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In Australia, Diving & Snorkeling, Oceania On  16/04/2012  One comment

Here I put some info on the dives. After some months trying to download the information of my Mares dive computer on a Mac or Linux OS. I happily found Dive Board, an online scuba logbook where I could download my data. Here is the link to my dives in Australia

Day 1

1st Dive – Petaj Mooring http://www.diveboard.com/karla.brunet/12198
Date: 2012-02-09 – 11:05 Max Depth: 16m Duration:47mins

2nd  Dive – Petaj Mooring http://www.diveboard.com/karla.brunet/11737
Date: 2012-02-09 – 14:34 Max Depth: 10.1m Duration:48mins

3rd dive : Whale Bommie http://www.diveboard.com/karla.brunet/11738
Date: 2012-02-09 – 16:44 Max Depth: 11m Duration:47mins

4th dive : Whale Bommie http://www.diveboard.com/karla.brunet/11739
Date: 2012-02-09 – 19:41 Max Depth: 11.5m Duration:31mins

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Day 2

5th dive : Whale Bommie http://www.diveboard.com/karla.brunet/11740
Date: 2012-02-10 – 07:33 Max Depth: 18.6m Duration:53mins

6th dive: Tennis Court http:/...

In Australia, Diving & Snorkeling, Oceania On  16/04/2012  One comment

In order to dive on the Great Barrier Reef I decided to get a 3 day / 2 nights live aboard. Early in the morning we meet at the dive shop (ProDive) and went for a breakfast on the boat before departure. The trip to the Great Barrier Reef was smooth, no storms and no seasickness. It was interesting to notice that during the whole trip nobody got seasick. We were very lucky with the weather. Even so it was rain season, we had sun light every day. There was some rain, but not in the way to damage our dive days.

Our first stop was at Petaj Mooring, a dive site at Milln Reef. The crew of the boat was excellent in doing the dive brief. They showed us a map of the site, explained what we could see and the best way to explore the place. For the ones that did not remember how to use a compass, the give a quick refresh. The importance of using the compass was because we were in our own, there was no divemaster guiding the dive...

In Australia, Diving & Snorkeling, Oceania On  11/02/2012  No comments

The goodbye to the Great Barrier Reef, three great days of diving (soon I’ll post the travelog, photos and videos)

In Australia, Diving & Snorkeling, Oceania On  10/02/2012  No comments

A photo with Cary, my dive buddy, she was perfect, does no spend a lot of air, goes slow to take photos… great.

In Australia, Adventure, Diving & Snorkeling, Oceania On  09/02/2012  One comment

Today we had a sunny day of dives, we could see sharks, turtle, barracuda, blow fish and many others… but the most interesting thing for me here are the corals, they have amazing forms.

In Australia, Diving & Snorkeling, Oceania On  08/02/2012  One comment

Today I start the dives at the Great Barrier Reef…

In Asia, Singapore-Malasia 2008, Diving & Snorkeling On  07/08/2008  No comments

I had read about these beautiful islands northeast of Malaysia and got crazy to scuba diving there. I loved it! It remained me of Gili Trawangan islands in Indonesia, the place where I did my Open Water Dive, ten years ago.

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I did two dives on the island: one at Tokong Laut (Temple of the Sea) and another at Sugar Wreck (a shipwreck). The diversity of sea life was impressive. I saw different types of fishes, turtles, bamboo sharks, squids, schools of sardines… Wonderful, and beyond that, very cheap compared to Brazilian prizes. A dive trip was around RM80 (+/- U$25). I hadn’t dived for a year, so I needed it.

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Kuala Besut

Kuala Besut is the city of departure for boast to Perhentian islands...

In Highlight, Spain, Cycling & Diving in Catalonia 2003 On  31/12/2004  No comments

See the posts on travels in Spain –  Baleares Islands in 2004 and 2006

• Mallorca (2004)
• Menorca (2006 – em breve)

See the posts on travels in Spain – Catalonia in 2003

• Bike tour Ripoll – Olot – Girona
• Bike tour: Cervera – Bellpuig – Lleida
• Bike tour Terra Alta: Nonaspe – Arnes – Tortosa
• LLoret de Mar – beach and diving
• Palamós – beach and diving

In Asia, Thailand 2004 On  16/12/2004  No comments

Patong, in Phuket, was our choice to relax on the last days of the trip. Nothing better than a touristy place with good infrastructure for leisure. Here we would have all we need: sun, sun beds, parasol, cocktails, coconut water, fresh fish, restaurants on the sand, coconut trees…

The beach looked like those summer time beaches in Brazil. It was big, wide; we could walk on the wet sand. There were many options of activities: banana boat, water sky, jet sky, diving, boat tour, floating mattress… We could hear all the time people offering food and drinks to sell. Some people don’t like this “agitated” sort of beach. I grew up in beaches like that, so I like it. For me this is the idea of take the most advantage of what the beach can offer you. It is exploiting all its facets. Maxim, who comes from Siberia, was amazed by the possibilities of the tropical paradise.

Phuket is also known for the sexual tourism, what, we unfortunately saw a lot...

In Asia, Adventure, Diving & Snorkeling, Thailand 2004 On  13/12/2004  One comment

We arrive in the city of Krabi and went straight to Ao Nang beach. A pleasant beach, full of hotels, bars and restaurants. The beach is crowded with boats that, frequently, offer to take you to an island or interesting beach. We strongly recommend the 4-island tour. It is one day in a long-tail boat island hopping (Poda Island, Chicken Island, Tup island and Phranang cave). The boat trip is slow, what makes it an enjoyable trip so one can calmly observe the nature, rocks, sea, and other boats… Everything, without having the idea of being in a hush to arrive somewhere.

The Krabi region of is well known by rock climbers and divers. It is surrounded by rocks for climbing and waters for diving. Here it is the famous Koh Phi Phi, the island where it was filmed the movie “The Beach” with Leonardo DiCaprio. We benefit from that going to the Phi Phi area for diving. We had been diving for 2 day (4 immersions) in a place called Maya Bay and Koh Bida Nok...