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^ Good to know who to avoid as well. Just for reference my friend is fluent in English and Bahasa, so and instructor who speaks either fluently will be fine.

Thanks Mildlystoic Appreciate it

Hi all I have a very good friend who is looking to take his first steps into diving. I have told him how important his choice of instructed is rather than the price paid for the course. Just looking for open water at this stage. Can anyone recommend an instructor in or nearby to Jakarta...

I am, great story and explanation. Reminds me of a joke. "A family brings their elderly mother to a nursing home. While sitting in her new room, she slowly starts to lean over sideways in her chair. Two attentive nurses immediately straighten her up. After a while, she starts to tilt to the...

It's been a little while since I have dived out of Phuket but I would have thought the West Coast (Phuket) is coming into the good season. The Similan LOB's (just leaving a couple hours north of Phuket) would start cranking up in November. If I had a choice of 3 days in the Similians or 3 days...

I had to google that song. "Well, she's walking through the clouds with a circus mind that's running round. Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales," Your avatar seems to have wings as well. :) Nice! Rain Pilot? I would have guessed a pilot that flies into storms for data...

Having been a member for a little while now I have seen a fair few of the regular posters usernames. Some are self explanatory, some are humorous, some intriguing while some downright mysterious. So what's in a username? My username "Ting Tong (ติ๊งต๊อง)" is the english phonetically spoken...

Awesome! Where was this?

I can't comment directly to your op post as I have not trained with SDI but I did my OW with SSI. I was surprised that SSI did not teach tables, (I did ask my instructor if we would cover tables and his response was "if we have time, which at the end of my course was no!) and pushed the...

Great! So with all that said what is the appropriate way to tip in Indonesia? Which is what the op is about. Do you know? As a 12 year old child I saved saved all my money for one year (pocket money, paper round, etc) for a trip to Bali that my mother was going take me on. Obviously the flights...

Hi I was taught never to take something to enable the dive to take place.The reason being is what would have happened if the Sudafed was effective allowing you to get to your target depth and then wore off as you are about to ascend? You did the right thing turning the dive when you did. No...

Why not travel with a sleep mask if it grinds your gears enough to expect all the window passengers around you to keeps the shades down during the daytime while you sleep.

I stayed and dived with Mermaid. They took care of the private transfer from Manila. Arrival time to Manila was about the same time as you are expecting, 6 pm. I think I arrived at the resort around 9.40 pm. Don't remember the crossing being particularly hazardous at night, a little choppy...

Steve it certainly sounds like you had the skills required to successfully deal with the situation. I only made the query since I am not sure that the OP would have those skills and confidence level.

Steve not sure if I am misinterpreting what you are saying. You have exceeded your NDL's and gone into deco because of a guide? If I am getting close to 'my' NDL's on 'my' computer set with 'my' conservatism I signal the guide let them know I am close to my NDL and I am ascending and then going...

Unfortunately he didn't survive. Condolences to his family and friends. Still no confirmation on the lightning strike being the cause. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-21/diver-dies-after-rescue-off-sydney-beach/7105808

Unconfirmed reports it was a lightning strike. Not good news. http://www.theage.com.au/nsw/scuba-diver-feared-drowned-near-manly-20160121-gmb8dq.html

I see two people are ahead of me. If not sold to either of these members PM me.

Can tell you a little about the divers around you as well. The ones that don't want or need to listen, for instance.