I would like to raise a few points about women in diving and why this is even a topic. As female scuba diving instructors we see this all the time. Come down to the shop meet the students, and some male students will not only be shocked but can look absolutely horrified that they are about to put their lives
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Although it is my passion, it has to be said that underwater photography is more important than most people realise in inspiring passion to save our ocean. There have been many discussions, most likely in most dive shops around the world, that stem from divers bragging about the delights of their daily dive to the rest of the staff that
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Free drinking water on Koh Tao or any location in Asia is a dream of many backpackers and tourists. Many of us are so used to having free drinking water in our own countries and it saves money on our travels. In many travel destinations, free drinking water that is clean is not always readily available, forcing tourists to buy
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Hi everyone and welcome back to another one of my blogs for Sairee Cottage diving. This time I will be talking about jellyfish. Any of you who follow my Facebook or Instagram pages will have realised that jellyfish are my favourite subject for underwater photography. As soon as I started shooting them I immediately loved the new challenges. Lighting their
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Hi everyone and welcome back to another one of my underwater photography blogs with Sairee Cottage Diving, Koh Tao, Thailand. This blog I would like to talk about the advantages and fun challenges of snorkeling photography. Snorkeling Photography First of all not everyone that enjoys under water photography is a diver. Many people are fans because looking at under water
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Get yourself a Sairee Cottage Diving Eco Bag! Plastic is one of the worst killers of marine life in our oceans. Sometimes the problem seems so large and chaotic that individuals scare away from making a change. They feel that they can’t make a change on their own. This is not true. We believe that every little bit helps. If
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Hi everyone and a big thank you to all my readers. I would like to take a break from my usual photo tips, or photo of the week blogs, to talk about the photography day during our MSDT program and to promote my recent ventures in digital underwater photography. I have set up my own Facebook page, Peach Snaps Underwater
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Koh Tao, Thailand – It’s the second day of the PADI IDC at Sairee Cottage Diving here on the sunny island of Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand, and we kicked off the morning with a skills circuit. Not only is this a great way to refresh the skills learned during the PADI Divemaster course; our PADI IDC candidates
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The Myanmar flood which is tormenting the country has now affected almost one million people with 100 reported deaths and over one million acres of rice fields lost. Although the monsoon season causes regular flooding, Cyclone Komen has worsened the flood by leaving a path of destruction in the Rakhine state, as reported by BBC news. As is tradition in
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I’m not sure about everyone else, but I personally love swimming past huge schools of fishes. One of my favorite fishes to see in schools, are batfish. Sairee Cottage Diving frequents the dive site, Twins, regularly as not only is it a perfect site for new divers to attain their training, but it’s also a site with plenty to see.
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