Wingy
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You would be but don't have to miss out on Bangka. Depending on your op at Lembeh you may be able to arrange a day trip to Bangka Island. Beautiful place with some lovely dive sites.
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Don't get me started on Bangka corals or syngnathidaes...
Thank you all for the qualified responses. It sounds like a Raja liveaboard followed by a few days in Lembeh at a land based would tick a few boxes. Would we be missing out on anything outside of Dragons with that plan?
No dates set yet. We are still stashing cash, rolling over extra vacation time and building flight miles. Late 17 at the earliest. Maybe 2018? Either way we have some flexability in our scheduling.Hi Gassed,
When are you traveling? You've probably researched it already, but I didn't see travel dates in your thread, maybe I just missed them. Raja Ampat (north vs south) and Triton are seasonal. Lembeh can be done year-round, but Bangka can have winds and rough surf at certain times of year too, making it difficult to get to some of the best sites.
Cheers
Thanks for the insight. Could you give some more detail? I was thinking land based after live aboard would be a better "decompression" period. After 10-12 days (40 dives) on a boat one or both of us may have ear or other issues. My thoughts were that it would be more comfortable land based if it was physically challenging to dive. But we have not done a live aboard outside of 3 days so I am speculating.Personally I would do it the other way around. Lembeh first, then Raja. Done it both ways and Lembeh first works better.
I was also better off doing Lembeh/Bangka after a week in Raja Ampat. First Raja Ampat diving is more demanding and secondly I would have felt guilty to miss a dive while I could rest a bit in Lembeh after intense diving and sometimes skip a dive or two without any remorse.Thanks for the insight. Could you give some more detail? I was thinking land based after live aboard would be a better "decompression" period. After 10-12 days (40 dives) on a boat one or both of us may have ear or other issues. My thoughts were that it would be more comfortable land based if it was physically challenging to dive. But we have not done a live aboard outside of 3 days so I am speculating.
Why do you prefer the other way around?
Thanks!