Pulau Weh (Weh Island)

This is the bungalow where we spent the second half of our vacation.  You could dive right in and see amazing sea life.

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Back in the northern hemisphere

Pulau Weh is a quiet island above Sumatra where we spent 11 days over Christmas and new years.  It's bizarre spending Christmas day in the ocean getting tan.  The vacation was so relaxing we fell asleep at 9 on new year's eve.

The east side of the island, a view down
from the bungalow.  The surf was up and
there was a constant cool breeze off the ocean.

We rented a motorbike and drove up to "Kilometer 0,"
the northernmost point of Indonesia.  We saw some
strange things.

There were cows, monkeys, 4ft monitor lizards, oh my
scattered around the island

Julia on top of the world, or at least Indonesia.

You can see Malaysia from here.

Julia made friends with a local warthog.

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The other side of the island

We headed west on a bemo to stay 5 more days on the part of the island that is known for snorkeling, Iboih.  It turned out to be incredible.  Rubiah Island was just offshore there, which made for a calm ocean and all around was a giant coral garden full of animals.  I wish we had had an underwater camera because it was the best snorkeling we have ever done.  We saw: 5 lionfish (each a different color), a couple of 4ft long moray eels, blow fish as big as footballs, sea turtles, octopi, and a lot of other amazing fish.

taking a ride to the other side

driving up to Yulia's Bungalows

The shore was lined with simple bungalows

Philip relaxing on the porch.  The "White Rabbit"
superyacht from Singapore was parked just across the bay.

We did a lot of just hanging out

us crowded onto a becak