As part of their 6-month internship programme, the Sea Bees Assistant Instructors had the opportunity of learning about the local recompression chamber. So, one fine Sunday morning, everyone gathered at the hospital. / Im Rahmen ihres 6-monatigen Ausbildungsprogramms, ergab sich für die angehenden Instruktor Assistenten die Möglichkeit, die örtliche Dekompressions-Kammer zu besuchen und etwas über ihre [...]
Jetzt werden sich sicher einige von Euch fragen, warum wir hier in Khao Lak ein Bergfest veranstalten und was das eigentlich ist. Some of you (non-Germans) might ask yourselves what strange things the team in Khao Lak are doing – celebrating half the season… (yes, a lot of us are). Um es gleich am Anfang [...]
A man who stayed behind to defend his home from a bushfire in western Australia used scuba diving equipment to escape the blaze. While others in the town of Margaret River fled their homes, Peter Fabrici got his wife to safety and then went back to fire-proof his home. Seeing houses in the distance going [...]
Measures to prevent illicit fishing of Mediterranean bluefin tuna have been strengthened at the annual meeting of governments involved in the industry. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat) decided to implement an electronic system for recording bluefin catches. Research shows catches have been far higher than skippers have declared. The meeting, [...]
Marco Polo headed out on its first trip of the season with Mike and Huby at the helm. Heading up towards The Similans, they made the most of the stunning underwater landscape. What a great way to spend your Surface Interval – amongst nature. Can’t improve on the original – so no photoshop used here! [...]
Only in Phuket could we manage to link these all together… and help raise over 400,000 Baht in one morning. Horse Racing: The first Tuesday of every November is the day for the Melbourne Cup – literally the “race that stops a nation”. And to make the most of this day – the Andara Resort [...]
These turtles were definitely worth getting up at 3am in the morning to run for! And with over 700 runners, it seems no one had a problem with an early start with the race starting at 4.45am. And whilst the rest of us were sleeping, they were raising lots of money. Congratulations to all of [...]
Into the jungle again! Breakfast is like dinner – not brilliant but it fills our stomachs. Then it is time to say goodbye and everything has to be put into the small boat again. On our ride back, we get the chance to enjoy the great landscape for a last time. Our walk to the [...]
At last – diving! Two dives are planned for today – wall and cave dives at Cheow Lan Lake in Khao Sok National Park. Logistics are a bit more difficult because we are moving to swimming cottages on the lake. This means packing everything up and getting it all into the car and then placing it [...]
First thing on our schedule today – canoeing through the jungle. We leave a bit late – somebody forgot to set their alarm… The sun is shining – the rain stopped overnight. The landscape that surrounds us is stunning. Dark green jungle mixed with chalk rock, calm water alternating with rougher stretches. We spot our [...]
