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Scuba Diving in Papua New Guinea

If I have to describe, with one word, the diving here in Papua New Guinea, I would pick currents. We deal with currents on almost all the dives. It’s a double edged sword as currents are hard on air consumption … Continue reading

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ADVENTURE to the Blue Hole

Today is adventure day. The dive group and some of the crew are going to motor with the tender down a river and then dive in the Blue Hole. Dan, the captain/cruise director hasn’t been there in 15 years, so … Continue reading

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Air Niugini

We are off to Papua New Guinea in a few days to go scuba diving. We have booked flights within PNG on Air Niugini, the national domestic and international air carrier of PNG. We have had experiences with other domestic … Continue reading

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Philippines Photos

Photos are now loaded into the blog from our trip to the Philippines in the spring. To view photos, hover over “Photos” until the drop down menu appears. The photos are under the “Asia” subheading. Hover over “Asia” and another … Continue reading

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Muck Diving in Tulamben

In the Tulamben area, all the diving is shore diving. We learn a new system once again. We meet at 8:30 at the resort dive shop and don our wetsuits, check our tanks and make sure we have all our … Continue reading

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Wakatobi to Tulamben

It is a travel day for us. Wakatobi to Tulamben. It’s quite the schedule: 6:30 luggage outside and breakfast, 7:30 pay bill, 8:30 vacate room, 9:30 leave for airport via boat then car, 11:30 flight leaves, 2:30 flight arrives in … Continue reading

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Diving from the Pelagian

The first two days of diving from the Pelagian are unexciting. The reef doesn’t seem to be the pristine eco system that we had heard about. By day three, we change our minds. Healthy coral, both soft and hard, stretches … Continue reading

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Wakatobi Resort

We disembark the Pelagian this morning and are now staying at the Wakatobi Resort. The resort is run like a finely tuned Ferrari. We are met, checked in, given a tour of the dive center and then whisked away to … Continue reading

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Pelagian

Ok, we are a bit late but we just spent a week on the nicest appointed boat we have been on, the Pelagian, part of the Wakatobi dive resort. It started life as a private yacht and was converted into … Continue reading

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Wakatobi, here we come

Many years ago, I think back in 2018, we heard about the Wakatobi resort. It was from a older American gentleman (he was maybe 80 yrs old) from the deep south of the country where everyone has that distinctive drawl. … Continue reading

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