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@Dan It's just because Covid can't find you. Everytime it hears where you are and comes there, you're gone to the next place. :-) It got in some good diving though

@waterone @drrich2 Excellent info, thanks for the assistance. Ballpark of 5% is relatively negligible. BTW, I was also looking in the Indonesia forum and they said that Omicron had not really hit there yet but was expected in the next couple months. They have mandatory quarantine of 5-7 days...

Tell us how you really feel :) Sounds like it wasn't as much the dive conditions as the boat being exposed to the open ocean? Was there ever a sheltered spot?

Understood that insurance could pick up some or all of the tab though any money spent on insurance increases the cost. Also understood that's the situation we are in. Any examples to share for insurance cost as percentage of what you are insuring?

At 80 pages, I think the thread has added related considerations to the original question besides the situation has morphed since the original post. Those outcomes are obvious but the choice is not that simple because this is something you enjoy so u want to go but the penalty is relatively...

I noticed the comment about flights to Bali being rerouted to Jakarta. I see some articles saying that is about to change but will still require quarantine for 5-7 days. I was looking at the "easy" trip to Bali for liveaboard to Komodo as I see they are available this summer but that...

I have to ask about 1 point in your original report: How were the fries inedible? Burnt to a crisp? Soggy?

Amazing story. Perspective for next time we are dealing with a problem: NPR Cookie Consent and Choices Interesting that he did not notice the 20 foot wave early enough to get back up the tree. This situation is what I always think about when looking at that beautiful house on the beach.

You could look at the OPs question from several angles, and maybe there is ambulance chaser mixed in, but given the forum we are on, the question is not a surprise. You can google video from the island itself. It's educational about how a tsunami starts by inundating the seaside then the wave...

@Dan That's correct. I have not used Dom's services, and I'm glad to hear that it was positive given how much traveling you do and can compare it to but that situation wasn't my point. My point was about the info given when I'm not paying him and the inherent conflict his stated position could...

@Dom@DiveAdvice I'll feedback that what you said does not give me confidence in depending on the info you are providing via your comments. I understand that you were concerned about balancing the information we hear but what you said was that you are only going to give positive comments...

Sounds like a good trip, Don. I haven't heard that exit rows were an extra cost but that isn't a definitive answer. Though I hope you are successful, had to laugh about the car keys in the gas cap idea as I have to think more than a few cars have been stolen through that method. The best...

I'm going with Stoo's "translation". I'm thinking combo possible kickstart/last hurrah. Sorry for making light of someone's demise...

You'd think that calling a GF = ambulance but the translated article says found him at home. I would have to think that was a mistranslation otherwise GF is incredibly....

The short answer is yeah. I always laugh when driving by the local shop that says "free scuba lesson". Yeah, 3 thousand dollars later you are ready to dive. Based on local shop to me published rates, you are in the right ballpark except appear to be paying more for the pool sessions. PADI...

Probably still doesn't have his land legs yet.

There is a Trips and Marketplace subforum where people look for these types of posts.

Was tutu guy part of the crew? I ask because he seems to be diving in with the sharks and pushing people out of the way...so either he is crew doing a good thing or an annoying fellow passenger. :-)

I agree with Dan that no TP is unlikely. The toilet itself, however, could be just a concrete open hole that is as you can imagine. The airport in Sorong has such a "bathroom" for the departure lounge. And no aircon so bring water for your wait. Looking at the locals with their coats (no...

Sorry, but is water ever "cold" in Fiji?