About Wicked
The following page is written by this years Interns Omy and Yana. They are completing their final year at the Toursim school here in Flores and have spent the last 3 months (June-August 2012) working, helping and learning about tourism here in our Wicked Diving Komodo office. They were veryhappy to learn different customs and cultures - but also experience snorkeling, Komod Dragons and lots of new tourists for the very first time.
They wante to share more about their home and culture with us:
The once for nice place in the Indonesian Country is MANGGARAI west flores,. In manggarai have many new destination for tourism, about adventure and ceremony be amazing include:
1. NIANG TODO is traditional house and high kingdom in the old days be have history about manggarai . in the room house be able to a drum from stomach the girl and also gong. Niang Todo is nice place to visit by foreign tourist and local
2. RUTENG PU’U (old Ruteng) is a once tourism objective be good for visit by foreign and everybody ,because in the old ruteng have two drum house and in the front house have compang like altar be organized stone system, and in the middle of the compang be able to ancestor graveyard .15 minutes by car from Ruteng town center.
3. LINGKO CARA is a place where foreign and local tourists go to see and listen to the history about distribution of rice fields for cultivation by the manggarai people. There is in the cancar subdistric ( cara village) . Lingko cara is a amazing field like spider wap. 18 km from ruteng town, 45 minutes by transport.
4. RANAKA VOLCANO is stil active and heghty volcano in the East Nusa Tenggara about 4200 m from above sea level. On the km 5 have small lake and up the mountain have marriam cave for ziarah by the Catholicism. 19 km from ruteng town,1 hour by transport.
5. Liang Bua is a limestone cave in manggarai regency of which Ruteng is the administrative centre . Although much of the regency comprises infertile lime stones , some parts are very suitable for paddy field cultivation and the area generallu is known as “The Rice Bowl” of flores region . As weii as having rich natural resources, manggarai regency also has a wealth of archeological sites . These include Liang Bua (meaning “cold cave”in the manggarai language ) , which is located 14 km northwest of Ruteng ,close to Liang Bua village in Ruteng . District,at an altitude of 500 meters above sea level.
6. Caci Atrraction . caci a dangerous game and multi combination between skills to attack and to hold on, song, dance. Caci accompanied by traditional dancwe of the manggarai , caci held in in a village party or penti, celebrating of new mbru gendang ( a main house of a village aldest live ), Caci also could be held in celebrating of independence day of Indonesia.
Caci is fighting dance between two men to show their strengthen, skills, singing, even their fashion.
There have been many players dead on the field of caci, and there is no punishment if it is caused dead.
Normally the player don’t know each other. if they are friends they would not hit each other.
Tools used in playing caci:
· Larik or whip;made of strong wood skinned with buffalo leather,the hard could be like knife or nail.used by players to whip the opposite (other player) if the players got whipped could be injured,even death.the player given only one whip in a chance.normally,each players only have 3 chance in a day of fest,sometimes 4 or even 6 chances.
· Agang, made of upper ends of bamboo,to protect their body
· Nggiling, round shield;made of buffalo skin also to protect their body
Rules in this dangerous games are:
· One chance only once whip,
· It is forbidden to whip under the stomach
· There is no punishment if it is caused blind,injured or even death
Omaments :
· Panggal,look like hat used to protect head.made of buffallo eather wrapped by sarong and beautify by horses tail or goat’s herd
· Sapu:to protect face
· Tubi Rapa:look like herd,to beautify the players
· Lalong Ndeki:put in the back also to beautify the caci player
· Selendang :to tie the Sarong
· Songke : Sarong also to protect under part of body
· White trousers
· The players forbidden to use shoes or sandals
· The players known by their alias not by their real name
7. Beo/Golo/Kampong. If we”re talking about “Beo or kampong or golo “, we are going to get back to the time when and how the “Beo or kampong or golo “ getting started. Before the independence of our nation Indonesia , people in the manggarai to be tied to traditional ruler . The people in manggarai following the clan or tribe system ,before 1950,when no much people live in this area , the clan or tribe which has a lot of member it also has the power to dominate the lend in this area ,and also influenced by the power the ruler or kingdom. When a group of people settle an area , they started to build up their home and of course beo or kampong . They will choose one of the member to be their leader or”Tua Golo” they said in local language . Tua Golo will arrange all the member of beo , includes to manage all problems in their member.Due to the poor of number the Tua Golo will welcome to the others member who are coming from outside of the clan or tribe. Because the big of number of the beo or kampong ,so the kampong will getting there are some qualification in choose to be the place of kampong or beo, for example it must have “Wae Teku” or water for life and also in a high place. High place choose cause at the time ,war often happen , and high place is best place to hide and to hold of from attacker or enemy. Golo also another name of kampong .
