We've just finished a week of diving at Bunaken and then the Lembeh Strait, both in northern Sulawesi. Bunaken was pretty typical diving. Mary was out of it with the big burn bubble on her leg, so we didn't stay very long. Lembeh, though, is a unique place in the world for diving. It's often called "muck diving", but that's an unfair term. Although the bottom is silty and there's some garbage floating around, it's still better visibility than Monterey Bay on most days. What's cool is that they get critters and small animals that you just don't see anywhere else. You can't really call them fish since they don't have fins and some, like the puppy-like frogfish, walk on four legs. And they're mostly small animals that don't move very fast, so taking photos is a blast. Here's a few we saw:
The oh-so-cute Hairy Striped Frogfish. He's just like a little puppy:
Frogfish (a.k.a. Anglerfish)
Giant frogfish yawning
Peacock Mantis Shrimp sitting on eggs
Flamboyant cuttlefish 
Nudibranch (slug) with a tiny lobster thingy
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