Archive for the ‘Southeast Asia’ Category
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Just completed my first 2 dives here at Kri Island in Raja Ampat, indonesia. Having dived all around South East Asia over the past 20 years, I have not seen such an abundance of reef life before... Perhaps at Sipadan 20 years ago, only! But this area is huge... and ...
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Monday, May 31st, 2010
The curfew that has been in place on Bangkok and 23 other provinces within Thailand has been lifted by the Thai Government. The State of Emergency however, remains firmly in place.
The curfew was introduced after the Thai military moved in on the red shirt protestors in the centre of the ...
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
One of our favourite Eco lodges in Southern Thailand, Elephant Hills Nature Lodge, a luxury tented camp located in the rainforest on the edge of Khao Sok National Park in Southern Thailand, surrounded by dramatic, karst limestone mountains, has a great green season offer for the months of June and ...
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Indonesia’s national carrier, Garuda Indonesia, has been named the ‘World’s Most Improved Airline’ in the Skytrax 2010 World Airline Awards.
The Skytrax World Airline Awards is one of the airline industry’s most comprehensive and prestigious measure of service quality and is based on survey results from nearly 18 million international passengers. ...
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Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Now, when you book a whole Cottage (“Private Cottage”) at Lembeh Cottages in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, you pay for just 5 people, not 6.
This Group Offer is ideal for families or small groups of friends. As each Cottage comes with its own Personal Chef - achieve exclusivity for a very ...
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
The mystery of why thresher sharks have such huge tails has been solved.
For years, biologists have been unsure why thresher sharks uniquely sport tails that can grow as long as the shark's body.
Now video footage has confirmed their true function: thresher sharks use their huge tails to swat and stun ...
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
The Philippines is proposing the adoption of a single visa policy for 10 South-East Asian nations, saying it would benefit trade and tourism.
Visitors currently need to secure separate visas for each of the 10 members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Philippine Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said he was ...
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
The UK's Foreign Office (FCO) has revised its travel advice to Thailand, which last week advised against all but essential travel to the whole country.
The travel directive has been amended as follows:
This advice has been reviewed and reissued with amendments to the Summary and the Terrorism and Security ...
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
will take place the weekend of 21 and 22 May 2010 at the Nirwana Gardens on Bintan Island in Indonesia's Riau Islands, just south of Singapore. Triathletes of all levels and countries can join the weekend of fun-filled activities and participate in one of the region’s most festive and vibrant ...
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Also aboard the SY Siren
21 Feb - 02 March 2011 - was 3,300 Euro now with 20% off making it 2,640 Euro
Posted in Deals for Divers, Dive Liveaboards, Diving, Sailing Cruises, Scuba Diving, Southeast Asia | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Aboard the SY Siren
12 - 22 December 2010 - Best of Thailand - was 2,200 Euro now with 20% off making it 1,760 Euro
23 Dec 2010 - 03 Jan 2011 - Similan Islands, Thailand and Mergui Archipelago (Burma) - was 2,600 Euro now with 10% off making it 2,340 Euro
Contact ...
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
One of the most recent additions to the fleet of high end, sailing pinisi liveaboards in Indonesia is the exquisite Aurora, launched late last year.
Symbiosis is offering a 10% discount on a liveaboard dive safari on this gorgeous vessel to the Banda Sea (Ambon ~ Maumere)
01-13 Oct (12 nights)
Also, for small ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
We have had some additional places open up on some of our tours for the 2010 Mount Hagen Cultural Festival in August this year.
This is a highly sought after Papua New Guinea experience - the famous Mount Hagen Cultural festival. A must for people interested in photographing people.
In addition to ...
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
The 2m-long reptile is a monitor lizard, the group to which the world's longest and largest lizards belong.
The monitor, described as spectacular by the scientists who found it, lives in forests covering the Sierra Madre mountains in the north of the country.
The striking reptile has bright yellow, blue and green ...
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_996" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Rock islands in Raja Ampat bay. Photograph: Alamy"][/caption]
See this article about Misool Eco Resort, published in the UK's Guardian newspaper at the end of March.
Learn more about Misool Eco Resort and the exceptional diving there.
Interested to see for yourself? Contact Symbiosis Expedition Planning.
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