normandcindysadventures

Tuesday, October 11, 2005


Today we arrived at Santonda island. This is an uninhabited island. The scenery is beautiful all around. We started with a wonderful snorkel. The coral heads were prettier than our scuba dive on Bali. There we mostly saw wall growth. This place has giant sea fans, brain coral, blue starfish and bright fish. After snorkeling, we went to Crater Lake. This is a volcanic caldera created long ago. In 1815’s a nearby volcano (Tambora) located on the island Sumbawa exploded with a force many times that of Krakatowa. It was the largest most devastating explosion ever recorded in history. It was a level 7 on a scale of 8. Mount St. Helens was only a level 1. It is believed that a Tsunami from the eruption carried sea water to the caldera at Crater Lake and created a huge land locked salt lake that is still extremely salty today. Norm swam in the lake but Cindy just watched.

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