This weekend we are snorkeling in Tulamben. Tulamben is a
small fishing village on the north-east coast of Bali. It is among the most
popular dive sites on Bali since the wreck of the Liberty, a US Army Transport
ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1942 lies just off shore. The town's name is derived from the word
batulambih, which roughly translates as "many stones", a reference to
the destructive eruptions by Mount Agung that have affected this part of Bali
from time to time. The beach in Tulamben is not made of sand, but is entirely
covered with fairly large, smooth stones. The modern name evolved over time,
first to "Batulamben" and finally settling on the contraction
Tulamben ("batu" means "stone" in Indonesian)
