Dive Review of Aquamarine/Mimpi Menjagen & Mimpi Tulamben in
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Aquamarine/Mimpi Menjagen & Mimpi Tulamben, Aug, 2006, by Jan and Chuck Simonds, TX, USA . Report 2734.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Thanks to an Undercurrent Chap Book recommendation, we booked our trip to Bali through Aquamarinediving.com. They arranged a custom dive/travel tour for us complete with airport pick-up, van driver and our own dive master for the 8 day trip. This was our first venture diving outside the Caribbean and we wanted to combine sight-seeing around the magical island of Bali with 5 days of diving. The service provided by Aquamarine was excellent and they booked us into small atmospheric hotels that made for great memories. Our guides stopped at two temples along the way including one where a wedding celebration was taking place. The 3 hour drive to Menjagen took us through gorgeous scenery, over mountains, along rice fields and through small villages. We particularly liked the diving off this NW corner of Bali. This was wall diving with great vis, marvelous coral, and beautiful fishlife. We were thrilled to see a cuttlefish laying eggs on the coral, a first for us. In hindsight, I would have preferred staying another day at Menjagen and repeating some of those dives.(We made 5 dives around the small island in two days.) There is a 45 minute boat ride out to the island in a small boat, back-roll off and a little ladder to reenter the boat. The dive master took care of my gear and was terrific with this 69 yr. old lady. At the Mimpi Resort Menjagen we ate at the water admiring three volcanoes visible in Java. Watching the long-tailed fishing boats go out in the morning was also a thrill. We went on to Tulamben where the diving is on the volcanic flow and it was necessary to walk on a very rough beach to the point of shore entry. I found I'm not that fond of shore diving, muck diving or looking at small things on black sand - I know some divers love this. The wreck of the Liberty was gorgeous, covered with wonderful coral and surrounded by huge numbers of fish. Again this was a long trek down the beach on the rocks. I shouldn't complain, women from the village carried our tanks and gear on their heads, amazing. Our final dive destination was Padangbai. The water was cold, our 3 mm wetsuits were not warm enough, vis was poor, diving was again on volcanic flow. I would skip this dive. If you go to Bali don't miss the artist village of Ubud. There are traditional dance performances each evening, a monkey forest to visit, wood carvers, craft markets, and good restuarants. Aquamarine did a fantastic job of arranging the entire trip and the service couldn't have been better.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Roatan, Turks & Caicos, Little Cayman, Grand Cayman, Quanaja, Bonaire, Belize, Jamaica, Cozumel, St. Lucia (450 dives)
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas
Water Temp	78-79°F / 26-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	100-50 Ft/ 30-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Because of the airline weight restrictions my husband didn't bring his underwater camera.

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Dive Review of Aquamarine/Mimpi Menjagen & Mimpi Tulamben in Indonesia/Bali

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Dive Review of Aquamarine/Mimpi Menjagen & Mimpi Tulamben in
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