Songkran is the traditional celebration of New Year in Thailand, with residents washing away their sins and partying in the streets. Yesterday, 13th of April all Thais celebrated the Thai New Year. 1) The word ‘Songkran’ derives from the Pali language of the Therevada Buddhist scriptures, meaning ‘for movement or change’. 2) Originally, the date [...]
Former Sea Bees instructors, divemasters and assistant instructors always like to come back to Sea Bees. Daytrips around Phuket and Khao Lak are good – but even better would be to charter a liveaboard and get away for a few days. That’s exactly what a few of us did. Alex – a former Marco Polo [...]
Last week Arthur Abraham, the box champion, also known as ‘KING ARTHUR” joined our team for a DSD (Intro Dive) heading to the Similans. Our Dive Instructor Stephan showed Abraham the amazing underwater world of the Andaman Sea. It was Abraham’s first dive and he really was amazed.
The high season officially ended last friday 30st of April. To celebrate this, we had an amazing end of season party with good food, swinging music, fabulous people and lots of fun! Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to some of our staff. The good news however, is that most staff will return after their [...]
The pictures don’t lie, the Sea Bees staff had lots of fun during the Thai New Year, also known as the Songkran festival. It is truely a water party! Die Bilder zeigen, dass unsere Mitarbeitern viel Spass hatten während das Thailändische Neujahr, Songkran. Es ist wirklich ein ganz grosses Wasserfest!
Mal wieder Geburtstag im Hause Sea Bees. Stephan, unser Ur-Bayer, wurde ………… (sorry, bald hätte ich mich versprochen!). Er war doch schon überrascht als er nach einer Tagestour zurück kam und feststellen musste, dass wir an seinen Jubeltag gedacht hatten. Es war ein schöner früher Abend mit Kuchen. Der gesamte arbeitende Sea Bees Staff hat [...]
Nach 10 intensiven Ausbildungstagen inklusive erschwerdenen Faktoren wie z.B. der Besuch des Noro-Viruses haben unsere zwei IDC-Schüler die Prüfung zum SSI Tauchlehrer mit Bravour bestanden. Dies musste natürlich gefeiert werden bzw. wurden die zwei danach mittels einer Aufnahmezeremonie durch Neptun und Ariel in den Tauchlehrerhimmel aufgenommen. Auch Christians Aufstieg zum CMAS *** Tauchlehrer bot Anlass [...]
Everybody was looking forward to it for a long time. The probably most popular party of the year: Mikels Birthday/Mikel and Toms Pool and Costume Party. The theme this year was: Come as you want, but make it special! So much room for creativity was appreciated and some wonderful ideas were born. Even though the wheather [...]
Another member of our Sea Bees Team gets older… how old exactly? We will not tell you. You will have to ask her yourself the next time you are here. Congratulations Nat! The whole Sea Bees Team whishes you luck, health and love for the coming year.