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Sipadan in August - Spaces still available! 2007-07-27 04:06:00 Sipadan is more popular than ever this year and August is basically fully booked.But for those of you looking for a last minute escape, Seaventures Dive Resort still has places available for the first week of August.It's a unique resort and great value. And you get all the best Sipadan dives.An example package:5D/4N with 11 dives is US$ 600 per personResort diving includes: Dives, boat rides, unlimited but unguided platform diving, experienced English-speaking divemaster, mineral water, tanks, weights and weightbelts. Diving excludes: Marine park fees are approx. US$ 11 per person per day, are payable on arrival. Dive equipment can be rented on arrival too.Resort accommodation (based on two share) includes: Bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner, Tawau Airport - resort return transfers. If you are a single diver you can share with another diver or pay single supplement to get your own room.More information: Seaventures Dive ResortFor bookings, please contact Blog@Dive-The-World.com, call ou ...

Bargain Priced Liveaboard to Raja Ampat in October 2007-07-25 06:30:00 We've got availability on the Shakti Liveaboard to Raja Ampat in October!The only liveaboard permanently based in the Irian Jaya region, the Shakti operates out of Sorong and runs dive trips throughout the year. The trouble is that it's so popular that it's usually fully booked. But places have opened up for the 1-12 October trip so grap your spot while you can! Explore the incredible marine diversity and breathtaking topside scenery of Raja Ampat at the lowest price available. To dive onboard Shakti is to experience authentic frontier diving in small groups from a traditional Pinisi sailing motor yacht, yet not compromise on comfort or efficiency.Trip details:12 days / 11 nightsDives: 35 divesDestination: Irian Jaya – Raja Ampat Islands (western Papua New Guinea) – Cape Kri and Dampier Strait, plus Waigeo and Batanta Islands – WWII Japanese and American ship and fighter plane wrecks, or Misool Island – pristine and unexplored reefs and wrecks with enormous schools of f ...

New Website launched – Dive The World Liveaboards 2007-07-21 01:00:00 We realise that there are a lot of you out there who feel that liveaboards are the only way to go when it comes to diving holidays. However it can be difficult to find the right boat to meet all your expectations.So here at Dive The World we are beginning a new project to bring you all the liveaboard information you need in our helpful and easy-to-follow format - www.DiveTheWorldLiveaboards.comWe have begun with only a few destinations but will be adding to this list all the time until we have a comprehensive range of boats to suit all budgets diving in the best liveaboard diving destinations in the world.As usual we try to give you more than you will find anywhere else to help you get exactly what you are looking for.We aim to cover the best diving spots in the world, recommending reliable operators to ensure you get the best service and facilities for your money. We aim to cover South-East Asia, Australasia and the Pacific as well as Mexico, The Caribbean and more…Check out our de ...

Diving Worldwide - Specials and Last Minute Deals 2007-07-13 20:59:00 If you are looking for a last minute deals, special offers or information on special trips, this is the place to look.Andaman Islands Andaman Islands Safaris in 2008 and 2009Useful Worldwide Diving LinksDive The World Liveaboards ...

Mermaid I visits the Andaman islands in 2008 and 2009 2007-07-13 04:19:00 Wish you could dive somewhere new and exciting? Want to get waay from all the other divers? Then you are in luck.....The MV Mermaid I, one of the finest liveaboards operating in Thailand and Burma has just released news that is is running 'Once In A Lifetime' trips to the remote and pristine Andaman islands. The Andaman islands are practically the last frontier in diving. You can experience the pioneer feeling as the boat glides through remote crystal waters without another soul in sight. Enjoy the 'fish soup' that are the Andaman island dive sites as well as incredible volcanic sites, underwater hot springs, walls and even exploratory dives - you could discover and amazing dive site for the first time!Be the envy of your friends and go where very few have gone before...on an Andaman islands liveaboard!06-17 April 2008 - ONE trip only12 Days / 11 NightsUp to 40 divesMaster/Single Cabin - US$ 4,390 per personDeluxe Cabin - US$ 3,990 per personBudget Cabin - US$ 3,490 per person ...

