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There are cottages and losmen on Nusa Lembongan. Bali Hai themselves have cottages on Nusa Lembongan. This may save you some travel time to the dive site and allow more dives per day. Tulamben is a rocky beach, great place to dive. There are lodging facilities there too. For white sand...

Before I visit Sangalaki, I bought a whole load of food. Fresh fruit, peanut butter... whatever you like at Berau. Quite cheap. If you do not get enough food imagine the staff? Hence I bring a load of stuff for all. After that I get very very very good service from ALL. By the way...

I was at Sangalaki, Nabucco and Derawan in June 2005. 3 weeks worth of diving. Sangalaki is still a great dive site, but response from the HQ is frequently very very slow. You may get a faster response by getting in touch with one of their agents that is much closer to the Dive Lodge...

There is diving around Batam and Bintang, these are Indonesian island close to Singapore. The ferry terminal at Tanah Merah is near Changi Airport. Cannot remember which one, but one of the mentioned islands above have no real dive center. You need to talk to the harbour master who will...

http://www.saekodive.com.tw/pdimage/b5921.jpg I am looking for the above mask by Saekodive in clear silicone; model number M-M307. It is perfect for my 11 and 9 year old kid. Can anybody suggest where I can get them online and ship to Singapore?

They have a small resort in the Bangka islands, Northern tip of Sulawesi. Sanghie Islands is far far away in the north, they go there with their LOB.

I was told very recently that a Blue Ring Octopus was found at Seraya. Not sure if the mimick is still there.

The ladys name is Schapelle Corby an Australian. Read about it here Schapelle Corby http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/27/corby.appeal/

You need to understand the poverty level is wide spread, education is also a big problem. The local folk are barely getting by and struggling to survive, they typically do not bother about all this politics and news. They cannot even afford a TV! Those more well to do, will know about what...

Local Singapore news reported closing of all American embassies in Indonesia. I guess the other embassies are still there. As for me, I still go where ever I wish and walk freely among the locals. I even take local public transport. In fact I was just in Jakarta last week and I have to be...

I got in touch with Ton and Marjan before going. I arranged my own way from Singapore to Medan to Aceh (airport is quite far from Banda Aceh). Ton and Marjan then arranged a local to meet me at Aceh and passed me flight tickets to Sabang in Pulau Weh (she was on time since I am told she...

When I was there diving with Lumba Lumba many years back, I managed 4 dives a day. 1 super early in the morning 2 regular dives with the group 1 night dive If I got lazy, maybe 2 regular dives and 1 night dive. They were quite relaxed with their schedules when I was there, then...

Was in Lembeh Resort Nov 2004. I thought it was great. Both above water and below. Hotel staff was attentive and the dive guides trained by Bruce was superb. In terms of MUREX, I have never been with them. But I get very mixed feed back regarding that outfit. Some love it, some hate it.

The trip I went on MV Grace was not wreck or tech, it was for photography. MV Grace is equiped for the full tech and wreck, but it does not mean it only does those dives. I have had friends go on MV Grace for recreational stuff too.

Here is an LOB for East Coast Malaysia http://www.penetrationdivers.com/pages/25/index.htm But not exactly for the areas you mentioned This LOB is quite big and relatively luxurious. Went on it once for 2 nights.

As already mentioned, Nusa Penida, Ceningan and Lembongan can get very cold. It is not just chilly. Looking through my log the highest temperature I got was 24C, the lowest was 20C!!!!!! So it is cold. Secret Bay can also get quite cold, but not that cold. All the mentioned places are...

Super nice hotels in Pattaya are Dusit and Royal Cliff. Marriot is OK, not really worth it. Pattaya beach is not that great. Nicer is Koh Lan just off Pattaya beach. There are other islands out there too. If you want to see what the local do at the beach, BanChang (not sure how to spell...

Come to think of it, thank God, Allah, Budah... that I do lock my bags on each of my trips there. Somehow immigration and customs do not hassle me that much eventhough I go in and out of Indonesia quite frequently.

I think Wakashorea is closest to Menjangan island. http://wakashorea.com/ Stayed at Mimpi and it took us about 35 min to 45 min to get to Menjangan Island. I have not stayed at Waka, but those who have say Menjangan is 15 to 20 min away. So either it is closer or their boats are...

There are many hotels in KK. ShangriLa Tanjung Aru and Sutera Harbour are just outside the main town. Promenade and Hyatt are in town. There are more economical hotels in town. Not far from Hyatt there is a building with a lot of dive operators near the sea front. Besides diving...