Komodo Dancer opinions?

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• Aug 21, 2008

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Considering going on this liveaboard and was wondering what thoughts were of it.

I was particularly wondering about their emphasis in the description of "adventurous divers" taking this trip. I could take that to mean many things, including "it's not all working but we're making it work" type of situation.

Just wondering about how well the boat is organized, things working, how well the diving is handled, etc. General thoughts.

Thanks for your time

 

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• Aug 22, 2008

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Shasta_man:

Considering going on this liveaboard and was wondering what thoughts were of it.

I was particularly wondering about their emphasis in the description of "adventurous divers" taking this trip. I could take that to mean many things, including "it's not all working but we're making it work" type of situation.

Just wondering about how well the boat is organized, things working, how well the diving is handled, etc. General thoughts.

Thanks for your time

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The boat is fine, no problems, adventurous is relating to the dives you will be doing and the area your going to like down in Komodo or Alor where in both cases there can be currents, a number of dives which certainly are not for beginners. Dive Guides are very experienced and know their stuff. Komodo Dancer would certainly be one of my picks out of the live-a-boards here (if you like the Peter Hughes way).

Checkout the info on their website http://www.peterhughes.com/subpage/bali/komodo/13

 

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• Aug 22, 2008

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I did the Komodo Dancer back in Sept 2005. Really enjoyed it. I'd go again although there are other parts of Indonesia I like better.

 

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• Aug 22, 2008

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my friend Jim (jlyle here on SB) did it a few years ago and has a trip report here: Scuba Diving - The Magazine Divers Trust

 

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• Aug 22, 2008

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All, thanks for the info.

Hmmm..what part do you like better?

Yes, Jlyle takes awesome pics. I was a fan of his after reading his Cozumel reports.