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The Guardian reports that officials fear it may collapse and trigger a tsunami. Hope it doesn’t come to that.

Arenui. Gorgeous boat, great crew, great food. Get one of the master cabins on the upper deck if available, but the lower deck cabins are also nice.

As of late November 2023, there was a brand new direct flight from Denpasar to Sorong. A couple on our RA boat was on the maiden flight (they expected to stop in Makassar when they booked, but got the first direct flight). I can’t remember which airline, maybe Garuda? Worth checking whether that...

Yes, weather can put the kibosh on the crossing!

When we were in Little Cayman in fall 2022 they still took us over to Brac for a morning dive on the wreck and another dive, but we didn’t stop at the resort for lunch, we went back to LC. They don’t want to mix populations in case of an outbreak, but we did dive on CB at that time.

We were there last year late February-early March. The first few days it was windy and rough. The boat diving wasn’t bad but shore diving and swimming out to the boat was sporty. Enough to cancel one afternoon dive. After that the wind changed and it was perfectly flat from then on.

Speedo and other swimwear companies offer inexpensive drawstring mesh bags with a shoulder strap or backpack straps, sized for snorkel gear rather than a full set of dive gear. They can be had at sporting goods stores, probably Walmart, definitely Amazon. They may not be necessary but can be...

I attached small shackles to those loops. Work like d-rings, I clip accessories to them.

My husband and I started diving in our mid-40s, so scuba was our midlife crisis!

I use AI and have a backup small spg attached to a hip d-ring (short hose), because low-tech is robust.

When my hair was long I used to use Sun Bum coconut Argan oil (just comb a little through the hair) then French braid it. I also wore a light do-rag. My hair is very fine and tangled easily but this protected it pretty well, and the oil doesn’t rinse out in the sea.

Queen parrotfish, I think

And a couple of them appear to be jumping rather than giant striding. Face plants imminent!

I can tell you what to avoid—octopus pizza at a dive bar on the east side of the island. Guy who ate it (despite warnings against) spent the rest of the trip worshipping the porcelain god and wishing for death. :vomit:

65, female, diving since 2004, 870 dives. Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, Cocos, Socorro, Galapagos, also Lake Michigan wrecks (though not so much lately—I’m finding the work-to-fun ratio for drysuit diving skews the wrong direction more and more) Raja Ampat later this year, rebooked from 2021. I plan...

65, certified 19 years, 860-some-odd dives

And here I was picturing Oreos!

We were there in October, and it was great. Haven’t been before so I can’t compare. The diving was amazing, the food was great with lots of variety (they brought special meals for the vegan in our group when there was no vegan main on the buffet), rooms were clean and pleasant, activities at...

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