So in the first part of this trip I wrote about getting to Pom Pom, our experience there, the food, the resort and so on. But obviously we went there for diving! So how was SCUBA diving at Pom Pom island? I didn’t have the best start, gearing up for the first dive..my BCD back […]
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Visiting Celebes Beach Resort at Pom Pom Island, Sabah – Malaysia
So we found out about this place called Pom Pom Island last year at MIDE (Malaysian International Dive Expo), I’d honestly never heard of it before and couldn’t even point to a region on the map where I thought it might be. It turns out, it’s in Sabah, about 30 mins boat road from Semporna, […]
The Pa-aling Divers Of the Phillipines – Compressor Diving
Every time I watch this video I’m like…WHAT. The technical term for this is Surface-supplied diving, and this type is known as compressor diving. Seriously 40 metres, no safety stop, not even a slow ascent. Their DCS (Decompression Sickness AKA “The Bends”) symptoms are so bad some of them go back down just to relieve […]
In Langkawi – Heading To Koh Lipe
So here I am in Langkawi, I have been here once many years ago – and I have to admit I wasn’t impressed. I’m still not now to be honest, the only thing that floors me here time after time is the cheap booze! RM48 for 1L of Absolut, RM3 per beer! It’s nuts. We […]
Back From Redang
Just got back from Redang, was there as the island was closing up – Saturday was actually the last day. Yah it’s not long since my last trip – Finally Back To Scuba Diving – Pulau Lang Tengah – which was my first SCUBA Diving trip since 2005. Kim only just got certified at Lang […]
Finally Back To Scuba Diving – Pulau Lang Tengah
Man it’s been a long, long, long, long, long, LONG time since I’ve gotten to use this SCUBA Diving category tag! In fact there’s only a measly 3 posts in there, this will be the 4th. I started diving way back in 2004 and ended soon thereafter in 2005 – not so much by choice […]
Redang – Sun, Sea and Project AWARE!
Yeah, so finally the Redang trip came…sadly now it’s gone 🙁 Ah well, it was a great break and we did some nature loving activities too in the name of Project Aware[/url]. We left home at some ungodly hour (5am) in a couple of taxis heading to KLIA, where we had a McD style Big […]
Malaysian Marine Day – July 13th-17th
It’s Malaysian Marine Day this week and Project AWARE[/url] is coming up later in the year. Malaysia has some of the most beautiful and varied coral and marine life in the world, it should be preserved, and people need to start respecting it. It’s . Past Marine Days: I don’t think I will be able […]
Tioman, Salang Indah – First Dive of the Season
As I mentioned in my last post, my friends were heading to Tioman[/url] on Friday night after work, so I tagged along.. I dutifully went to work on Friday, finished a bit early to beat the jam, came home and prepared my stuff.. Knocked out a couple of games of DOTA, then headed off to […]
