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Has anyone used an eSIM in Indonesia? Seems like this could be a convenient way to keep your phone number active while avoiding international roaming data charges. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209044 https://esim.holafly.com/esim-indonesia/ https://esimdb.com/indonesia

We're booked on a late October Banda Sea trip departing from Ambon. I'd like to get in a few days diving there before our liveaboard. Checked with Spice Island Divers but they're booked up for that time. We went with Dive Into Ambon on one of our other trips, but I understand they've shut...

Pair of YS-01 strobes. Never flooded. Roughly 60-70 dives on each. Excellent working condition. Normal cosmetic wear. Includes UCLS ball arm connector. Missing one diffuser. $450 plus actual shipping for pair

Olympus EPL 5 MIrrorless Underwater Package, Olympus EPL-5, PT EP-10 housing for the EPL-5, and Sea & Sea YS-01 strobe. Great small package. Everything you need to get underwater. Includes 14-42 kit lens and zoom gear, focus light, tray, arms, and clamps, and fiber optic sync cord for...

FS: 2 D200 bodies, Subal ND20 housing, FP-FC 105VR focus port for 105VR macro lens, and FP-FC60 focus port for 60mm macro lens. All in excellent condition. Includes charger and 4 batteries for D200. 2 main o-rings for housing and o-rings for ports. Serviced by Reef. Never flooded. Rinsed...

My wife and I have a Banda Sea cruise booked for October into early November. From the time we're off the boat until we need to depart (from Jakarta) we have another 9 days. We can just make a trip to MER work, but it's significantly more hassle and money than other options such as NAD in...

Just returned from 3 weeks of diving in Raja aboard the Tambora and at Papua Paradise. The entire trip was a 9 night northern RA cruise on the Tambora followed by 4 nights at Papua Paradise on Birie (off the coast of Batanta) followed by another 11 night cruise on Tambora. Our plan was spurred...

We've just booked a trip to Raja Ampat from late December to early January. We want extend the trip a bit. Looking at Ambon, Lembeh, or maybe Bali. We've been to Lembeh three times and love it, but we've never been to Ambon and have never done any diving in Bali. Ambon sounds great but...

We're considering booking on the Damai for next summer since it's one of the few boats that will be anywhere other than Komodo when we travel. (I love Komodo but would like to go somewhere I havent' been.) I know the boats completed a couple of voyages already. I'm hoping someone here might...

We're planning another trip to Indonesia with Lembeh as the first stop. I will be using miles for award tickets, and I can get to Kuala Lumpur, Singapore or Jakarta as gateways. I know that Singapore will be easiest. But it's by far the most expensive. One way to Manado from SIN is around $...

Here's the second part of the trip report: I'll try to add some pics soon. Walindi/Star Dancer Trip Report Part II: Star Dancer We boarded Star Dancer after a week of diving Kimbe Bay from Walindi Resort. We had learned there would be only eight divers on board and were looking...

Walindi and Star Dancer Trip Report Part I: Walindi Walindi is the home port of both Star Dancer and Febrina. When we decided to book on Star Dancer, we knew that 8 days of diving wouldn’t be enough. Walindi has a great reputation, so we decided to book a week of land based...

I just learned on Wetpixel that Virgin Australia/Virgin Blue is now flying from Brisbane to Port Moresby. Fares are as low as $269 AUD. This is a huge discount over Air Nugini. Virgin Blue > Best Fares

I'm planning a trip to PNG for July. Tentative plans are to be there for 15 or 16 days. I'm all but set on a nine day trip on Star Dancer, Walindi to Rabaul itinerary. My plan was to do land based for the remainder of the time. Walindi seems the obvious choice to reduce waste of time and...

I was hoping some might post about their recent experiences in PNG (not many posts about it lately). I'm particularly interested in anyone who's recently been on the Golden Dawn. I did a Wewak to Madang trip on the GD in 2004 and am considering another trip next year.

I'm thinking about going back to Indonesia next summer and have been looking at these two boats. I've seen a number of reports on the Ondina in Raja Ampat and at least one on the Seven Seas, but I'm wondering if anyone has dove with either of these boats on their summer itineraries in Komodo or...

So, with Solomon Airlines ever changing schedule, it now appears as though we will have to fly straight through from the states to Honiara, arriving on a Tuesday even though our trip on the Bilikiki doesn't start until Thurs. I understand that Honiara is not a place worth staying. I'm...

We have two nights in Singapore on our way to Sipadan. We were looking at the Shangri-La as a place to stay but the price for a room that would accomodate 3 just got out of hand. Can anyone recommend a nice, fairly luxurious, but not ridiculously expensive hotel in the center of things?

I'm late in planning our yearly family summer trip. Finances (and the need to use our frequent flier miles if are to go anywhere) have narrowed our choices to Malaysia or Wakatobi. I need help choosing between the two. We'd be travelling in August. The Malaysia trip would be a week at a...

We are considering booking a trip to the Solomons this summer. It looks like the current La Nina event is likely to continue, and I'm wondering what effect it's having on that part of the world. I know the Phillipines have suffered heavy rains and that NOAA's ocean temp charts show increased...