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Neulich an Elphinstone …

thanks to Michi Schwendener :-)

Anemonenfische – Clownfish

Nemo everybody knows, but there are many, many different kinds of clownfish, every one living in his own, specific anemone. The colors and patterns are variable, but hardworking they all are: they defend their anemone, in which they grew up, with their lives. Sometimes the [...]

i.a.c. Tauchlehrerkurs im Oasis

i.a.c instructor trainer Thomas Kromp just finished his second instructor course here at the oasis. Everbody enjoyed the course. There was as well time for a fun dive at elphinstone with hammerheads and oceanics. If you are interested to become a dive instructor please contact [...]

Family diving at Siddhartha

This month we had many Familiy´s at Siddhartha. Doesn´t matter if beginners, experiance diver or student. We had a lot of fun.

Wunderbare Bilder !

Diese tollen Fotos hat Ulrike Verhoeven während ihres Urlaubs gemacht. Vielen Dank, Ulrike und hoffentlich auf bald :-)

SOCIAL MEDIA

You might know it already, but we are happy to inform you that since a week Medhufushi dive centre is also on Facebook. We like to post and update the page almost every day, with little videos or else, just keep you company for few [...]

Kathi und Florian zurück auf Bathala

After our 3 month holiday we finally arrived back to Bathala and look forward to an exciting season. We hope to see all of you again and welcome all new guests and friends here on Bathala. Best regards Kathi & Florian

Nightdive at the House Reef ! (part1)

Some impressions from our house reef by night. Thanks to Frank for his nice shots!

Au revoir Fabien

After nine months of Island Life Fabien went back to Switzerland. The whole Bathala Team says thanks for the great time with you under and above the water. We wish you all the best for the future and hope to see you again someday. Greetings [...]

Kunst von Laura Große

Laura is known by a lot of guests from Oasis. She spent a few holidays here and suported us excellent for one season as a Divemaster. This drawings are from her book "Shift change - life on the reef by day and night". Lauras bachelor [...]

Eka, ein junger Mann mit Ambitionen

Eka  (Gede Eka Swastika) is one of our youngsters and since the end of 2011 he is working with us. For financial reasons, he had to stop his school education and participated as "boy for everything" in a restaurant with an attached dive shop in [...]

COMPRESSOR ROOM

It´s good practice and basic knowledge for all diver professionals to understand and know how a compressor works. It´s the core! So here are Giorgio and Ping learning to fill up cylinders. Normally it´s Mashek job to do so, but today he is wearing the [...]

DECO BIER

Nothing is beter than an DECO BEER after a long day.

Endlich Schildkrötenzeit

After a long time two turtles visited our beach and made a nice nest. Now it is the time for waiting and protecting these nests. The babies will be born somewhere between 10 – 15th September so they can go for the big adventure around […]

Losmen!!

Our well-booked "losmen" became a new look! To get a couple of things changed in the bathrooms and some minor maintanance works done, we renovated both of them completely! Now they have a very shiny look again

a nice frogfish

In Gondol, one of our local dive sites, we find frogfish regularly, as on many of our local dive sites. Sometimes they are really big, beautiful ones. Like this one…. We hope it is comfortable like this. Thank you Heinz for the nice pictures.

NEW CREATURES IN MEDHUFUSHI

Since few days, we found some wild creatures in Medhufushi resort. They don´t look particularly aggressive and seems very friendly with humans. I have to say they are very cute and will make children and probably some adults very happy.

Bye Kadir viel Spass im Urlaub!

Time for holidays! After a nice end of season with us on Bathala, Kadir is flying back home to Bangladesh for a couple of weeks. He will be back in the Maldives for the upcoming season, so maybe you’ll dive with him (again) on the [...]

Fish of the month July: Octopus

Lately we have seen again and again many octopuses at different divesites. But you still need a good eye to see the master of camouflage. The mimicry or blue ring have color-changing cells called chromatophores,they can change their look within one second.

Bernd Schreiber Part IV

Here is the last part of Bernd Schreibers breathtaking pictures. Thansk a lot, Bernd. It is time to pass by again :-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PING

The other night we celebrated Ping´s 25th birthday. A nice home cooked dinner thanks to Jonas, Em and Lyn from Medhufushi HR and reservation office, followed by some drinks and cake at the bar with some of our guests. Ping is a very nice guy [...]

Kuta, the young man in the “background”

Kuta (Ketut Kuta) has been working for us since 2009. Initially the plan was to train him as a guide, but this proved impossible due to ear problems. After a serious accident in the past, Kuta has a damaged leg and therefore many works on [...]

Bon Appetit !!

For some culinary improvements and new tastes, we've got Martin for a couple of weeks with us in Alam Anda! An austrian star chef with plenty of  experience in Indonesia, who trained our kitchen staff with lots of fun and excitement. Come, see and taste [...]

Reef Project Pondok Sari

Recently we went in the water together to move our reef project, which built its coral layer in shallow water, into deeper waters. First we had to dig it out of the sandy bottom, then lift it and tow it to its new place with [...]

Unser neuer Tauchplatz… Manta dance floor !

Where are the Mantas hiding? That’s what we tried to find out… and that we figured out! Following the intuition of our boat crew, we could jump in the water, snorkelling and diving with a small dozen of these beautiful giants, flipping and twisting on [...]