[singlepic id=363 w=320 h=240 float=left]Sometimes it’s important to stop and get away from it all even if you live on a tropical island! So that’s what we’ve just done. We took a 8 day trip around practically undiscovered dive sties in the Burmese waters of the Mergui Archipelago. The trip -run by our friends Camille and Frank from The Smiling
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[singlepic id=359 w=320 h=240 float=left]High season, a notoriously busy time for many instructors working and living on Koh Tao, is normally between the months of July & August. So it was very refreshing when, at the beginning of September, many new dive master trainees(DMTs) signed up with us at Sairee Cottage and decided to take the first step on the
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[singlepic id=353 w=320 h=240 float=left]Todays trip, 11th September, was planned to dive Chumphon Pinnacle first dive and then to the HMTS Sattukut for the second dive. [singlepic id=354 w=320 h=240 float=right]The highlight of this trip was a 5m Whale Shark that was swimming around the pinnacle around 12m and then coming regularly to the surface. [singlepic id=355 w=320 h=240 float=left]We
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What’s been happening during July and August? First of all we would like to say congratulations to Linda on completion of her SSI Dive Master course. Linda started with us in May and then took a little break to Borneo to check out the diving there. She came back in July and spent a great 2 weeks with Neil to
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[singlepic id=351 w=320 h=240 float=left] I first started diving back in 2008 with Sairee Cottage and about a year ago while living at home in Ireland I decided it was time to turn Pro! Luckily for me I knew exactly where to go so I booked my ticket for Koh Tao and away I went. Once I arrived back
Read more →[singlepic id=347 w=320 h=240 float=left]With so much going on at Sairee Cottage Diving with dive professional training it’s been a while since we had an update on the blog. First up we have Stefan & Anne from Germany and Ruben & Diana from Mexico who are in the final stages of finishing their SSI Dive Master [singlepic id=349 w=320 h=240
Read more →[singlepic id=345 w=320 h=240 float=left]With Koh Tao’s high season just around the corner I thought it was worth a mention about accommodation on Koh Tao. Over recent years Koh Tao has experienced a tourism boom becoming a standard part of the backpacker trail and holiday traveler destination. The one problem with this is Koh Tao is a lot smaller than
Read more →[singlepic id=338 w=320 h=240 float=left]Meet Brian Baxter, 56 from Australia (aka Scuba Smurf). Brian has spent most of his working life outside of Australia, has travelled and lived a pretty adventurous life. There aren’t many people that I have met who can match what extremes Brian has done. He has climbed mountains, flies and jumps out of planes for fun.
Read more →[singlepic id=335 w=320 h=240 float=left]To take a term from a Tourism Australia advert “Where the bloody hell are ya?” As Koh Tao moves into May and June the pace winds down with fewer tourists on the island, the reason for this? We are not quite sure! We think it has to do with the west coasts monsoon; many people are
Read more →April with its clear skies, flat seas and crystal clear visibility was another fantastic month for Dive Professional training at Sairee Cottage Diving. [singlepic id=333 w=320 h=240 float=left]First of all we had Sam Rosamond and Shaun Cleary completing their SSI Dive Control Specialist course (assistant instructor) with SSI Dive Control Specialist Instructor Chris Fitzgerald. During this time they were introduced
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