Dive trip December 9-19, 2023

Bilikiki is back after another 10 day trip and we were back to full time diving! Our guests came from Switzerland, Romania and the USA. A special thanks to Islands Dreams for bringing another group of enthusiastic divers! The weather this trip has been AMAZING! What a big difference to have flat seas and beautiful sunny days! We have all been really lucky and are grateful for that! It also felt really good to get back to the full time diving schedule and to see that all our usual fish and critter friends are still around! All the dives were great but we did have some magical dives that we will always remember! 
The fish life was, as always, incredible but the special one this trip was a white and pink scorpion leaf fish! We also have to mention the cuttlefish, the seahorses and the bobtail squid on the night dives, the ghost pipefish (several ornates, robust and thin), the pygmy seahorses, the nine species of anemone fish, the disco clams, the signal gobies, the bumphead parrot fish, the turtles, the jacks, the barracudas, the sharks and rays and all the others too! During this trip we also dove some wrecks from the Second World War, and it was very interesting! Even after 80 years some of those relics are still very intact! 
The carving markets, the village visits and the floating markets were, again, something very special for our guests. Those are experiences that make the trip even more special! 
We would like to thank all our guests for choosing to spend their time with us, it was really nice to meet you all and have you onboard! An enormous thank you, once again, to our amazing crew for their hard work and for taking such good care of all of us!
Until we see you again, 
Happy bubbles! 
Pato&Fernando 
 

 

Posted by Sam and Kellie on December 19, 2023

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