Hi All.
I just returned from Lembeh and it was an interesting experience. The diving was pretty AMAZING away from the villages, but some of them were truly disgusting, and we were diving in dirty diapers, as the villages use the water as their garbage dump, and the sewage goes in untreated as well. Yes I know it's a developing country.
I thought I had read up a fair bit on this area, but both my husband and I, and just about EVERYONE at our resorts (Two Fish in Lembeh and Bunaken) were suffering ear infections at some point. I have to assume this is due to the high level of bacteria in the water, as I've never experienced this before.
I don't know if I would have gone if I knew how dirty the water was going to be - I missed 4 days diving as a result. OK it could be bad luck, but the fact the resorts stocked two types of antibiotic drops, pills, and other ear infection remedies suggests not.
Did I miss the warnings on here? It really put a damper on diving and I was laid up in bed in massive pain on my 40th. I feel like a whiner - but it kinda sucked!
maat1976
I just returned from Lembeh and it was an interesting experience. The diving was pretty AMAZING away from the villages, but some of them were truly disgusting, and we were diving in dirty diapers, as the villages use the water as their garbage dump, and the sewage goes in untreated as well. Yes I know it's a developing country.
I thought I had read up a fair bit on this area, but both my husband and I, and just about EVERYONE at our resorts (Two Fish in Lembeh and Bunaken) were suffering ear infections at some point. I have to assume this is due to the high level of bacteria in the water, as I've never experienced this before.
I don't know if I would have gone if I knew how dirty the water was going to be - I missed 4 days diving as a result. OK it could be bad luck, but the fact the resorts stocked two types of antibiotic drops, pills, and other ear infection remedies suggests not.
Did I miss the warnings on here? It really put a damper on diving and I was laid up in bed in massive pain on my 40th. I feel like a whiner - but it kinda sucked!
maat1976