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For Utila, the best bet is to land on the island and talk to a couple of shops and explain the experience you're looking for. Quite often there's a follow the leader mentality going on and if you find something interesting you want to stop and check out for a while you may find yourself behind...

That give free for life offer could save you a ton of cash if you plan on returning to Utila. I never took them up on it, for reasons I won't get into but I've talked to several people who have. Today's online research shows that UDC isn't the only outfit offering this deal. I'm in no way trying...

I did my DM at UDC, back in the day. Back in the day when it cost $500 for two months of keeping myself busy and all the materials were included. I'd do it again now that I know that PADI has deleted my DM from their system, probably because I didn't pay them, if I could find a place that would...

I stayed with them for a month. 5/5 AC, hot water, nicely furnished room with fresh linens and towels every day. Breakfast included, coffee tea, juice water included all day and one evening when it was going to rain, they delivered two umbrellas to my bungalow. There's a bar next door that has...

I've just got to chime in and say...Amed is my favorite place in the whole world and qualify that by adding that I don't really care about the typical tourist "stuff" like shopping and nightlife. I had nobody hassling me trying to sell me stuff, no problems with theft, no problems riding a...

It's been a few years since I've been to Utila and things might have changed due to the pandemic but IMO the best bet is to land on the island and walk around talking to the different shops to find which one you think is the best fit. This only takes half a day at most and every shop had boats...

It's not so much a smarter than science approach, it's more one of tolerable risk.

I've been trying to envision how the operation(s) I dive with or have been diving with would function with these new guidelines in place and found myself wondering how it would be possible in the dive school environments that I most familiar with. I suspect things wouldn't be quite as...

That was excellent. :) :thumb:

Bali, all of October and November if we get a return to business as usual. I might just end up with an entire dive center and hotel all to myself. I'll take my chances with the 'rona maybe eat some hippy crap to boost my immune system, or something. I could go diving locally, but damn that...

I was trying to play up the suitability of Bali for "older" divers with that post. I'm in my mid fifties and I' used to going to Utila Honduras where I'm the old guy, the guy who's hoping that his wetsuit is working like a corrective garment, like spanx, if you will and doing the trick of...

I went to Bali at this time last...I loved it and I'd be there right now if something hadn't come up. The diving was great compared to where I usually go in the Caribbean and at 70 you maybe on the young side for Tulamben. I'm not making that up, the place is totally set up for older divers and...

Damn, I'm sorry to hear that. I can't say I knew the guy well. A wave passing on the street, the odd beer if we ran into each other somewhere. He'll be missed for sure.

It was a first trip to Bali and I picked Amed and a place to stay based on Internet research. I didn't know that I'd be doing most of my diving in Tulamben when I booked but that's where the operation went most days. I was at Adventure Divers staying and diving there and I'd happily stay and...

The drive from Amed to Tulamben isn't so bad. Sit in a van and get to know the people you'll be diving with that day. Maybe trade "war stories" or something. It's under half an hour. I stayed in Amed but did most of my diving in Tulamben and I'm planning on doing it again later this year. I was...

I didn't stay at Liberty Dive Resort but I did dive that site a number of times. The beach is rocky, as in loose rocks and I came to nickname it "ankle-breaker beach" however I saw lots of people entering/exiting the water while their guide carried their gear into/out of the water for them...

I ended up doing the whole month of November in Amed, diving almost every day with Adventure Divers and it was freakin' awesome ! The sea states were calm which made entry at Tulamben, at what I've come to call ankle breaker beach easy and currents were;nt much of an issue. I'm not used to...

I can't think of a better trip report to read on this, the eve of my departure to Bali. Thanks for the heads up on the water temps, looks like I may be doubling up on the wetsuits on a couple of dives as well as that bit about the sea life continuing to depth. I'm so used to diving the...

Thanks for the heads up on Sideman :)

Thanks for the trip report Clara. I haven't even been to Bali yet and already I'm pretty certain I'll never be going to the Caribbean again. I had to google half the stuff you mentioned and I'm glad you brought up frogfish because they've been at the top of my list ever since watching Sea of...