Palau has been the dream of a lifetime for me, and so when I was offered the chance to do a liveaboard on Big Blue Explorer I jumped at the chance. Palau is very close to the Philippines and is a perfect destination to combine with your next Malapascua or Philippines visit. This trip was …
Trevor and I have been lucky enough to meet and work with some wonderful people in the diving industry over the years. We have made many lifelong friends and have many wonderful memories. Sadly, the 2004 tsunami in Thailand affected many of them and had catastrophic effects on their health, businesses and livelihoods. Recently a …
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The November IDC came around very quickly and this time it was an all girl crew. The three ladies passed with flying colors, and as usual scored very well in the Instructor Exams, doing themselves and TSD proud. l-r: John, Yvette, Sylvia, George, Louise, Mike Yvette, Sylvia and Louise came to us from varying backgrounds. …
October saw another very successful IDC at TSD. Our three instructor candidates passed with flying colours, scoring very highly on their Instructor Exams. They were all pleased to note that they scored way above other candidates and only then realized how well prepared they had been made. All presentations were ones they had seen during …
One for the Road Pirates Dive Club After the amazing fortnight we have just had, we feel we owe an entire blog entry to the One for the Road Pirates Dive Club. After a full-on two week visit by the 35-strong contingent of the Chinese ex-pat Pub and affiliated Dive Club, they sadly left us …
Thresher Shark Divers put on a very special event for International Cleanup Day this year, with a truly international group of volunteers from the UK, China, USA, South Africa, Italy, Portugal, France, Canada and Israel and others. Clean up briefing with Mike The afternoon’s festivities started with free cleanup dives. About 40 volunteers went out …
August was a bit of a rollercoaster month at TSD going from very quiet to hugely busy and back again. Another IDC started on August 1 so a lot of last minute preparations were being made by all our candidates. Then it was full on classroom and in-water work for them for the next 10 …
Our IDC started on August 1 with four eager but slightly panicky candidates. Martin with Petr and Mike getting ready to do skill circuits First up we had Martin, who is changing careers. He’s making a sideways jump from the snowboarding industry to diving and had been with us for 4 months already. He had …
For some of us, it’s already time to start thinking about our diving trips for next year. For those who prefer their diving liveaboard style, we have new schedules for 2010 and 2011. First up are the Expedition Fleet Tubbataha liveaboards that run from March to June each year. There will be 4 running boats …
