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Written by Neil Stead
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Friday, 27 January 2012 03:24 |
Liveaboard diving in Raja Ampat
 Organising a trip such as this, direct with the Dive Operator, is never an easy task – particularly when your Dive Buddies come from two different continents! Some of us stopped in Lembeh first, others came direct via Hong Kong, Seoul, or Dubai, and we used a variety of Indonesian airlines to get there, it was no small miracle that we all managed to make it to Sorong – and even better, our dive bags made it too!
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Written by Tristan
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 03:08 |
Maldives Siren diving the Maldives from Male to Huvadhoo
 Fourteen divers from France made up from the dive clubs of Bleu passion Paris and Sens plongee Sens, joined the Maldives Siren for our Central Southern itinerary from Male to Huvadhoo. After departing from Male we cruised southwards and moored up for the evening. Our second day started off with a fabulous dive at the Kuda Giri Wreck where we encountered pipefish, nudibranchs, blennies & honeycomb moray eels. We then moved on to dive the Guaridhoo Corner and the big fish action began with multiple white-tip sharks and eagle rays cruising around, schooling jacks & snapper, a green turtle and a marbled stingray. Kandooma Thila was our next dive where sightings of grey reef shark, fosters barracuda, eagle rays, schooling jacks and large green turtle were the highlights. A night dive at the Jetty – a first for Collett brought out a nurse shark and sting rays – a thoroughly enjoyable day of diving for all!
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Written by Mik Jennings
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Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:00 |
Liveaboard Diving in the Philippines
 After an early start and a hearty breakfast I was collected from the hotel in Manila and joined the shared pick up for the 3 hour drive to Batangas. After meeting the guests, who would be joining me on this cruise, from Holland, Italy, Switzerland & Germany we were treated to a fantastic lunch at our meeting point by Abi & Romi. The excitement mounted as the dive liveaboard Philippine Siren cruised into view and so when lunch was finished we were transferred to our new home for the next ten days. Chris, our cruise Director, gave everyone a thorough briefing of the boat and all her features followed by the introduction to the crew and then cabins. We had a relaxing afternoon setting up equipment, charging cameras, and slowly getting to know each other. Then, the first big treat...chef Jimmy talked us through our first meal aboard the Philippine Siren. This was followed by a quiet drink and a little serenading from the crew on the bow of the boat, with everyone excited about the diving ahead.
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Written by Lisa English
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Monday, 16 January 2012 02:28 |
Raja Ampat aboard Indo Siren
Liveaboard diving in Indonesia
Manta by Stephan Zahn
Well I am pleased to say our first trip of 2012 got off to a smooth start with all passengers receiving their luggage and flights only slightly delayed. Our guests were mainly from Germany, Austria and Switzerland with a sprinkling of Danish, Swedish and English to add to the mix.For this trip we headed north first to visit the Mandarin Siren and also check out some “big birds”! As it turned out, 4 other boats were also checking out the “big birds” so we changed our schedule a little and dived on Arborek Pier first where we had a glimpse of our first walking shark- the epaulette - as well as checking out the giant clams and ornate ghost pipefish. Then it was over to Manta Sandy along with about 20 other divers to check out the big birds and we have 3 or 4 at any one time which was great. For the third dive of the day half of the divers opted to return to Manta Sandy whilst the others joined Frank on a salvage mission to retrieve items from the Mandarin Siren, which now sits in 30m of water. Our first day of diving was polished off with a sunset dive on Arobrek Pier, where schools of fish gather under the pier’s supports and many colourful nudibranchs can be found in the soft corals.
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Written by Thomas Erbe
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 02:54 |
Rebreather returns to Thailand
 After a week of drinking and eating over Christmas I needed to go back on a boat to lose all the extra pounds gained during the festivities. I boarded the luxury liveaboard S/Y Oriental Siren together with the Crocodile Dive Club from Moscow. After the briefing and the equipment setup we headed off to the famous Similan Islands. We arrived the following morning right in time for our first dive in the crystal clear waters. On our first day we dived the sites of “Anitas Reef”, “West of Eden”, “Turtle Rock” and “Mooring Bay”. Everybody was happy with the 29C degrees warm water and visibility of 30m (100ft). Sightings today included green turtle, barracudas, blue fin trevallies and long face emperors. Housekeeper Noi have been busy with massages in the late afternoon and our guests visited also the viewpoint on Island Nr. 8.
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