What it’s really like to live on a boat in Indonesia for a week
travel is back in a big way and Australian tourists are once again flocking to Indonesia, one of the nation’s favourite overseas holiday spots.WATCH: Child-friendly luxury accomodation, Mulia BaliBut after two years in lockdown most travellers aren’t content with the stock-standard beach holiday anymore.They want excitement and unique experiences and many of them have the cash to afford something a little different, which is exactly what luxury liveaboard The Seven Seas offers.Operating as a dedicated dive cruise and yacht charter around some of Indonesia’s most beautiful and untouched islands, the boat is a traditionally built Indonesian sailing schooner that offers everything a traveller could want – and then some.So what’s it really like to live on a boat in Indonesia for a week? I gave it a try, so keep reading to find out.Luxury liveaboard boat The Seven Seas offers unique travel around Indonesia's best hidden gems.Most Aussies hear the word “cruise” and picture a mid-60s couple on a massive ship full of tiny cabins who spend their days wandering around port cities.The Seven Seas is nothing like that. Serving primarily as a dive boat, guests are encouraged to dive, snorkel or swim around remote reefs and untouched beaches.You can swim with Manta Rays at Komodo Island or see Whale Sharks feeding near Sumbawa, which is a hell of a lot cooler than packing onto a commercial cruise ship with a bunch of oldies.Just know that all the salt water will leave your hair feeling worse than straw, especially if you’re a bottle blonde, and you’re guaranteed to encounter a few stingers in the water.For most people, they just feel like a tiny zap.