Dive Review of Komodo Liveaboard/Mona Lisa in
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Komodo Liveaboard/Mona Lisa: "Mona Lisa Liveaboard Has Seen Better Times", Jul, 2015, by Joaquin monserrate, Surabaya, ID ( 1 report). Report 8318.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This must have been a good boat at one point, and I suppose the same goes for the diving company that runs it. But both the boat and the company are experiencing evident difficulties. We didn't have to board to notice things were amiss. Whereas other divers on our flight were picked up by staff from their diving operations, we were received by a local ramshackle taxi hired for the occasion. We were driven to an office that was extremely run down and, from the look of things, downright messy. Our baggage was dumped from a truck into a storage room. The nitrox wasn't ready. Then we got to the boat (again by local water taxi) and some of us had no running water, the boat itself was messy and definitely not ready for new arrivals. Like the taxis, the diving staff --including the cruise director-- had been contracted from elsewhere just for this trip. Not surprisingly, they had trouble fielding questions about the boat and how things worked. It's all very sad because the cruise director and his divemaster were outstanding and knowledgeable about the dive sites and currents, and couldn't have been more accommodating, even accommodating special requests. The dives themselves were fantastic. The meals were ok, the crew really did their best with the lot they were given, as did the divers. Back on the shore, again, we were supposed to be picked by a taxi that never showed up. I really couldn't recommend the Monsa Lisa until Komodo Liveraboard(s) gets its act together. I honestly wish them well.
Websites	Komodo Liveaboard Mona Lisa
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Puerto Rico, Burma, Thailand, Caribbean
Closest Airport	Labuan Bajo	Getting There	Easy from many Indonesian destinations (mostly Bali)
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	75-100 Ft/ 23-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	In Komodo, strong currents require groups to stick fairly close together.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Extremely rudimentary on board.

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Dive Review of Komodo Liveaboard/Mona Lisa in Indonesia/Komodo

Komodo Liveaboard/Mona Lisa: "Mona Lisa Liveaboard Has Seen Better Times", Jul, 2015,

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Dive Review of Komodo Liveaboard/Mona Lisa in
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