This was a trip to Puerto Galera on the island of Mindoro. Puerto galera is about 3-5 hours from Manado and requires a short crossing to reach the town.
Most of the diving is muck diving, with a wide variety of critters - nudibranchs, crustaceans and cephalopods. One of the great bonuses here is a good number of sea snakes and turtles - we saw turtles on half of our dives.
Diving is from medium sized pangas, usually in groups of four to six per guide.