To be fair to others reading these posts- traveling through Indonesia to the major dive areas is hardly the adventure it was ten or even five years ago... especially when it comes to Labuan Bajo and Sorong. Heck, my friends and I have been multiple times to the Komodo Park and Alor without any problems throughout the pandemic. When I moved to Jakarta thirteen years ago the only way to Komodo was an overnight in Bali followed by a Wings or Xpress prop plane to Labuan Bajo. The process was total sketch and it truly was the end of the earth. Today there are more than five direct flights from Jakarta flights a day on a Boeing 777...and more from Bali. One can leave Jakarta at 7 Am and be checked in to the liveaboard and scarfing decent Italian food in town by 2 PM.
I will be the first to admit, anything more remote than Alor can be challenging, but for 97% of people coming to dive Indonesia, the horror stories of smokey, grimy airports and luggage left on the runway are nostalgic myths of the "good ole days" and akin to walking uphill in the snow to get to school.