Dive Review of
Murex/Serenade liveaboard in
Indonesia/N. SULAWESI

Palu, PNG, Fiji, Hawaii, Caribbean

Dive Conditions

time usually less than 1 hr. except 2 dive sites had over 65 min.  

no pro photogs were on that trip;
lots of ops.  

Overall Rating

Serenade had space for 12 divers but only 6 were on that trip.
Food was good and plenty.  They charge for beer and sodas (normal). 
The ship usually moved at night or 5 AM when the captain could see; the
motor was loud;  there was A/C but no hot water.  The crew was very
helpful.  But, at Manado airport, the corrupt customs officers claimed that
my passport was full ( last 2 pages were empty; post trip, US passport
agency says when you get to last 4 pages, then it's full);  so they wanted
$600US or I go back to Singapore.  They got only US$210 --I had monies in
other pockets.  So, the crew got no tip; Lonely Planet book on Indonesia
does not mention gratuities.
Tono was the divemaster; he was good for dive spots and finding creatures
--esp., a black-hair sea horse at Lembeh; only 1 white tip shark that week.
 Some sites had many fishes and abundant sea life/ coral.  2 dives were
repeated at Bunaken when I stayed following week at Bastiano resort 

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