Walindi Resort, on Papua New Guinea’s New Britain Island, still has some space available in the peak months of May and June 2012. If you can travel at short notice, we can offer low season rates for any new bookings for stays in May and June 2012, both on accommodation and prepaid diving.

Special offer applies to any duration of stay, for both Bungalow and Plantation House accommodation.

The diving and snorkelling in Kimbe Bay is world class with rich diversity and vast numbers of fish – one of the world’s great dive spots so jump at the opportunity if you can!

Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel now to check the latest availability.

Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Sen, yesterday ordered a temporary halt to economic land concessions and the confiscation of land from any companies that have broken the law.

Hun Sen said the move would “maintain equity and refine the effectiveness of economic land concession management” and followed policies on land use, division and management under the second phase of the government’s triangular strategy.

Full story at Asia News Network…

April 30, 2012 by TTRweekly Staff   
Filed under Myanmar, News

YANGON 30 April 2012: Business visas on arrivals will be introduced by Myanmar, 1 June, Union Minister for Immigration and Manpower, U Khin Yee, reported in a briefing to local press, yesterday, held at the Ministry of Industry in the capital, Naypyitaw.

The visa will be issued on arrival at Yangon Airport and cost US$40 with a 70-day validity.

Read full story at TTR Weekly

By Radio Free Asia

Cambodia has called for an immediate halt to the construction of the Xayaburi dam in an official protest note to Laos, officials said in a statement last week, as opposition to the hydropower project gained momentum in Thailand.

Full story at Asia Times Online

Route: Flores ~ Komodo ~ Bali
Dates: 21 May - 01 June 2012 (11 Nights)
Boat: MSV Amira
Offer: 20% last minute discount
Price:  USD 3,520 / EUR 2,588 pp sharing (normal price $ 4400 / € 3235)

Plus Nat Park fee of $40 or €30

NO FLUEL SURCHARGES, NO PORT CLEARANCE FEES

FREE NITROX

Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel to book today.

Twenty-four teams from eight countries will do battle at the 9th annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes tournament being played this week in Phuket from 19-22nd April.

Teams from Australia, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Thailand and around the Asia Pacific region will enjoy four days of cricket, with the action starting at 9am this morning.

The tournament will be played at the new Kata Group Sports Ground (KGSG) being used for the tournament for the first time this year.

Sixes is a shortened, highly entertaining, all action version of cricket in which matches take just half an hour to complete.

In a precursor tournament, the Southern Stars team from Australia won the final of the Karon Sea Sands Beach Cricket tournament against the Thailand Rugby League in fantastic sunny weather on the beach at Karon, Phuket on Tuesday.

Always an entertaining afternoon with some special fun rules, including players having to field with one hand holding a beer, the beach cricket tournament was a big hit with the teams and supporters and attracted quite a crowd.

Pulau Tioman, the towering, tropical forest-clad, coral-fringed island off the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, has a new shipwreck to dive.

The former Royal Malaysian Navy warship KM Sipadan was sunk on 28th March 2012 to become an artificial reef.
 
KM Sipadan was commissioned some 48 years ago under the original name KD Sri Sarawak. It was decommissioned in 2005 and deployed to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency. Prior to sinking, she was cleaned so as not to pollute the South China Sea, and the engine and weapons were removed.
 
The KM Sipadan is 31m long and 4.5m wide and lies at the Sawadee dive site at around 30 metres depth, with the deck at around 25 metres. Sawadee is just south of Pulau Tioman’s popular ABC beach area so is easy to reach.

The Sipadan wreck will soon be covered in marine life and we can’t wait until the marine park officially releases the wreck to divers which will happen once it is firmly settled on the seabed. She is fully penetrable but still needs to be mapped to ensure safe entry and exit.
 
Plans are afoot to offer special training packages including Nitrox, Wreck and Deep Specialty courses.

Contact Symbiosis for more info and to arrange a trip to Peninsular Malaysia.

Last minute offer on Komodo Dive liveaboard, the Moana, booked through Symbiosis Custom Travel.

Cruise Dates: 14th – 19th April 2012 (6-days Komodo National Park)
Last minute discount : 10% off
 
Diving cruise, includes unlimited diving: EUR 1,112 per person published (normally € 1,235).

Non diving cruise: EUR 896 Euro per person (normally € 995).
                                                                                    
Prices do not include domestic flights (approx. € 220 per person / round trip) and Komodo National Park and Harbour Fee (€ 56 Euro per person to be paid in cash on board).

Great for divers or non-divers, and includes a chance to encounter the world’s largest lizard, the Komodo Dragon.

Contact Symbiosis to book now.

Last minute 20% discount for diving onboard the M/Y Vasco – CONTACT SYMBIOSIS now for your space, only 6 spaces left!!!

Trip date: 16-22 April 2012
Where: Tubbataha, the Philippines
Boat: M/Y Vasco
Price: WAS USD $2,150; NOW USD $1,720/per person/sharing
Value: Saved USD $430

INCLUSIONS:
- Full board accommodation in a twin sharing cabin
- Meals, snacks, tea, coffee, juice and drinking water
- Diving (4 non deco dives a day), service of a dive master, full dive tanks and weights belts
- Land transfer to/from the ship

EXCLUSIONS:
- International or domestic flights
- Hotels and meals before and after the cruise
- Dive, travel and medical insurances
- Soft drinks, beer, wine or spirits
- Tips, laundry
- Diving equipment rental
- Nitrox fills
- Park entrance fees

10% discount on bookings at Raja4Divers for stays between 16 and 30 June2012 booked through Symbiosis Custom Travel. This is in addition to the previous offer for stays between 28 April and 02 June. No better time to dive the best diving in the world and stay at Raja Ampat’s newest resort, officially opened in February this year.

Check out the glowing reviews so far on Trip Advisor.

Special discount for ‘last minute bookings’ at Raja4Divers, the newest dive resort to emerge in the spectacular Raja Ampat archipelago, West Papua Province, Indonesia.

10% discount on all packages, including accommodation and diving, for stays at Pulau Pef between 28 April – 02 June 2012 booked with Symbiosis Custom Travel.

What: 11 day, 10 night dive liveaboard

Where: The spectacular Raja Ampat archipelago of West Papua, Indonesia

When: 30 March to 09 April 2012

Vessel: MV Temukira

Offer: 10% discount worth $295 off the normal price

Contact Symbiosis to book now!

For divers and snorkelers who don’t have any plans between 14 May and 11 June, 2012, why not visit Misool Eco Resort and enjoy some of the richest tropical marine life in the world?  

We’re offering a special end-of-season discount of 10% off all accommodation at the glorious Misool Eco Resort for the following dates:

: Monday 14 May to Saturday 26 May, 2012 (12 nights)
: Sunday 27 May to Sunday 3 June, 2012 (7 nights)
: Monday 4 June to Monday 11 June, 2012 (7 nights)

Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel now to book.

Great deals at the Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa, Siem Reap, this summer. Beginning as early as 01 April 2012 – Stay 3 nights, pay for only 2; stay 4, pay 3; stay 5, pay 4!

If you are thinking of a visit to the magnificent Angkor Temples, this is great time to go. Contact Symbiosis to make the arrangements.

Vietnam’s ancient town and UNESCO World Heritage City of Hoi An is set to become the first Asian city to offer free wireless internet access (WiFi), starting at the beginning of the Lunar New Year.

The free internet service covers the three ancient wards of Minh An, Cam Pho and Son Phong.

Hoi An is already a popular destination for tourists, drawn by its old world charm and proximity to the beach and to the ancient historical ruins of My Son.