The following page is written by this years Interns Omy and Yana. They are completing their final year at the Toursim school here in Flores and have spent the last 3 months (June-August 2012) working, helping and learning about tourism here in our Wicked Diving Komodo office. They were veryhappy to learn different customs and cultures - but also experience snorkeling, Komod Dragons and lots of new tourists for the very first time.
They wante to share more about their home and culture with us:
The once for nice place in the Indonesian Country is MANGGARAI west flores,. In manggarai have many new destination for tourism, about adventure and ceremony be amazing include:
1. NIANG TODO is traditional house and high kingdom in the old days be have history about manggarai . in the room house be able to a drum from stomach the girl and also gong. Niang Todo is nice place to visit by foreign tourist and local
2. RUTENG PU’U (old Ruteng) is a once tourism objective be good for visit by foreign and everybody ,because in the old ruteng have two drum house and in the front house have compang like altar be organized stone system, and in the middle of the compang be able to ancestor graveyard .15 minutes by car from Ruteng town center.
3. LINGKO CARA is a place where foreign and local tourists go to see and listen to the history about distribution of rice fields for cultivation by the manggarai people. There is in the cancar subdistric ( cara village) . Lingko cara is a amazing field like spider wap. 18 km from ruteng town, 45 minutes by transport.
4. RANAKA VOLCANO is stil active and heghty volcano in the East Nusa Tenggara about 4200 m from above sea level. On the km 5 have small lake and up the mountain have marriam cave for ziarah by the Catholicism. 19 km from ruteng town,1 hour by transport.
5. Liang Bua is a limestone cave in manggarai regency of which Ruteng is the administrative centre . Although much of the regency comprises infertile lime stones , some parts are very suitable for paddy field cultivation and the area generallu is known as “The Rice Bowl” of flores region . As weii as having rich natural resources, manggarai regency also has a wealth of archeological sites . These include Liang Bua (meaning “cold cave”in the manggarai language ) , which is located 14 km northwest of Ruteng ,close to Liang Bua village in Ruteng . District,at an altitude of 500 meters above sea level.
6. Caci Atrraction . caci a dangerous game and multi combination between skills to attack and to hold on, song, dance. Caci accompanied by traditional dancwe of the manggarai , caci held in in a village party or penti, celebrating of new mbru gendang ( a main house of a village aldest live ), Caci also could be held in celebrating of independence day of Indonesia.
Caci is fighting dance between two men to show their strengthen, skills, singing, even their fashion.
There have been many players dead on the field of caci, and there is no punishment if it is caused dead.
Normally the player don’t know each other. if they are friends they would not hit each other.
Tools used in playing caci:
· Larik or whip;made of strong wood skinned with buffalo leather,the hard could be like knife or nail.used by players to whip the opposite (other player) if the players got whipped could be injured,even death.the player given only one whip in a chance.normally,each players only have 3 chance in a day of fest,sometimes 4 or even 6 chances.
· Agang, made of upper ends of bamboo,to protect their body
· Nggiling, round shield;made of buffalo skin also to protect their body
Rules in this dangerous games are:
· One chance only once whip,
· It is forbidden to whip under the stomach
· There is no punishment if it is caused blind,injured or even death
Omaments :
· Panggal,look like hat used to protect head.made of buffallo eather wrapped by sarong and beautify by horses tail or goat’s herd
· Sapu:to protect face
· Tubi Rapa:look like herd,to beautify the players
· Lalong Ndeki:put in the back also to beautify the caci player
· Selendang :to tie the Sarong
· Songke : Sarong also to protect under part of body
· White trousers
· The players forbidden to use shoes or sandals
· The players known by their alias not by their real name
7. Beo/Golo/Kampong. If we”re talking about “Beo or kampong or golo “, we are going to get back to the time when and how the “Beo or kampong or golo “ getting started. Before the independence of our nation Indonesia , people in the manggarai to be tied to traditional ruler . The people in manggarai following the clan or tribe system ,before 1950,when no much people live in this area , the clan or tribe which has a lot of member it also has the power to dominate the lend in this area ,and also influenced by the power the ruler or kingdom. When a group of people settle an area , they started to build up their home and of course beo or kampong . They will choose one of the member to be their leader or”Tua Golo” they said in local language . Tua Golo will arrange all the member of beo , includes to manage all problems in their member.Due to the poor of number the Tua Golo will welcome to the others member who are coming from outside of the clan or tribe. Because the big of number of the beo or kampong ,so the kampong will getting there are some qualification in choose to be the place of kampong or beo, for example it must have “Wae Teku” or water for life and also in a high place. High place choose cause at the time ,war often happen , and high place is best place to hide and to hold of from attacker or enemy. Golo also another name of kampong .
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Thank you for contacting us - we will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Please remember that we are based in SE Asia - so it could be up to 18 hours before we can reply (we do sleep sometimes!)
