July 30, 2008 at 12:29 pm
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As great as it is famous, the world’s largest coral reef system is a place any diver should experience. Diving is expensive and is hopefully not the only option, snorkeling with some “duck-dives” would enable you to see a lot too!
I’ve been on the boat “Reef Encounter” for two days, the package I chose include 5 day dives, 1 night dive and a SSI Advanced Course for AU$430, sounded like a good deal even if it would certainly be slightly cheaper in Southeast Asia. But there’s only one Great Barrier Reef so…
This trip brought us on the “Norman Reef”, 70km off Cairns, advertised as “Incredible visibility, underwater canyons and night diving”, not so sure about the canyons but the visibility during the dives was quite good. The dreamlike underwater landscape was the reason why I came and I’ve not been disapointed at all, I even saw a Shark, scarrrry…
Click here for some photos!
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July 8, 2008 at 11:43 am
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I am disapointed. There’s such a good potential in this country…
I went only to three places in Thailand: First, Ko Lanta. It was a really adorable place to rest for a few days, i felt lucky thought, the place was filled with touristic shops but because of the low season, most of them were closed so the ambiance was relaxed, the local people were pretty nice, also I had a good time motorbiking around the island.
Then I went to Ko Tao mainly to dive as I said in my last note. As for the ambiance and the feeling, the perenthians islands in Indonesia were way way much nicer, Ko Tao and the islands around are massively touristy, alright the beach was huge and splendid but it’s clearly not enough.
Last one, Bangkok… The toutsland master school” is not my thing, neither are bargaining all the time or overexpensive taxis. Thing is I would have a tendency to say that Thai people are a bunch of “any bad words could fit here” but, real problem is good Thai don’t deal with tourists, so we just don’t see them… Anyway, because of that I’ve been bored of Thailand quite fast so I’m actually changing my travel plans.
Here are a few photos of Thailand.
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