My favourites from an enjoyable week underwater on Koh Tao – relaxing shallow stuff, a pristine wreck, then deep and exciting out at the offshore pinnacles.… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Diving
A week on Koh Tao
Ko Tao is a classic Goldilocks island – close enough to the beaten track and relatively easy to get to, but far enough from Bangkok and the busy heart of central Thailand that you can (pretend) you’re in remote tropical island bliss.… Continue Reading
Master Divers Koh Tao – diving review
A great week diving with Master Divers on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand. 7 days, 13 dives and a lot of fish…… Continue Reading
Cruising back West to Lombok
For the next two nights and two days I’d be on the Perama boat, heading west from Labuan Bajo to Lombok, via stops on Rinca, Gili Moyo, the village of Labuan Haji and Gili Laba.… Continue Reading
Dive days and lazy evenings in Komodo NP (part 2)
I’m a novice diver, so Komodo NP was a pretty steep learning curve. Dive sites were typically in the lee of exposed seamounts – where the water would be slack, in theory… … Continue Reading
Dive days and lazy evenings in Komodo National Park
My temporary home, Bayview Gardens Hotel, sits on a jungle covered hill above the port – a handful of cottages built on terraces hacked out of the hillside, linked by steep jungle paths and each fronted with an amazing wooden terrace to admire the world-beating sunsets. Adrian, the owner, is your typical Dutch ex-hippy, now… Continue Reading
Similan diving perfection part 2
It was an incredibly intense four days with so many highlights for a new diver; take your pick, and forgive me for listing far too many – it really WAS that good!: Similans – awesome kick-off for certification day – Dolphin Queen was off to Elephant Head Rock (big currents and big boulders – not… Continue Reading
Similan diving perfection
So, for those who don’t know about diving liveaboards (e.g. me, yesterday) the routine is very simple – up at 6am, then eat, dive, eat, dive, eat, dive, eat, dive, eat and finally sleep…… Continue Reading
