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a personal guide to scuba diving in Thailand and South East Asia
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Tambora Liveaboard Review
Tambora is a new luxury liveaboard that spends the entire year exploring Indonesia. This is a review of the boat itself, with photos and notes on the facilities and operation to help you decide if it's the boat for you Introduction Tambora was initially recommended to me by my friend Dom, who runs the large [...]
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Pearls Of Borneo – EZ Dive Magazine
My story about scuba diving in Indonesian Borneo is now out in EZ Dive magazine - exploring the islands of Nabucco, Kakaban, Derawan and Sangalaki - and the hidden reef of Palau Sambit Back in May I did a trip on the Tambora liveaboard to explore the coastline of Indonesian Borneo. The article I wrote [...]
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Sardine Run South Africa 2010: Death From Above And Below
South Africa's annual Sardine Run sees millions of sardines spawning and travelling northwards up the country's eastern coast - closely followed by thousands of dolphins, sharks and gannets all anticipating a feast... Imagine being dropped into 18 degree green water, with 2 metre visibility, and just about making out the glint of a large baitball [...]
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Great White Sharks In Australia Magazine
My great white shark encounter with Rodney Fox in southern Australia was featured in the UK's Australia & New Zealand magazine recently Just remembered this was published a few months ago - a syndication of my Rodney Fox and the Great White Sharks story originally written for Asian Diver magazine. The story appeared in the [...]
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Palau Scuba Diving Story in EZ Dive Magazine
My story about diving in Palau's epic seascapes amongst the sharks is now out in the June 2010 issue of EZDive magazine, the bilingual Chinese-English dive magazine A quick sneak peek of my Palau feature for EZ Dive magazine, published this month with photos by Jez Tryner (and one by Tim Rock too). Palau is [...]
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Pattaya Clownfish Release
You can never have too many clownfish, and to celebrate World Ocean Day on June 8th a group of Thai divers released one hundred clownfish in Pattaya to help replenish the reefs. As part of World Oceans Day on June 8th, a group of volunteer Thai divers in Pattaya took part in a clownfish release [...]
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How To Get To Raja Ampat
Raja Ampat is for the many the ultimate diving destination - but how do you get there? Here's a rundown of the different ways of getting this amazing and remote dive location in Indonesia. To get to Raja Ampat, you need to fly to the Indonesian airport of Sorong. It's located over on the far [...]
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Scuba Diving In Indonesian Borneo On The Tambora Liveaboard
Indonesian Borneo is now being explored by liveaboards, making the islands of Derawan, Sangalaki, Kakoban and Maratua accessible in one trip I recently dived in Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of Borneo - with Tambora, a newish liveaboard that is pursuing an ambitious yearly itinerary across Indonesia. (See Tambora's current schedule and prices). The Tambora [...]
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Thailand’s Underwater Sights
My story about Thailand's Underwater Sights was published today on the CNNGo website CNN launched a new website called CNNGo.com a few months ago that covers life in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Mumbai and Shanghai. As part of their current Relax Asia series, I wrote an article about how laid back scuba diving can [...]
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Tonga Humpback Whale Expedition 2010
If you've ever wanted to see humpback whales up close and personal, a photographic expedition being put together for September 2010 might be one of the best chances you can get. Just a quick headsup that underwater photographer Tim Rock is putting together a very special charter expedition to go and see the humpback whales [...]
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