Hats off to the marketing team at Wakatobi! last year during my resort stay, on the last day they give guests who are leaving the chance to walk around the Pelagian, before the next lucky group arrive, I was mesmerized by the quality of this boat and I knew one day I would be on it! So as I pack up my things from the resort and prepare for my voyage through the Atolls and remote islands, I'm not sad to close the door on my palm bungalow.
A couple of days previous to departure I was informed there would only be 3 guests on board for the week, a boat this size and only 3 divers! how lucky. Then my thoughts turned to "who are the other 2" where are they from? will they be pro Brexit or anti Brexit..... to my delight I spent a week onboard with Andrea and Mikele, could not wished to be in better company. I will fondly remember the lunch and dinner chats and the great boiled egg cook off! I will miss Mikele's shirts and his successful attempt at being a human nudibranch! I miss you guys and I hope we meet again.
The experience of the Pelagian was superb, Clare and Rizal were excellent! due to bad weather and winds we could not do the muck dive and subsequently missed out on the Mandarin fish, but I appreciate Mikele's shirt as at times I thought they were close!
Talks or Pirates, Mikele struggling to find the boat where he head butted it full on, being called a whale as I stretched across 3 seats, I was truly around nice people. I will treasure my Swiss army knife and my first canvas of Mikele's Mount will be on its way soon.