Improvements at Nomads Resort, Lembeh 2007-07-12 04:11:00 Nomads resort is one of the newest resorts in the Lembeh Strait and has been sending guests away more than happy with their low key, friendly approach to diving.There have been some recent improvements at the resort which remains very comfortable and homely if not particularly fancy.There is a new Minahasa Bungalow great for romantic couples featuring hot water, aircon, bamboo furniture, mosquito net, Balinese open-roof style bathroom and a veranda overlooking the bayThere is a new 9m fibreglass boat and the boats all carry first aid kit, oxygen and mobile phonesThe standard rooms all have hot water and a ceiling fan to complement the breezes coming down the StraitFor more information on the resort and all prices see here:Nomads Adventure ResortRead about Lembeh's amazinf diving opportunities:Lembeh Dive Sites ...

Spinner Dolphins beached in Phuket 2007-07-05 04:10:00 PHUKET: Two gravely ill dolphins are being treated at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) after washing ashore in separate incidents – the first at Karon Beach yesterday and the second in Phang Nga’s Tai Muang District this morning.PMBC biologist Kongkiat Kittiwattawong told the Gazette that the first, a 40-kilogram female spinner dolphin (S. longirostris), washed ashore at Karon Beach about 7 am yesterday.The spinner, 1.6 meters long and about five years old, was too weak to swim back out into the heavy surf and showed symptoms of a severe lung infection, but otherwise appeared healthy.Officers at the Kata Fire Station had tried unsuccessfully to push the animal back out to sea through the heavy surf at Karon Beach, and then took the animal by pickup truck to a section of Kata Beach with smaller waves, but the dolphin was too weak too swim away.The second dolphin, a 50-kilogram female striped dolphin (S. coeruleoalba), was taken to the PMBC this morning. It also showed sign ...

Phuket to have biggest aquarium in Southeast Asia 2007-07-05 03:48:00 BANGKOK (The Nation): Ripley Entertainment, operator of Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum, plans to build and open a 2.1-billion-baht aquarium in Phuket within three years.The firm will enter into a joint venture with Thailand-based conglomerate Minor International Plc, the franchisee of the Ripley museum in Pattaya.The aquarium project will be Ripley’s second property in Thailand and its first aquarium outside the US.The aquarium is planned to cover 10,000 to 12,000 square meters and would be bigger than Underwater World in Singapore, which claims to be the biggest aquarium in Southeast Asia.Ripley Entertainment President Robert Masterson said the group intended to hold a major stake in the new project.Phuket’s tourism had recovered from the great damage inflicted by the 2004 tsunami, he said.Mr Masterson declined to reveal the location and amenities of the project, saying it was too early to go into details.He did not think political uncertainty would affect investor confidence ...

Red and Pink Corals Get U.N. Trade Protection 2007-07-02 04:24:00 THE HAGUE - Trade in red and pink corals prized as jewellery for 5,000 years will be restricted to try to help the species recover after drastic over-exploitation, a U.N. wildlife conference agreed on Wednesday. Countries at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted 62 to 28 to start regulating export of corals, now harvested mainly in the Mediterranean and Western Pacific in a business worth millions of dollars. "Regulation of trade is necessary to ensure they do not become threatened with extinction," said Andrew Bruckner, a U.S. official who authored the proposal at the June 3-15 talks. He said that current harvesting was depleting stocks. Necklaces made of the red and pink corals, collectively known as Corallium, can cost up to $20,000. Many other species of coral are already protected by CITES. "Corallium, the most valuable of the precious corals, has been fished for over 5,000 years," the U.S. proposal said, adding that millions of items and thousa ...

First giant manta ray born in captivity 2007-06-29 03:43:00 Article appears courtesy of MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 17, 7:35 AM ET What is believed to be the first giant manta ray born in captivity has arrived at a southern Japanese aquarium, the facility said Sunday. The baby manta, a female, was born late Saturday in a huge fish tank at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, more than a year after its parents mated, the aquarium said in a statement posted Sunday on its Web site.In a video capturing the birth, the baby manta, rolled up like a tube, came sliding out of the mother manta, then quickly spread its fins and began swimming around. The scene, recorded by the aquarium, was broadcast by national broadcaster NHK on Sunday.The event marks the first birth of a manta in captivity, according to the aquarium, which started raising manta rays in 1988. Noriyasu Suzuki, an official at the Izu-Mito Sea Paradise commercial aqua zoo in western Japan, said he thought the birth in captivity could be a world first."I've never heard of any ...

