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Hi everyone I know people here are great at explaining these transfers and I've read some trip reports and had a look at google maps as well and it looks like going via road from Anilao (Buceo) to PG (El Galleon) would require a 2,5 h drive to Batangas Pier and then a ferry? How long time is...

I just wanted to share our experiences diving Dauin and Moalboal on a budget. (But still with the luxury of private transfers) Last year we spend a lot of money on our trip to Galapagos, so this year we needed to be more budget conscious. First step was finding the cheapest tickets – I was...

Hello all Looking for recommendations and suggestions for our 3.5 week trip to Malaysia in July 2024. 3 travellers - our daughter is 13, but do not dive, hence we need places, where she can snorkle and I would love for her to see turtles nesting and hatching, orangutan and general wild life...

Hello Very excited, as I just bought our tickets to fly to Philippines. We'll be flying with Turkish into CEB - it's listed with a "stop over, not connection" in Manila - has anyone done this? I'm assuming it's the same plane and we just wait, while passengers get of in Manila? Still a bit...

It would be great with a forum to share LOB and dive ops, who accept kids on boats/resorts to share knowledge about the best places to travel for diving if you have kids in tow.

It's already been more than 3 weeks, since we returned from our "Once in a Life time trip" to Galapagos. In total we had 19 days - including travel days. Flying KLM from AMS-GYE in business, since this was our (delayed) anniversary trip. I got a great deal (about 1500 us$ extra for the 2 of us)...

Thanks for all the suggestions to my previous post about hotels in the Marsa Alam area. We (husband, daughter (12 y) and SIL) choose Three Corners Equinox, based on reviews about the best house reef, decent food and proximity to Elphinstone (with direct boat from the pier next to the resort)...

Hi all Looking for advice for hotel in Marsa Alam area in February. Already have the flights booked. Yes, I know it will be “cold” - it’s our “warm up”-trip before Galapagos in April😎 We want to test 7 mm suits etc, so should be perfect for us. This trip we’re bringing our 12 year old, who do...

Hi I thought I would share our recent experience traveling to and within Indonesia. We arrived in Bali end of June 2022- was just asked for vaccination certificate (fully vaccinated with booster), nothing about the PL app, insurance or hotel stay. Luggage took forever. We spend 3 days in Kuta...

Hi We're looking to go to Tubbataha in early April 2023. Since it's a long way from Denmark, and we can have up to 2 weeks I wanted to combine the LOB with some land based diving, but I'm unsure, where to go? Something that's easy from Puerto Princesa or Manila - we have 5 days in total, but...

Hi all I'm looking to book domestic flights in Indonesia. I'm aware about the cc problem using a foreign cc on any of the sites, but it seems like that's just one problem. Now I started looking at reviews about traveloka, nusatrip and Tiket - seems they all have a bunch of negative reviews:-/...

Hi all Thought I would just share our experience diving 8 days in Fuvahmulah (FVM) February 11-20 2022 Booking: I contacted "Pelagic divers", who arranged the whole trip including domestic flights. Inah would reply within hours of whatsapping him (sometimes even minutes). Traveling: Ham via...

Hi all Finally we (Husband, son 20, daugther 11 and me) felt we could fly to Indonesia again and last night I booked tickets for Bali in July. We're already booked 7 days in Alor (Alor divers) and 5 nights LOB in Komodo (Wunderpus - Mimic boat) - booked for 2020, but of course got postponed...

Hi there We’re in the Azores (Sao Miguel) and have enjoyed 2 days of diving. Viz is good and the Dori Wreck was nice. Other than that the water is cold and we’ve mostly seen “fish” - add in a few nudies, 1 octopus, barracudas and a large grouper. We have decided not to do any more “close to...

Hello hive minds So AirAsia cancelled our flights and I got an email saying I could get a full refund by chat with AVA and select “refund” from the menu ... problem is: there’s no “refund” in the menu and even when I type in “full refund” it’s not coming up with anything helpful. (Only credit...

Found this today: Komodo Island eyes 50,000 tourists after premium membership system introduced It's not really clear, if the fee is only for Komodo Island, or if it's the whole park. Anyone know more?

Sooooo... I finally managed to convince husband that Tubbataha is THE place to dive, but before I finalise the booking, please help: Right now it looks like: April 9-15 2020 MV Dolphin (6 n/5 days of diving). 1: Is April 9-15 an ok time in Tubbataha? Or is it better to wait until later...

Ok divers. Seriously need your help here! We’ve got 2 weeks in March/April. I wanted Philippines (Southern Leyte and Anilao) husband said Mauritius. I nearly had him convinced changing Anilao to Subic bay, but then came Taal:-/ I still want Philippines - we could fly into Cebu and do Coron...

Hi everyone I did a quick search on the forum, but could not find much, so thought I would ask: Are there any good apps for fish (coral/nudies etc) id out there? I use iPhone and did search in App Store, but before I purchase anything it would be good to know, if they work;-) We mostly dive...

We’ve (husband, sister in law and me) just started our LOB onboard Soleil 2. We arrived yesterday to rain and clouds after 4 h flight from sunny UAE. Transfer to the boat was quick, just short walk to the dhoni and then 10 min sail. We put our gear in boxes under the tanks, and made sure we had...