Dive Review of
Rongelap Expepditions/ Oleanda in
Micronesia/Kwajalein, Marshall Islands

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Luckily we used charge cards when my husband and I and two friends booked
this trip in August, 2005 expepcting to be on the liveaborad, Oleanda, from
April 13 -21,2006.  On March 8th I received a call from one of the divers
in our group who said he'd just received an email message stating that the
trip had been cancelled! He was the only person in our group who received
the email, however when I followed-up Rongelap Expeditions said the trip
was indeed cancelled - with little explanation.  Rongelap Expeditions had
not been very responsive to other inquiries for information throughout the
months preceding the cancellation, so perhaps this is standard operating
procedure for them.  After months of anticipation it was more than
disappointing to have the trip cancelled, and even worse the way Rongelap
Expeditions handled the situation.  They were very slow to credit our
charge cards, but did finally get around to doing that - perhaps because we
had contacted the charge card companies and complained.  Even so, we lost
money because of the penalties for changing airline tickets.  Yes, we had
trip insurance, but the coverage did not include cancellation by the dive
operator simply because they didn't feel like running the trip. It is
exciting to dive remote areas, but not all operaotrs are responsible.  We
will not be booking another trip with Rongelap Expeditions, that's for
sure! 

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