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Egypt & Red Sea Dive Trip Part II
A one hour flight with Egypt Air gets us from Cairo to the ancient capital of Egypt, Thebes, now called Luxor. It is also quite a bit warmer than in Cairo and no more sandstorms. The magnificent Karnak Temple complex and Luxor Temple are the highlights [...]
Egypt & Red Sea Dive Trip 2012 – Part I
This is my 5th dive trip to Egypt and diving the Red Sea - and the first time back since the revolution. It will be interesting to see what has changed. This is a “Fam trip” for dive shop owners, which we at Fly & Sea Dive Adventures have been offering for several years. We will be diving [...]
DEMA 2011
Dema 2011 in Orlando As I write this I am sitting on the plane back from DEMA (Diving & Equipment Manufacturing Association) 2011. This is the largest Dive Industry show in the world, where training agencies, dive resorts, underwater imaging companies, liveaboards, dive equipment manufacturers, instructors, dive travel companies, presenters, liveaboards and dive shops come [...]
Diving at Minahasa Lagoon
October 19 After 3 days of diving in Lembeh Strait, it was time for us to leave Eco Divers Resort Lembeh and return to the westside of the island. Enroute we visited Tasikoki Wildlife Rescue – an animal rescue centre which is supported by Eco Divers. Most divers will combine diving in Lembeh Strait and [...]
Diving with Eco Divers in Lembeh Strait
Oct 16 We have just completed 3 days of critter diving, also known as “muck diving” in Lembeh Strait. WOW! While the walls of Bunaken National Park are beautiful with a huge bio-diversity of marine life, Lembeh Strait certainly offers divers something unique. While there are also some beautiful walls, swim-throughs and reef patches, Lembeh [...]
Diving with Tasik Divers in Bunaken National Park
Oct 13 I’ve now been in North Sulawesi for a day and lots of interesting things have happened. The trip between Derawan Island and Manado was a full day affair: a half hour boat ride to the mainland, then a 2 hour drive to Berau, a 45 minute flight to Balikpapan, another 2 hour flight [...]
Mantas at Sangalaki Island
Oct 10 Where do I begin? What a day this was! I knew we were likely going to dive with Mantas today…but I didn’t expect this. We started out from Derawan Island at about 8am and a 50 minute ride in Derawan Island Lodge’s speedboat took us to Sangalaki Island. This uninhabited island, a protected [...]
Diving at Derawan Island
Oct 09 As I arrived in Berau yesterday early afternoon, Nadine from Tasik Divers welcomed me. She is going to be the resort manager here at Derawan Island Dive Lodge. A 2 hour ride through the countryside of Kalimantan, Borneo took us to Tanjung Batu, the closest town to Derawan Island. From here it was [...]
From Beijing to Derawan Island
Oct 8 Having crossed the international date line and having caught only a few hours of sleep in Jakarta, I find myself in yet another airport lounge and it’s already Saturday morning. It’s weird when you “lose” a day – but I know I will gain it back on the return. I still haven’t arrived [...]