Bali liveaboard?

And have you ever thought of a dive safari?
Here is some info about the one I did last week:

http://www.atlantis-bali-diving.com/index.html

May be worth looking at if the liveaboard option fails

And have you ever thought of a dive safari?
Here is some info about the one I did last week:

http://www.atlantis-bali-diving.com/index.html

May be worth looking at if the liveaboard option fails

"h daflon" <hdaflon@blablanoos.fr> wrote in message
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> And have you ever thought of a dive safari?
> Here is some info about the one I did last week:
>
> http://www.atlantis-bali-diving.com/index.html
>
> May be worth looking at if the liveaboard option fails

Maybe, but after all the traveling to get there, I'd rather be able to
unpack my bags and relax. The safari sounds like you're always on the move.
On a liveaboard, you're also on the move, but you're on the move on a 150
foot floating hotel. If you knew how much my wife packed, you'd never
suggest schlepping it around the island. Even if you can hire porters to
carry it all, it's wearing just to watch them.

"h daflon" <hdaflon@blablanoos.fr> wrote in message
news:437a48fb$0$8812$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-06.noos.net...
> And have you ever thought of a dive safari?
> Here is some info about the one I did last week:
>
> http://www.atlantis-bali-diving.com/index.html
>
> May be worth looking at if the liveaboard option fails

Maybe, but after all the traveling to get there, I'd rather be able to
unpack my bags and relax. The safari sounds like you're always on the move.
On a liveaboard, you're also on the move, but you're on the move on a 150
foot floating hotel. If you knew how much my wife packed, you'd never
suggest schlepping it around the island. Even if you can hire porters to
carry it all, it's wearing just to watch them.

<<. Even if you can hire porters to
> carry it all, it's wearing just to watch them. <<

lol!

More seriously, in a safari, you can stay 2 or 3 days at the same place, in
nice hotels (which I suppose are much more enjoyable than a balinese boat
with no swimming pool) so that you don't have to unpack too often!

<<. Even if you can hire porters to
> carry it all, it's wearing just to watch them. <<

lol!

More seriously, in a safari, you can stay 2 or 3 days at the same place, in
nice hotels (which I suppose are much more enjoyable than a balinese boat
with no swimming pool) so that you don't have to unpack too often!

In article <11nesj12tvflc48@corp.supernews.com>, mossman@qnet.com (Greg
Mossman)


> Having just found out that July '06 charter of Kararu's Sea Safari III
> that I had been planning on going on has been canceled due to lack of
> interest, I now have plane tickets sending me to Bali for two weeks
> with no place to go.

Greg, i dont know if this will help you but..........when we were in Bali
we dived with "aquamarine", they were at the recent "Dive 05" show at the
NEC in Birmingham uk, and Annabelle who runs the operation in Bali has
said.............
"
>"My suggestion was that Greg Mossman looked at joining a trip onboard the
>luxury yacht Pelagian which was bought earlier this year by Wakatobi.
>Greg's flight are in/out of Bali, as are Wakatobi's charter flights.
>That way he (and his wife from the look of the e-mail) can arrive in
>Bali, relax for a day or two (maybe do a Day Trip to Tulamben, wherever)
>then do the charter flight to Wakatobi, again maybe dive at the resort
>itself?, join Pelagian and do some liveaboard diving, back either
>directly to Bali or stay again at Wakatobi resort, dive/relax/shop in
>Bali - or simply fly straight out again. It sounds like a lot of
>travelling/unpacking which Greg said he wanted to avoid, but it doesn't
>need to be!
>Greg can
>contact me on AnnabelThomas@AquaMarineDiving.com and I can help him with
> the planning or straight reservation with Pelagian/Wakatobi.

> Annabel Thomas, Director
> AquaMarine Diving - Bali, PADI Gold Palm Resort 6344
> Jalan Raya Seminyak 2A, Bali 80361, Indonesia
> PO Box 2098, Kuta, Bali 80361, Indonesia
> Website www.AquaMarineDiving.com


www.seatreker.com
Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK

In article <11nesj12tvflc48@corp.supernews.com>, mossman@qnet.com (Greg
Mossman)


> Having just found out that July '06 charter of Kararu's Sea Safari III
> that I had been planning on going on has been canceled due to lack of
> interest, I now have plane tickets sending me to Bali for two weeks
> with no place to go.

