Archive for the ‘Southeast Asia’ Category
Monday, August 21st, 2017
4 superb specials with the gorgeous Tambora in Indonesia coming up:
23-Oct – 04-Nov 2017: Planet Pelagic
Ambon to Tual via Banda and the Eastern Banda Sea
Special price US$4,160 as compared to regular US$4,895
07-19 Nov 2017: The Blue Asylum
Tual to Saumlaki through the Eastern and Southern Banda Sea
Special price US$4,160 as compared ...
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Friday, July 7th, 2017
Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral will carry out a massive two-year renovation project from 2017 – 2019 with the approval of the Ho Chi Minh’s municipal government. This is the first major refurbishment for the 137-year-old landmark, one of Saigon’s most famous tourist attractions.
The restoration work will be conducted carefully to ...
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Friday, May 26th, 2017
A massive whale is unveiled on the shores of Sea Side Beach Resort in Naic, Cavite, Luzon, Philippines.
The 15m x 3m blue whale, which looked to be in the late stages of decomposition, captured the attention of nearby communities and beachgoers.
As groups gathered to haul off the dead whale, they ...
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Thursday, May 25th, 2017
Gangga Island Resort & Spa is located on the tiny island of Pulau Gangga, just off the northern tip of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The closest dive sites are around Gangga itself and the 2 larger neighbours, Bangka and Talisei, but also with easy reach are the Bunaken Marine Park and the ...
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
20% Discount on the following cruises:
Fiji Siren - Dive Beyond the Bligh
• 10 nights: 25 August - 04 September 2017
Indo Siren - Komodo National Park
• 10 nights: 01 - 11 September 2017
Palau Siren - Dive the Rock Islands
• 7 nights: 21 - 28 August 2017
Philippine Siren - Malapascua & ...
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
Siladen Resort is now offering boat transfers between their resorts in Bangka and Lembeh, diving along the way. This means that changing resort doesn’t mean losing a day of what you love to do most on vacation!
Contact Symbiosis Custom Travel for more info and to book your next dive trip.
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Friday, February 24th, 2017
Bangkok and Chiang Mai may have the richest street food in South East Asia, but Phnom Penh is finally making an effort to join the fray...
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK7vLS_wi9Y&feature=youtu.be[/embed]
Posted in Cambodia, Food and Drink, Travel & Tourism | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Reprinted from the Pandaw Blog
'The Chindwin is the loveliest of rivers...' so wrote my late friend Alister McCrae of his 1930s trip up the great tributary as a young assistant of the Irrawaddy Flotilla*. And so it remains. I have been up a few rivers in my time and the ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Book Raja 4 Divers now for a dive holiday stay between 01 April and 03 June and get an instant 15% discount.
ALSO
Book a stay between 50 August and 30 September and enjoy 10% off.
CURRENT AVAILABILITY (subject to change):
April 2017
01 to 08 Apr 2017, 7 nights - 10 spaces
15% LAST MINUTE ...
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Monday, February 13th, 2017
7 February 2017 / Della Syahni - Mongabay
A Pandansari resident tends mangroves plants. Photo by Donny Iqbal
Indonesia’s national energy strategy relies on large fossil-fuel plants, but remote villages show alternatives are possible.
An estimated 1.6 million poor households in Indonesia are not connected to the electricity grid.
Indonesia's national energy plan, which ...
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Friday, February 3rd, 2017
Published on Mongabay, 27 January 2017: Story and photo by Luc Forsyth
Divided by promises of compensation, ethnic minority villages in northeastern Cambodia face relocation for a hydropower dam.When completed, the Lower Sesan II dam will inundate 36,000 hectares (89,000 acres) of forest and force 5,000 people to relocate, activists say.
The ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
Step back in time and be mesmerized by spirituality and pace of life of modern day Burma. From temple hopping, exploring the countryside, and discovering the coastline, touring Burma by bike is one of the best ways to experience this truly unique destination.
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14 Day, 13 Night Burma Adventure. Guaranteed departures ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
A walk through the amazing Angkor Wat with my friend, Vina.
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qwrTcpWd6Q[/embed]
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Sunday, December 18th, 2016
There are still a few available places for the following cruises in Raja Ampat aboard the lovely Ondina sailing pinisi early next year:
12-21 February 2017. Sorong-Sorong. 9 nights. €2,745/person
23 February – 04 March 2017. Sorong-Sorong. 9 nights. €2,745/person
This route covers the very best dive sites of Raja ...
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