Hi All,
I'm new here, and would love your input on an upcoming trip/OW course. I'm an experienced diver (DM with >100 dives) living in Taiwan, and a friend from the States is coming this way for about a week in late January to visit and get his OW cert (I know that's not a whole lot of time, but he can't take that much time off). We're not staying in Taiwan, but will meet up somewhere else in Asia. There are so many options (Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, etc), and I'm having some trouble narrowing down the list.
Do you have any suggestions for places that would be suitable for a brand new diver and an experienced one? I've been diving in a few places in Asia (Koh Tao, Panglao, Hoi An), and would love to try somewhere new. Any particular dive shops that you'd recommend for getting an OW cert?
We're also interested in activities other than diving, so ideally, we'd stay somewhere where diving isn't the only thing to do. Any ideas/suggestions you have are most welcome! Thanks in advance!
I'm new here, and would love your input on an upcoming trip/OW course. I'm an experienced diver (DM with >100 dives) living in Taiwan, and a friend from the States is coming this way for about a week in late January to visit and get his OW cert (I know that's not a whole lot of time, but he can't take that much time off). We're not staying in Taiwan, but will meet up somewhere else in Asia. There are so many options (Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, etc), and I'm having some trouble narrowing down the list.
Do you have any suggestions for places that would be suitable for a brand new diver and an experienced one? I've been diving in a few places in Asia (Koh Tao, Panglao, Hoi An), and would love to try somewhere new. Any particular dive shops that you'd recommend for getting an OW cert?
We're also interested in activities other than diving, so ideally, we'd stay somewhere where diving isn't the only thing to do. Any ideas/suggestions you have are most welcome! Thanks in advance!