Presidential visit

Miguel’s Diving felt honored to be invited by Fadel Muhammad, Governor of Gorontalo Province, to display underwater photographs aboard the Indonesian navy vessel Tanjung Dalpere when President Megawati Soekarnoputri visited on October 11th.

Several months ago Paola Bearzi had eleven amazing photographs printed from the slide originals that she and her husband Massimo took in Gorontalo earlier this year. These beautiful prints were arranged in two large glass frames with subtitles in English, Latin, and Indonesian. Both were displayed on the naval warship when the president, her husband, three governors, and several cabinet ministers, as well as other government officials and the press, came aboard. Ceremonies were held in Tomini Bay off several of the Togian (Togean) Islands in Central Sulawesi Province. The President inaugurated several government programs related to fisheries and coastal development. One new program is a vessel monitoring system to insure that large fishing vessels in fact have permits and are operating according to Indonesian law.

The digital photo of Megawati and her husband disembarking from the naval ship to return to Gorontalo is courtesy of Michel DeJean of Collecte Localisation Satellites. Merci beaucoup, mon ami!

One of the frames of underwater photos is on display at the branch office for Miguel’s Diving in Gorontalo City. The other will be displayed at Jalaluddin Airport in Gorontalo.