Archive for the ‘Scuba Diving’ Category

New Year discount with Ondina: Dive Raja Ampat

Monday, December 29th, 2008

  Two Incredible Last Minute Offers to Dive the Best of the Best with SMY Ondina.  Paradise Birds Route: From 23rd of Jan till 2nd  of Feb or From the 5th till the 15th of Feb  10 full diving days in Rajah Ampat for only 1.700 euros/pax or,  if you are a  group of 4 or ...

The global shark fin trade

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Last month, filmmaker Shawn Heinrichs visited Misool Eco Resort to work on his documentary about the global shark fin trade. His story appeared on the front page of CNN.com on 11 Dec and included reference to Misool Eco Resort's efforts to combat it in their No-Take Zone. You can read the article ...

Thailand sinks aircraft to make artificial reef

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Ten aircraft have been submerged off Bang Tao Bay in Phuket’s Talang district in the Andaman Sea to form a new artificial coral reef and diving site. The 16-18 meters deep area where the fleet was sunk has a sand bed, and is one kilometre away from the natural coral ...

Misool Eco Resort last minute deal!

Friday, December 5th, 2008

A couple of spaces remain for a special 12-night trip to the fabulous, new Misool Eco Resort in Indonesia's West Papua.  Trip starts December 24th.  Book now and you'll get a 25% discount! Don't dilly-dally, as I expect these will be snatched up right away. Contact Symbiosis immediately.   [caption id="attachment_235" align="alignnone" width="300" ...

Deals for Divers: Sipadan-Kapalai, Lankayan Island, Malaysia

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

(Sipadan Kapalai, Malaysia) The Sipadan Kapalai and Lankayan Island Resorts in Malaysia, together with Symbiosis Expedition Planning, are offering 10% off all stays between 10 November 2008 and 15 December 2008, of two days or more. This includes all diving and non-diving packages. For more details contact Symbiosis.

Dive permits for Sipadan, Sabah

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

    [caption id="attachment_170" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Pulau Sipadan, Sabah, Malaysia"][/caption] For people hoping to dive at the world renowned island of Sipadan, off the north coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, I would advise planning - and booking - well ahead! The issuance of diving permits is very strict these days. The quota per day ...

Diving Puerto Galera

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

My first revisit for a while to the beach resort area of Puerto Galera - I was expecting a shock.  It was inevitable that there would be considerable development since my last visit 10 years ago and there was.  A rocky peninsular on the north coast of Mindoro Island housing one ...