Up early the next day we gingerly approached the dive centre, the sight of air tanks and respirators on the pavement lifted our hearts, the diving was on!! We were off to the port and on to the boat in seconds! Our first dive was your typical style bay reef dive, what was under the water was not however typical, amongst the multitude of fish we encountered our first rays and scores of white and black tip sharks, even crawling, yes crawling along the bottom ...

The next morning we were on a flight to Labuan Bajo, Flores. The approach to the airport topped Bali as we defended into the lush mountainous forests only punctuated by the odd rice paddy small holding. The airstrip carved into the mountainside with only a small concrete building for a terminal, we stood and watched as our luggage was carted directly to a small hole in the wall ready for collection. After having done little to no research we were quickly ta...