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Scuba Diving Thailand
Scuba diving is perhaps Thailand's most popular and best developed sport. The Andaman Sea and to some levels the Gulf of Thailand boasts some of the world's finest dive spots, deep and shallow, presenting scuba enthusiasts with the full gamut of underwater scenes – coral walls, caves, swim-troughs, wrecks and more. Ready access into this exciting, silent world is assured by Thailand's numerous dive shops and dive boat operators.
Yes, Thailand has much to offer the visiting diver and snorkeler. There is a vast range of exhilarating sites of many different kinds, providing something for everyone, regardless of their qualification levels or experience. With over 2,000 kilometer of tropical coastline and hundreds of offshore islands the variety is phenomenal, encompassing everything from extensive fringing reefs to deep drop-offs, dramatic granite walls, caves and tunnels, coral-covered pinnacles, and sea-mounts in the open ocean.
Spectacular hard and soft corals abound, and marine life is prolific, ranging from minute and colorful reef dwellers to Manta Rays, sharks and pelagic visitors such as Giant Barracuda, tuna, trevally and the mighty Whale Shark.
With the Andaman Sea to the west and the Gulf of Thailand to east, Thailand is unique in that it borders two distinct oceanic zones, each with their own peculiarities and marine life. Many dive sites all around the coast share common species, but on others the underwater terrain and reef communities show marked differences between the two sides of the peninsula's coastline. Each side has its own distinct diving season.
Scuba Diving – It's easy, it's fun and Thailand offers numerous excellent diving locations.
Have you just learnt to dive abroad and would love to find out about diving in Thailand but don't know how to go about it? Are you itching to get back in the water after a break from diving? Do you want to dive with the friendliest people in the world – come to Thailand the land of smiles.
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Saturday, 18 June 2011 @ 07:40 PM ICT
Contributed by: news
  I'm a big fan of combined BC inflator-and-regulator devices. The concept has stood the test of time and has been around now for more than 20 years. Surprisingly, these useful gadgets have been produced by relatively few manufacturers, namely Scubapro and AP Valves. However, Atomic Aquatics has also the Atomic SS1 BC inflator-and-regulator device available.
Before we take a look at the Atomic SS1 in detail, why would you use that gizmo? The main advantage are that they decrease the number of low-pressure hoses from your first stage, thus reducing weight for the diver on the move, removing a possible point of failure and clear away clutter – how many times do you see an octopus regulator trailing down by the diver's side, getting snagged on a wreck or free-flowing just after the diver hits the water? There is one consideration you should be aware of, though: if you have to share gas as a donor with a buddy, you should give them your primary regulator while you switch to the combined unit. This is because the hose is quick short and also you need to retain close control on your buoyancy.
A heavy schedule of dive trips a few months back gave me the ideal opportunity to put the Atomic SS1 to the test, and I have to report it's a very good piece of kit.
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Friday, 27 May 2011 @ 05:02 PM ICT
Contributed by: news
The Great Andamanse tribe on Strait Island, north of Port Blair was once the largest tribe on the
Andaman Island group but it has now reduced to around thirty residents. They continue as fishermen using small wooden canoes and as hunters in the forests.
The tribe residing on Little Andaman Island, the Onges, have adopted more modern day attitudes and mannerisms, for instance they now wear clothes and grow wheat and rice for their needs, whereas the North Sentinelese on North Sentinel Island remain as collectors of food.
