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Past but not forgotten, our PADI Instructor Development Course 2016 at Khao Lak Scuba Adventures. Oldies but Goldies ;-)

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Growing up in rainy Belgium, I was always traveling to sunnier places. One day I found myself on the South coast of Turkey, fascinated by people setting up dive gear one of the moored up boats. After inquiring what was going on, I went on a PADI Discover Scuba Diving try dive. I loved it immediately, this amazing new world down there. A year later I finished my PADI Open Water Course in the East C...

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Padawans* becoming Jedi! Once upon a time 12 fearless Padawans from all around the planet joined Khao Lak Scuba Adventures to become brave and excellent dive instructros. Their Jedi Masters Padi Course Director Thien X Do, PADI Master Instructor Darren Yang and Hardik Datanwala took on the challange to train them in the use of the PADI teaching system, the dive standards and to fine tune their ...

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Manta Queen 3 Similan Island liveaboard With only eighteen divers and eight diving staff on board this trip, everyone got lots of personal attention, forming close-knit groups, and overall having an amazing Similan Island liveaboard trip! We started our first day with a beautiful dive at West of Eden where we got a sample of both coral reefs and the Similan Island’s awe-inspiring boulders...

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Manta Queen 2, Similan Island Liveabaord Trip No. 258. On the first day of the trip we woke up to a beautiful sunrise at the island Koh Bon in the Similan Island National Marine Park. We spent most of the first day there, enjoying the views and crystal clear water. We did our first dive in the Koh Bon bay. This was a nice, relaxed check-dive and we saw moray eels and lionfish. Second ...

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Manta Queen 1 4 days and 4 nights liveabaord Trip Number 235. Manta Queen One sets off on another 4 day 4 night diving adventure, we left the Khao Lak pier with only 16 excited divers and after a smooth departure we arrived in the beautiful Similan Island National Park during the night and were ready for the first dive at Anita's Reef bright and early. 1 Gigabyte Rock was buz...

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Good Morning Similan Islands, Trip number 257, 3 days and 3 nights Manta Queen liveaboard What a wonderful day to start with our first dive at Koh Bon Island. Going down for a check dive we saw Moray Eels swimming along us and Banded Sea Snakes going for a breath of fresh air on the surface. After we surfaced and dried ourselves on the boat our kitchen team blessed us with a 5 star breakfast. O...

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4 days and 4 nights liveaboard to Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Richelieu Rock and The Boon Sung Wreck. We arrived to Manta Queen Six and after a little briefing of the trip, a boat orientation and a short introduction of all the staff member, we were already leaving the shore, towards the Similan Islands. We woke up in a beautiful bay of Similan Island No.5 The trip starte...

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4 days and 4 nights liveaboard on-board Manta Queen 3 to Similan Islands, Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock. Such a smooth beginning to a wonderful trip. Following Thai tradition, we lit the firecrackers at the bow of Manta Queen 3 as we left the harbour of Khao Lak, to bless the trip and give us many big fish. And big fish we got! A beautiful female whale shark, a juvenile, 4.50m ...

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Manta Queen 2, 3 days and 3 nights Similan Island liveaboard trip to Koh Bon, Tachai Island, Richelieu Rock and Boon Sung Wreck. Full of excited guests from all over the globe Manta Queen 2 left Khao Lak pier in the evening and headed towards  On the morning of day 2 we had arrived further north at the famous Richelieu Rock. We spent most of the day there, doing three dives at Richelieu...

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Manta Queen 5 departed in the evening from Khao Lak with calm sees and arrived at the Similan Island Marine Park early morning. With the beautiful Similan Islands in the background we jumped in the water to do the first dive at Anita's Reef. The perfect place to start! No current, amazing visibility and fish every where we looked!  After a solid breakfast we got ready to dive again! S...

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Full of excited guests from all over the globe Manta Queen 2 left Khao Lak pier in the evening and headed towards  On the morning of day 2 we had arrived further north at the famous Richelieu Rock. We spent most of the day there, doing three dives at Richelieu Rock. We saw so much marine life! Barracudas, lion fish, Napoleon wrasse, flatworms and much more. After these great dives we heade...

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4 days and 4 nights liveabaord at Similan Islands and Richelieu Rock on-board Manta Queen One. As we arrived to the pier in Khao Lak, the heavens opened and we got caught in a heavy rainstorm. This however, did not dampen the spirits of our guests. When we all woke up in the morning, we awoke to the most colourful sunrise and a flat calm ocean. Day One We started the trip with four beauti...

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Manta Queen 6 set of for a 4 day and 4 night liveaboard trip to the Similan Islands with 15 great dives planned. Our trip started with Anita's Reef which was Xie Jun's first PADI Open Water Dive. We seen a huge octopus trying to hide in the open. Because the weather was great we visited decided to visit the beach, where we spotted crazy people exercising while on holiday! We d...

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Wow! Awesome trip on Manta Queen 7, again! It started leaving the harbor as we set off flowers for the Thai Moon Festival under a full super moon. Clear skies and flat water gave the best conditions for a very memorable experience. Day one at Similan Islands: Deep Six brought us face to face with a big barracuda sitting on top of a cleaning station for a great presentation! It wasn&rsqu...

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