March 19, 2024
Cruising the Misool area was a life-highlight and snorkeling with millions of drifting, stingless jellyfish was one of the highlights of cruising Misool.
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We dropped our anchor at: 01° 58.9828′ S, 130° 30.8417′ E. There was enough swing room during the two nights we spent there. We were anchored in about 60 feet as I recall.
We had a local who said he represented the local chief ask us for 3 million rupiah. We told him we had Raja Ampat cards from the government but he said there were different rules at these islands. I showed him my almost empty wallet and he settled for 500,000 (about $30USD). He probably would have taken a lot less but he told us there were trying to raise money to build a ranger station. We thought that a worthy cause.
There was also a 75,000 Rupiah charge per person to go in the lake. (About 10 USD for the two of us.) The climb up and over the sharp rocks into the lake was hard. I wish I’d brought better shoes and not my sandals. While the climb is hard, it doesn’t take very long. Be careful of the very sharp rocks.
Many years ago I had a chance to swim with jellyfish in Palau. I’m not sure I’m remembering accurately, but I don’t think there were this many jellyfish there.
Note: The music on the video was AI generated by Suno. You give it a text prompt and it gives you music. I’m happy with it and can’t wait to see what it can do as it develops and some of the bugs are squished.
-Rich
