Bali liveaboard?

In article <11o4238b39nt5ee@corp.supernews.com>, mossman@qnet.com (Greg
Mossman) wrote:

> 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 . . .

OK, you should give Annabelle a call, she just might be able to help, you
have nothing to loose. She is English but has been in Bali for some time
and understands the indonesian way of doing things........

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Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK

<morgand@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <11o4238b39nt5ee@corp.supernews.com>, mossman@qnet.com (Greg
> Mossman) wrote:
>
>> 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 . . .
>
> OK, you should give Annabelle a call, she just might be able to help, you
> have nothing to loose. She is English but has been in Bali for some time
> and understands the indonesian way of doing things........

After some e-mailing back and forth with Indonesia, we finally got my boat
reservations transferred to the travel agent's capable hands. Instead of
the rigamarole of having to fax all this paperwork to a broken fax machine
in Indonesia, complete with copies of both sides of the credit card,
passport, etc., I simply gave the travel agent my credit card number over
the phone and it's done. I'm now booked and confirmed. Komodo here I come.

http://www.kararu.com/liveaboards/voyager/index.html

I'll do Wakatobi some time in the future, I'm sure. But I'm already flying
three legs to get to Bali, a total of 18 hours in the air plus airport time
in between and an overnight at LAX, so I can't imagine wanting to do any
more traveling other than climbing into the back of a taxi, until our bags
are aboard and the boat leaves the dock. Plus infernal Continental hasn't
upgraded us yet on the HNL-GUM legs even though I bought the plane tix and
got on the upgrade waiting list at the earliest point possible. If I get
stuck spending 7.5 hours in coach with my "big bones", even though we did
score our own row of two together in bulkhead, I definitely won't be in the
mood to cram myself onto a puddle jumper. (It's not all fat. My skeleton
measures 24.5" wide from shoulder-to-shoulder. Economy-class seats on
Continental's 767-400 are 17.9" wide. Where do I stick the other 6.6"?
Usually it hangs into the aisle, unless I'm unlucky enough not to get an
aisle seat. Then I get smacked by passengers heading to the head, and
flight attendants with their heavy metal carts and politically correct large
derriers. Sleep is entirely out of the question.)

In article <11o9bf5nv392m6b@corp.supernews.com>, mossman@qnet.com (Greg
Mossman) wrote:

> Then I get smacked by passengers heading to the head, and
> flight attendants with their heavy metal carts and politically correct
> large derriers. Sleep is entirely out of the question.)

Pay the extra and get the "B I G" seats.........;^) i have a smile on my
face now, i have just received two minutes ago our tickets out to
Singapore for our trip to Sulawesi......happy times........

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