If you would like to hear a bit more from us - please join our newsletter over on the right side. We send out our newslettters about 4 times a year - no inbox stuffing from us!
We are also active on our Facebook Page - with posts almost everyday, pictures from our guests, past trips and more.
If you do not have insurance that covers diving - please check here for more information on how we can help.
Did you know that 2% of all our sales go directly to projects that improve our local environment or community? From building new reefs to creating income streams for a local orphanage. You will find many products on our boats and in our shop are produced through these initiatives. Each time you dive with us - you help make this possible :) If you would like to learn more about our Ethical Diving
Thank you!
Thank you for contacting us - we will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Please remember that we are based in SE Asia - so it could be up to 18 hours before we can reply (we do sleep sometimes!)
If you would like to hear a bit more from us - please join our newsletter over on the right side. We send out our newslettters about 4 times a year - no inbox stuffing from us!
We are also active on our Facebook Page - with posts almost everyday, pictures from our guests, past trips and more.
If you do not have insurance that covers diving - please check here for more information on how we can help.
Did you know that 2% of all our sales go directly to projects that improve our local environment or community? From building new reefs to creating income streams for a local orphanage. You will find many products on our boats and in our shop are produced through these initiatives. Each time you dive with us - you help make this possible :) If you would like to learn more about our Ethical Diving
Thank you!
Thank you for contacting us - we will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Please remember that we are based in SE Asia - so it could be up to 18 hours before we can reply (we do sleep sometimes!)
If you would like to hear a bit more from us - please join our newsletter over on the right side. We send out our newslettters about 4 times a year - no inbox stuffing from us!
We are also active on our Facebook Page - with posts almost everyday, pictures from our guests, past trips and more.
If you do not have insurance that covers diving - please check here for more information on how we can help.
Did you know that 2% of all our sales go directly to projects that improve our local environment or community? From building new reefs to creating income streams for a local orphanage. You will find many products on our boats and in our shop are produced through these initiatives. Each time you dive with us - you help make this possible :) If you would like to learn more about our Ethical Diving
Thank you!
Thank you for contacting us - we will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Please remember that we are based in Thailand - so it could be up to 18 hours before we can reply (we do sleep sometimes!)
If you would like to hear a bit more from us - please join our newsletter over on the right side. We send out our newslettters about 4 times a year - no inbox stuffing from us!
We are also active on our Facebook Page - with posts almost everyday, pictures from our guests, past trips and more.
If you do not have insurance that covers diving - please check here for more information on how we can help.
Did you know that 2% of all our sales go directly to projects that improve our local environment or community? From building new reefs to creating income streams for a local orphanage. You will find many products on our boats and in our shop are produced through these initiatives. Each time you dive with us - you help make this possible :) If you would like to learn more about our Ethical Diving
Thank you!
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Did you know that 2% of all our sales go directly to projects that improve our local environment or community? From building new reefs to creating income streams for a local orphanage. You will find many products on our boats and in our shop are produced through these initiatives. Each time you dive with us - you help make this possible :) Read more about our Ethical Diving
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About Wicked
A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.
The facts: Returning to Khao Lak after the Boxing day tsunami, diving instructors Paul Landgraver and Karin Sundelius wanted to make a difference. In 2006, they founded Wicked on the premise that safety and service can easily work hand in hand with responsible tourism. In a tiny shop with not much more than ambition, a few set of diving equipment and a very large helping of stubbornness - the shop began. In seeking out other people who had the same concern for safety and service, new staff were found and the Wicked team grew, as did our reputation.
Our Similan Dive Center is located in Khao Lak, Thailand and serves the Similan and Surin Islands as well as local wrecks, reefs, muck diving and lake diving. We also offer an array of snorkeling and other non-diving activities from there. We are opening our Komodo Dive Center in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia in June of 2011 and this will serve as our base for adventures through the Komodo National Park and we will be offering diving, snorkeling and trekking. Twice yearly (for now)we offer 3 week expeditions from Singapore to the Komodo National Park and vice versa.
Currently operating two Liveaboards - the Parinee and the Jaya - our goal is to make challenge that old myth that diving is an "extreme sport". sure, there places you can go to where it all "dive, dive, dive" and little else. This excludes non-divers, people who may wish to only casually dive and what happens if there is inclement weather? We aim to offer an experience on our boats, in our courses and with our staff that rewards and enriches. We hope that each guest walks away remembering the great experience, regardless of their training level, activity or the weather!
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The Real Story:
In truth - we are so much more than just a dive shop in Thailand - way more. The narrative of Wicked Diving is much richer and interesting, and in all truth too much for a webpage! Hey, we've only just met :) Why not browse through some of the pages below to get a better feel for how we do things and what makes us special. After that, maybe we can sit down and talk about who you are, and why you should be here with us...right now.
