May 2010 - Manado Sulawesi Family Vacation

Close-up photo of turtle Kimberly feeding a banana to fish Pod of Pilot whales we saw on one of our return trips Family photo Close-up photo of moray eel Our Family Dive Trip      In May 2010 we took a family vacation to Manado Sulawesi over the school spring break/Easter holiday.  We stayed at the Santika Hotel and dived with Thalassa Dive Center located onsite.  Rather than repeat everything we have already written about these locations you can read about our prior trips to Manado at: July 1998 - Manado Sulawesi Family Vacation October 2000 - Manado Indonesia Diving Trip March/October 2002 - Manado Sulawesi Dive Trips March 2008 - Manado Sulawesi Family Vacation All of the comments mentioned in our prior trip reports are still valid.  Overall a good trip, we hope to return soon. The Diving Overall the diving in Bunaken Marine Park is very good.  Bill and Kimberly did a total of 10 dives during the trip.  You can view a larger map of the dive sites by clicking on the icon map to the left. More Photos from Manado Trip Beautiful sunset over Manado Tua island Pool at Santika hotel Anette on balcony enjoying the sunset Pod of Pilot whales White scorpion fish Kimberly relaxing by the pool Kimberly throwing the ball in the pool Anette and Kimberly by the pool Scorpion fish Kimberly in the pool