Greg, i dont know if this will help you but..........when we were in Bali
we dived with "aquamarine", they were at the recent "Dive 05" show at the
NEC in Birmingham uk, and Annabelle who runs the operation in Bali has
said.............
"
>"My suggestion was that Greg Mossman looked at joining a trip onboard the
>luxury yacht Pelagian which was bought earlier this year by Wakatobi.
>Greg's flight are in/out of Bali, as are Wakatobi's charter flights.
>That way he (and his wife from the look of the e-mail) can arrive in
>Bali, relax for a day or two (maybe do a Day Trip to Tulamben, wherever)
>then do the charter flight to Wakatobi, again maybe dive at the resort
>itself?, join Pelagian and do some liveaboard diving, back either
>directly to Bali or stay again at Wakatobi resort, dive/relax/shop in
>Bali - or simply fly straight out again. It sounds like a lot of
>travelling/unpacking which Greg said he wanted to avoid, but it doesn't
>need to be!
>Greg can
>contact me on AnnabelThomas@AquaMarineDiving.com and I can help him with
> the planning or straight reservation with Pelagian/Wakatobi.

> Annabel Thomas, Director
> AquaMarine Diving - Bali, PADI Gold Palm Resort 6344
> Jalan Raya Seminyak 2A, Bali 80361, Indonesia
> PO Box 2098, Kuta, Bali 80361, Indonesia
> Website www.AquaMarineDiving.com


www.seatreker.com
Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK

<morgand@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Greg, i dont know if this will help you but..........when we were in Bali
> we dived with "aquamarine", they were at the recent "Dive 05" show at the
> NEC in Birmingham uk, and Annabelle who runs the operation in Bali has
> said.............
> "

Thanks. I had looked into Pelagian's schedule and found out they were now
based in Wakatobi, but I still have my heart set on diving Komodo on an
11-night itinerary. I do have a confirmation with Kararu's Voyager, but
getting them a deposit to hold it has been troublesome since their fax
machine isn't picking up (or when it does, it makes a very faint attempt at
"handshaking" which my loud-talking American fax machine ignores). Out of
frustration, I've decided to give a travel agent a chance: Island Dreams,
listed as one of Kararu's local agents. Normally I like to do it myself,
but I figure an agency who books often with them will have more clout than
an individual, in case the boat wants to do something funny like bump me at
the last minute to secure an full-boat charter. I'll let the agency deal
with the money and paperwork and if I have problems I can pick up the phone
and talk to someone during my normal waking hours whose first language is
English. We'll see . . .

<morgand@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote in message
news:b5idnfCx1qBSCBzenZ2dnUVZ8qWdnZ2d@pipex.net...

> Greg, i dont know if this will help you but..........when we were in Bali
> we dived with "aquamarine", they were at the recent "Dive 05" show at the
> NEC in Birmingham uk, and Annabelle who runs the operation in Bali has
> said.............
> "

Thanks. I had looked into Pelagian's schedule and found out they were now
based in Wakatobi, but I still have my heart set on diving Komodo on an
11-night itinerary. I do have a confirmation with Kararu's Voyager, but
getting them a deposit to hold it has been troublesome since their fax
machine isn't picking up (or when it does, it makes a very faint attempt at
"handshaking" which my loud-talking American fax machine ignores). Out of
frustration, I've decided to give a travel agent a chance: Island Dreams,
listed as one of Kararu's local agents. Normally I like to do it myself,
but I figure an agency who books often with them will have more clout than
an individual, in case the boat wants to do something funny like bump me at
the last minute to secure an full-boat charter. I'll let the agency deal
with the money and paperwork and if I have problems I can pick up the phone
and talk to someone during my normal waking hours whose first language is
English. We'll see . . .