 12:20:28 +0000

Last April we went to Thailand to attend the wedding of Jason and Shirley. As such things are not done on a wimp, we got the invitations about 10 months before the actual event which was to be held on the Anzac long weekend.
The initial thought of flying there just for the weekend was dropped quickly when we realised that Easter fell just on the weekend before. So with only three days annual leave we could take 10 days off.
The obvious answer to the question of what to do with those extra days in Thailand was of course scuba diving. And so after weeks of research we ended up booking two different liveaboards to both go up to the Similan Islands as well as east towards Phi Phi Islands and then up to Railay/Krabi for the wedding.

Diving at Sipadan

Sat, 17 May 2014 14:32:07 +0000

Our dive trip to Mabul and Sipadan now seems like a lifetime away. But we keep thinking that Sipadan was probably the best dive trip so far. The abundance and diversity of marine life we encountered there was simply stunning.

Traveling to Sipadan

Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:40:41 +0000

This is our first travel review on our site in about 10 years of sporadic blogging. But visiting both the great Seaventures Dive Rig as well as the mediocre but overpriced Sipadan Water Village left both great as well as negative impressions which we felt we should share.

GBR or as Markus likes to call it the Red Barrier Reef

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:23:08 +0000

We were back. For the last three years Martina thought that I was wrong. She always thinks that I am wrong about something, and since I actually am wrong about some things, she thinks that she is right about most things.

Underwater Camera Update

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:21:26 +0000

We bought another underwater camera last week. Because the old one – though small and handy – was really crap. And since we are planing to do some diving in the Cook Islands we need one that makes better pictures.

South West Rocks

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:41:00 +0000

We had an awesome weekend up at South West Rocks diving Fishrock cave.

No Gear!

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:54:42 +0000

Why we do not want to buy diving gear and why we ended up with all the gear anyway. Why do we go diving anyway.

Fiji pictures

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:50:53 +0000

After a month has passed we finally put the Fiji holiday pictures online. This is a short story about the trip and additional explanation to the pictures.

Sealife Reefmaster Mini Underwater Camera

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:00:13 +0000

About 2 months ago we bought a new underwater camera. The Sealife Reefmaster Mini is very nice for beginners like us. It has hardly any settings and you can blame all the bad pictures on the lack of adjustments.

Fiji!

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:18:02 +0000

Another 25 minutes and we are off to the Fijis for 9 days.

Diving at the Great Barrier Reef

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 11:12:06 +0000

Wir waren mit einigen anderen APEC Flüchtlingen auf einem 3-Tages Live-Aboard Dive Boat Trip am Great Barrier Reef auf der Höhe von Cairns. Tauchen in einem riesigen Aquarium!

Da wurde uns wieder schlecht

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:04:36 +0000

Es gibt ja viele Dinge hier in Australien, von denen einem schlecht werden kann. Man denke nur an Sydneys Public Transportation oder an John Howard.

Ein ebenso sicheres Mittel ist die SeaLife V.

Advanced Openwater

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:03:34 +0000

Anstatt erst mal ein paar Tauchgänge zwecks Erfahrung sammeln zu machen, haben wir beschlossen, gleich den Fortgeschrittenen Tauchkurs zu machen.

Openwater Tauchkurs

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:51:23 +0000

Eigentlich hat uns Tauchen ja schon immer interessiert. Aber es in Österreich zu lernen, war nie so richtig verlockend. Aber hier im Warmen haben wir uns endlich dazu aufgerafft, ins kalte Wasser zu springen.