Sipadan - Malaysia - Prices slashed! 2007-06-26 23:01:00 Amazing Sipadan and Malaysia Discounts from Dive The WorldThese offers are so good we can hardly believe them ourselves! For a limited time only we will be selling dive packages in resorts in Malaysia at lower prices than the resorts sell themselves!Dive The World has always been the No. 1 experts for diving in Malaysia with in depth knowledge of all the resorts, dive sites and everything else you need to know. Now we are No.1 in price too so you get the benefit of all our independent advice plus the cheapest prices around! Below are the examples of the kinds of packages where you can save big! These savings are good for an individual but if you are a group then the $$$ in your pocket really start to bulge.Book prior to 30th November and you can benefit from the following deals and more:Mabul Water Bungalows8D/ 7N was US$ 1,656 (resort price) NOW US$ 1,577 (Dive The World price) For a group of 6 people this is a saving of US$ 474!SMART Resort8D/ 7N was US$ 1,206 (resort price) NOW US$ ...

Diving with Elephants! New Phuket dive site 2007-06-25 21:54:00 Elephants. Yes that's right. You can now dive with elephants - albeit statues thereof but it doesnt make the sight of a pachyderm coming into view at 20 metres any less strange.You can read more about Phuket's latest dive site here:Siam Bay StatuesOr more about other nearby dive sites here: Phuket Dive Sites ...

Dive The World Phuket Daytrip 2007-06-25 20:20:00 When you contact Dive The World you know you will be communicating with an experienced diver who knows not only about diving but also about the various destinations and operators we recommend. We make sure our guys get to see these places first hand. However the rest of the time they are chained by the ankles to their desks 24 hours a day to make sure you get the timely responses you need.Recently we let them out for a family daytrip in Phuket. Below our very own Noon give us an account of a Phuket daytrip in low season.......Who says low season is rainy and miserable? Here the Dive The World team proves that phrase wrong because this is us...on our holiday! (May 2007). It was a really good day from the start. Bright sunshine lit all our faces with smiles and everybody was excited to go swimming, snorkeling and diving at Racha Noi island - one of the best known spots in Phuket diving.The daytrip was not only a holiday for the staff but also for our families, so we can actually call it ...

Special price for Phi Phi Overnight trip 2007-06-22 02:20:00 The MV Greta 2 day / 1 night dive cruise to Phi Phi has a special US$ 60 discount for all trips until 30 September.You'll dive the best Phi Phi dive sites as well as Shark Point, King Cruiser Wreck and Koh Doc Mai. There are 7 dives including 1 night dive.Trips run every Friday to Saturday and every Monday to TuesdayAccommodation is in air-con bungalows overlooking Phi Phi's Ton Sai Bay and is based on twin sharing.Usual price: US$299 - Special Price: US$239More Information: Phuket daytrips For Bookings, please call Dive The World - 083 505 7794, or email:Blog@Dive-The-World.com ...

Bidadari announces bargain cruises in Raja Ampat 2007-06-20 05:10:00 Just when you thought you would not be able to find availability for a liveaboard in the wondrous region of Raja Ampat during October and November........along comes the Bidadari to save the day!! The Bidadari are running the following bargain trips around this amazing diving region:Sorong to Sorong9-19 October - 10 Nights. 21-31 October - 10 Nights. 02-12 November - 10 Nights. Price: US$ 2,750 per person plus US$ 100 port and park feesThe itinerary is:Day 1: Arrive Sorong / embarkDay 2: Mansuar Island (3/4 dives)Day 3: Waigeo Island (4 dives)Day 4: Gam Island (3/4 dives)Day 5: Penemu Island (3 dives)Day 6: Kofiau Island (3/4 dives)Day 7: Kofiau Island (3/4 dives)Day 8: Misool Island (3/4 dives)Day 9: Misool Island (4 dives)Day 10: Misool Island (2 dives)Day 11: Sorong / disembarkPrices include: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, biscuits, coffee, tea and water, dives, tanks, weights and weightbelts, torches, experienced English-speaking divemaste ...