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Hello Phils divers: We have a reservation - cancellable - to dive for a week in Dumaguete then a week on a LB to Tubbahata in April. We haven’t dived in nearly two years and we would like to pre-pend a week or so to begin diving again is some really calm place(s) which allows us to get to...

Hi Rich, We plan to pay extra to buy a ticket with for cancellation and rescheduling flexibility if we go before COVID is "over". - Bill

Does anyone know how deep the wreck is?

NORMALLY: Three months for the flights within Indo. A year plus for the LOB reservations, and maybe for the dive lodge reservations, depending on the lodge. THIS YEAR: We made our reservations a year out because, with the vaccine coming, we envision a LARGE uptick in travelers a soon as...

Latecomer to this thread. We recently booked the Solitude Adventurer for Dec 2021. I think they still have plenty of room. Although we don't have a lot of info on it, we chose that boat because they have very low deposit requirements (at least if you book through Blue Water Travel, it was 5%)...

Well...I could not find very much, really. We did take the plunge for 21 Dec 21. And for the week previous, we're going back to Sorido Bay Resort. The Socorro trip should be pretty heavy on the seasickness! WOW. If you can take that, you should be able to take anything Raja Ampat has to...

Pulled the trigger and booked Raja Ampat for 21 Dec '21. It feels GREAT to book a trip!! We chose the Solitude Adventurer because they allowed a 5% deposit (lots of things can happen between now and over a year from now). The "best estimates" of Dr. Francis Collins (head of NIH) and Dr. Fauci...

I think we are going to do the same for the 21 Dec 21 trip. 6 pax per DM and the tenders are small. but other than that it seems good. We booked thru Blue Water Travel and they got us excellent terms (5% down and some discounts). - Bill

Hey Guy we are looking at the same boat for a bit later in the season. We could not find much, but we got good terms on their trip - through Blue Water Travel (5% down) - so we're going to go for it - at least for now. We found out that they have been in business for a number of years in the...

You mean now? Or in a non-COVID environment? There were MANY such discussions beforehand. In short, you have to get to Sorong, a city on West Papua, Indonesia. You can come from Bali or Jakarta and maybe from Singapore through Makassar (not as developed an airport as Bali or Jakarta). Most LOBs...

Max spends a lot of time in Sorido Bay Resort as far as I know. We met him a few times there. He is a devout 7th-Day Adventist which is why they don't dive (or do anything) at Sorido Bay on Saturdays. - Bill

Oh yeah I totally get that, Luko. Not being an adherent of white wine, I stand guilty as charged. Not everyone can enjoy Beethoven’s Quartet #15 third movement *all* the time! Sometimes fools need to hear a little Dvorak Op 86 to clear the mind. :clapping: You know, in America we have a...

Does anyone know about this boat? I haven't seen too many reviews. We're interested in her because (1) she's big, a catamaran, and my wife has a serious seasickness problem (yes, we've tried all the solutions; (2) they offer 90% refund if you cancel 60 days or more out; and (3) Raja Ampat...

Hello and it's nice to see some of the "old crowd" is still here! :happywave: Heard a good interview with Francis Collins, head of the NIH is the US yesterday. He laid out a situation that makes sense to me. He stated that there is a "good" chance that there will be a vaccine by about the end...

SharksSkin wetsuit - I even used two tops and two bottoms for colder water. Not faster to get on than neoprene (because you have to put top and bottom on), but neutral and light in the suitcase. About $186 per piece at DRIS. Wash them in the clothes washer on delicate setting.

Unfortunately I think the scare mongering might bring in MORE divers, not fewer.

The usual panicky headline and a near useless video.

Thanks, but I was wondering is anyone on the list (especially those who live in the country) have any specific experience to bring to bear.

All of us think that the environment in Indo is worth preserving, if only for our own self-interest in bering able to enjoy it above and below the water. it certainly is something special on this Earth. Not too many of us believe that the Indo government is a good caretaker of it. Are there...

Not an expert here - just a few-times tourist - but seems to me that there are many problems in Indo and Komodo with over-tourism and unmanaged development -- but loss of the dragon or dragon habitat doesn't seem to be one of the bigger problems -- I could be wrong...