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Two thumbs up for Alan Power from me too! Alan's team are extremely experienced and professional and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. I also liked Million Dollar Point - for me, it was as much a highlight as the Coolidge. The only negative to diving in Vanuatu is that the weather can be...

Just flew Mexico City to Cancun three weeks ago on Aeromexico. They didn't weigh my carry on but they did charge me for my second check in bag with all my dive gear (around $50 for being 8kg overweight).

Numerous travel advisories have been issued this month from various governments (Canada, UK, and Australia, for example) stating that the coastal regions of eastern Sabah have been reclassified as 'Do not travel' areas, due to clashes between Philippine gunmen and Malaysian authorities...

My diving addiction continued in 2011 and I managed to do around 100 dives in Thailand, Maldives, Australia, Tanzania, Pakistan, Seychelles and New Zealand, including three liveaboards and becoming Rescue Diver certified! Highlights were circling manta rays in Ari Atoll, dolphins off Zanzibar...

I'm not sure about budget accommodation options in Aqaba but you absolutely can't go wrong with Dive Aqaba - see Dive Aqaba - PADI Dive Center & PADI TecRec Center - Red Sea - Jordan, a great family-run dive operation run by the extremely experienced Rod Abbotson (they list budget hotels on...

Hi everyone - Thanks for the incredibly helpful replies - much appreciated! As I'm travelling with elderly parents, who want to spend as much time as possible with me (I haven't seen them in 18 months and haven't been back to New Zealand at all for 8 years), that rules out liveaboards and pretty...

Actually I think Shinjuku comes closer to "Times Square". Ginza is all about shopping and fine dining - it's pretty sleepy by comparison to Shinjuku or Shibuya.

If you're landing at Haneda Airport, as opposed to Narita Airport, where most international flights land/depart and is around 90 minutes from Tokyo, then you're actually already pretty much in the middle of the city (not far from Shinagawa Station). You can indeed store your luggage temporarily...

Hi again - Well, my plans have changed and now I'm going to visit New Zealand for two weeks in mid-December, which means more diving there, but I won't have time to travel on to the Pacific Islands on this trip unfortunately. I've made a note of your suggestions til I head over that way again...

I'm heading to New Zealand next month from 18-31 December and aim to fit in as much diving as possible while catching up with my family. So I'm trying to decide on where to go, based on the time I have available and general proximity to Auckland, my base. For those with experience diving...

Thanks so much for the feedback and tips. I think I am getting a better understanding of the issue and am really looking forward to getting a strobe at Xmas time so I can achieve different results. Next dive trip is to the Seychelles tonight for a week so time to practice more ambient light...

Great suggestion on PNG - I'll look into that. Not sure if I want to do another liveaboard this year though (already did them in Thailand, Maldives and Australia) as I found doing 4-5 dives a day not that relaxing. I'm aiming to dive Goat Island and the Poor Knights Islands while I'm in New...

Hi all I am new to underwater photography, having done my first trip with my camera and housing (Canon G12 + Fisheye FIX G12) last month to Mafia & Zanzibar, Tanzania. I haven't yet been able to get a strobe (due to horrific customs duties and taxes on imported goods where I live) so did the...

Hi all I have the opportunity to take a week-long diving trip somewhere in the Pacific Islands over the New Year break and I'm looking for ideas on where I should head for some really great diving (very fishy, lots of hard and soft corals, wrecks, walls and drop-offs). I'll be flying from...

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[Oops, didn't see I was adding to an old thread - maybe there'll be other divers visiting/living in Muscat looking for dive centres there] I dived with Global Scuba, who are based at the Civil Aviation Club in Muscat. They specialise in trips to the Dimaniyat Islands, just offshore from Muscat...

Actually I found Mafia cost less than Zanzibar. Depending on your budget, you can expect to pay between $100-200 a day for accommodation (all inclusive), return flights from Dar es Salaam on Coastal Aviation are around $240, Mafia Marine Park fees are $20/day, and diving costs around $55/dive...

I just came back yesterday from 7 days of very satisfying diving off Mafia and Zanzibar (Mnemba Atoll) and can confidently recommend the quality of diving on Mafia Island, which I would argue is world class - huge diversity of hard and soft corals and fish, extremely colourful, huge schools of...

They don't swab for explosive residue here, but the women travellers are 'lucky' enough to get a very intimate pat-down in a curtained cubicle - no such luck for the men! ;) This has been the custom since before it became a public issue in the US. Apparently no one seems to complain about it...

Hi all - As I pack and prepare to travel on my next diving trip tomorrow night - Mafia & Zanzibar, off Tanzania - yay! :cool2: - I am reminded of the problems I've been having with getting my regulator in my carry-on through the immigration/security check at the airport here in Islamabad...