I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to join a 12-day one-way trip through the Forgotten Islands of Indonesia on the yacht Dewi Nusantara. From our first back-roll off the tender we were literally swimming in a rainbow of colors with an endless variety of sea critters. There were prehistoric looking frogfish, psychedelic cuttlefish, and sea horses of all colors and sizes patiently waiting for their photo-op. We swam with schools of wrasse and parrot fish and trigger fish, stopping only to admire the anthias darting in-and-out of their coral homes. Then when we thought we'd seen it all, we would round a corner and see endless stretches of table sized hard corals covered with feather stars and housing anemones, eels, dart fish, and so much more. I couldn't take photos fast enough, and my batteries were dying way too soon. We usually traveled through the night and some mornings we would wake up to sunrise over volcanoes and others to .... nothing ... just a small atoll in the middle of the ocean. In the beginning we would eat first breakfast and think -- this will be an easy, run-of-the-mill, morning dive. But we quickly learned they were some of the best sites on the trip. The views underwater were of pristine reefs in more colors that you can imagine. Swimming with the turtles, and peeking in the soft corals to look for tiny creatures was truly special - I loved being able to see the ocean in the way it is meant to be - free, clean, and full of life.

Take a peek at what was  InMyView  my first 4 days in The Forgotten Islands.                  ©Robin Bateman & Jan Andrews 2019