Trip Report Banda Sea cruise ("Ring of Fire")

[Doc Harry]

Dive cruise organizer: Wallacea

Water temps 78 to 82 def F

 

[AlMitch]

Great video, you seemed to get some supa special dives in! Music was supper groovy.

How was the LOB in general?

 

[Doc Harry]

How was the LOB in general?

The dive boat was operated by Wallacea Dive Cruises, based out of Italy. Very well organized company.

The crew was the best I have ever had on a LOB. They seemed to have their heart in the game. Fantastic.

The boat itself was just fine. Unfortunately a sewage valve went bad and there was no one who could fix it on the cruise. A couple of staterooms were unusable for the cruise due to sewage backup and overflow. Those guests ended up sleeping on couches on the deck for the duration of the cruise.

 

[Luko]

The dive boat was operated by Wallacea Dive Cruises, based out of Italy.

Italy? I would assume Indonesian-French as I think MV Ambai and Wallacea dive operation is owned by Jerome Doucet.
Jerome is a french Indonesian citizen, established 30 years ago in Central Sulawesi : he and Gilles from Alor are considered the most expert divers in this Sulawesi region. (Jerome is also the owner of Tompotika resort as well)

 

[Doc Harry]

Italy? I would assume Indonesian-French as I think MV Ambai and Wallacea dive operation is owned by Jerome Doucet.
Jerome is a french Indonesian citizen, established 30 years ago in Central Sulawesi : he and Gilles from Alor are considered the most expert divers in this Sulawesi region. (Jerome is also the owner of Tompotika resort as well)

All I can say is that the Wallacea administrative staff who handled all of the reservations, fees, and payments were Italian, spoke Italian, and were based in Italy.

 

[Doc Harry]

Great video, you seemed to get some supa special dives in! Music was supper groovy.

Thanks
We spent time in Singapore on the way to Indonesia, and again on the way back home.
I loved the hawker markets