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Here's an update from the trip... The trip was last two weeks of October, and we were told we arrived after 4 months of no rain. It briefly poured rained for the first time on about our 4th day there and everyday for a couple after that. It was dry as a popcorn fart there. We spent a week at...

Ok the color thing makes sense then. You're missing out! Jacques Cousteau listed the Port Hardy area of BC as one of his top three diving sites in the world! There is some really amazing diving in Canada. I'm land locked though, and dive in the lakes a lot (not very exciting), but I consider...

Color would be my least concern, but I guess some people put more value on color choices! Haha! I wear my PDC on my forearm (probably a drysuit habit), so I don't find the zippers get in the way. @KatieMac You're in Ontario? Aren't you used to drysuit diving? These little things shouldn't...

I agree the old simple style of the Nixie was awesome. I absolutely love the Evoke though, and it has zippers all over too, so when I hopped in the new Nixie Ultra, I honestly really didn't notice the zippers being obtrusive. I do like having a zipper at the neck so you can easily release the...

Thermalution looks like a cool product! I didn't know there was a heating option for under wetsuits. Keep in mind the potential risks of heating oneself at depth. For the OP, I was going to suggest buying a 3 mm and then something like a Sharkskin vest (maybe hooded?) for an under layer...

I know I am late to the party, but I have several Bare wetsuits, so I can provide some personal comparison. Keep in mind I am a cold person. I am ALWAYS the person with the most thermal protection. I also don't move much when I dive, so I don't keep warm from movement. These are the ones I...

Awesome, thanks! I haven't done any research myself yet since everyone here seems to always recommend the best things anyway, and understands the implications of diving or carrying dive gear, etc. Also, you guys always seem to know if a service is reliable or not. Very important! :D I will...

Awesome! I'm excited! I have high hopes seeing as we're giving up a day of diving to do this! Ha!

Thanks! I have heard this airport is one of the best in the world, I'm looking forward to checking it out! I will look into these options and see what is available during the night. Yes, there is a transit hotel that is charged hourly. I don't know how nice it is, but it's on par with dive...

On our way home we arrive in Singapore at 5:30 pm, and we don't leave until 8:45 am the next morning. We would like to have a place to store our luggage (dive gear, duh), and get a few hours sleep. Sleep doesn't matter so much since we have a 15 hour flight leaving Singapore, and nothing to do...

Correction, Renny is the mother, so our tour will be with Renny. So excited! Also, third person is 60% off, so 3 people ends up being USD$75 each. I saw the paragliding and was excited about the possibility of trying that, but my trip insurance won't cover it. Besides, that's a good excuse...

An update from a couple weekends ago... I seemed to have a bit of the brain fog even though there were no bolting students, and no deep dive. I did make sure I was breathing lots. I'm not sure 100% that hypercapnea is the answer. Time will tell. I have a dive trip coming up in Indonesia and...

Ok thank you. She said we would be going with her mother since we want to do the "single entry" not the usual 430 pm tour, stay the night, then 6 am tour.

@Benjamin Lloyd Thank you for the link! I wonder why it didn't show up in my FB search. @Wingy I'm imagining the roads to be similar to some of the fun roads in Philippines. I contact Rennie's Tangkoko Safety Stop and she says transportation, lunch, park fee, and guide all included for...

The more I look into this the more it looks like a great idea! I notice the resort we're at charges USD$110 per person for this trip, but my research suggests it should cost around USD$35 including transportation. How do you usually book this trip? I can't find "Rennie's safety stop" on...

Thank you for the info @acidrush and @drjtprice ! I suspected the medical advice of the travel center here is really just parroting the info provided by worldwide travel sites which is exactly why I asked here. Real world experience! The lady doing the analysis for me mentioned that I was the...

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Tangkoko is the far north east by Lembeh, correct? Our resort is about 1 hour south west of Manado airport. It looks like this is 2-3 hours away from our resort? That would be too far for a day trip I think, unless it's really awesome and worth the trip. Maybe we can check out Lake Tondano...

Could you guys explain what your "bad side effects" from Malarone were? My research suggests that there are very few side effects in a double blind study.

Holy crap! Maybe I am not remembering correctly, I will go over the paperwork she gave me again. I was asking about Polio, so maybe I am confusing what she said. "Asking locals" is exactly why I'm here right now. :D I asked the resort, but of course they play everything down. They said...