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Sadly the increase in the air fare, the lack of direct flights anymore between Blighty and Indonesia and my reluctance to spend my holiday time on long distance travel means I now can only look on SB at others having fun :( Perhaps when I retire I can return :). The flight cost from the UK is...

Hello Bill, good to read something from you again it's been a while (we met a few years ago over at Geko Dive in Padang Bay). I miss the posts about Luko :wink:. I will be back in Indonesia just as soon as possible, I really miss it:rolleyes:. I have recently bought a Triumph motorcycle with...

I am looking forward to coming back to Indonesia as soon as the airlines start flying again, assuming flight prices and diving as well do not skyrocket. I plan to head to Komodo to Scuba Junkie or somewhere similarly quiet and low key - and with local guides/local food. I expect for a while it's...

At Tulamben I found entering the sea via the stony beach was OK but the swell was really small on the four occasions I was here. If the waves are bigger it might be a bit of a challenge so I don't see it as an easy location per se. Padang Bai was much easier and all of the dives were by boat...

Thanks for the write up, it's really useful. Our visits might have overlapped as I was there between 20 and 23 April. I saw the dive boat a few times out in the national park. I stayed at Scuba Junkie as I prefer to be away from Labuan Bajo, but the Yoshi is another option. I should be back in...

There was a clue in Tip 4 :wink: I saw mola mola on a Geko Dive at Gili Biaha, fairly deep at 33m.

Good to know about Alor, thanks for the information. There were mantas present at several of the dive sites, but in Nusa Penida I went there once in four days. This was because the main manta sites (Manta Point and Manta Bay) were not accessible due to the swell being 2.5 m for several days...

I went to Nusa Penida first to Scuba Junkie’s new dive centre which is close to Toyapakeh and managed by Dani and Matt. For the second part of this trip I went back to Scuba Junkie Komodo that's managed by Lydia and Ewen. I hope this short review will help and inspire you if you are considering...

I'll be with Scuba Junkie so land based.

Thank you for the write up, I'm off to Komodo next week (for the second time). :D

I assume you mean Boris Johnson! Have a great time, Bill. I did a little bit of volunteering planting coral (although that won't probably suit you as it is diving again).

Thanks for the update, AsiaBased. I had read this week in the Jakarta Post that Komodo Island was to close for one year so work could be carried out to improve the habitat for the dragons. It was just Komodo Island though and not the dive sites or Rinca. It is a fantastic place, the marine area...

Garuda notified me last week that they had modified my return flight from Labuan Bajo to Bali next month. The new time for the flight doesn't fit with my plans and they are refunding the cost.

Thank you for posting the video, I liked your descent. This is a nice primer to get me in the mood for my next trip to Nusa Penida and Komodo in just under three weeks'. I'm also getting older so I'm on three trips a year to Indonesia.

I'll be at Scuba Junkie Komodo so land based.

Thanks for the report, it was a great read. I have been to Tulamben three times and always enjoy the wreck even though it is busy, but I've found some great things on the sloping sand (though I'm not much of a macro spotter - poor eyesight). That green thing looks like one of the Magic...

I really enjoyed the podcast, thanks for doing it. I also watched the previous one with the CI man which was very interesting, especially the conversation on managing numbers of tourists and the experience of self-regulation by the diving industry. Please keep them coming.

The video looks inspiring, thanks for posting it. I can't answer the question, yet. But as my experience of Indonesia grows I'm sure I will venture out to RA (I've gone as far as Bali diving to Komodo diving at the moment).

Bill, it was a pleasure to have met you last year at Geko Diving in Padang Bai. All the best on the continuing journey.

Interesting. Perhaps we need to wait until after the mid April elections are settled though and see who got in in West Nusa Tenggara.