Here’s a great shot of Mazi with Jason Jue and his friend Rena Sugiyama of Philippine Fun Divers, Bohol. Jason did his IDC here at Asia Divers with IDAP some years ago, and it’s great to have him back with camera in hand taking some shots of our wonderful macro wild life!
Here’s a great shot of Andy Xie with his PADI Open Water student Timothy Zhe and friend Evelyn. They look like they’re having a great time! There will definitely be a time when we have a Chinese language News letter! If you’re interested in doing a course with Andy please email us at instructors@asiadivers.com
Allan was in Manila for the PADI Course Director Update and while there he was presented an award from Jimmy Christrup and Colin Melrose from PADI to Asia Divers for Outstanding Contribution to Diver Entry Level Training in 2013…. Meaning Asia Divers certified more divers last year than anyone else in our area. Mint!
These two likely lads, Andrew Gray and Andrew Fowler bashed out their PADI Night dive specialty with Pete, over three consecutive nights. And as they are both called Andy! Mr. Fowler (right) also turned his hand to the Digital Underwater specialty too! Taking a specialty course is a great way to learn some new skills while having fun diving. Contact us if you’re interested in taking one of our specialty courses and perhaps becoming MSDT.
Here’s a great shot by Mazi of a hairy frog fish with its mouth open and its worm-like lure that can be seen just above its eye. It was spied by our DM candidate Mary at The Giant Clams dive site. Great shot Mazi
I guess none of us have been feeling too sorry for Troy over the last few weeks as he has been conducting the Dive master course for the lovely Mary Vergara and Wenjing Fan (Fun). Unfortunately all good things must come to an end. That happened on Friday night when Mary and Fun had their combined DM party and initiation. There was plenty of beer and pizza and both lasses did a super job at their DM snorkel test which all DM candidates must perform to gain their Fins. They have both been a great help around Asia divers over the last few weeks and we just want to say well done!
Congratulations to Mark Connell for the completion of his Dive Master course. As is the norm for us we did it up right with a good party and snorkel test up in the Point.
It’s always nice to see friends come back to visit us for many years. Bill Twin, Klaus and Gabi Eschelbach and Sabine Henkel have all been coming here a very long time and we’re always happy to see them having fun here.
It was wonderful to have Ike Subardiaga and the whole family here for the weekend. Agnes and Sabrina made sure that their dad was well looked after underwater.
Welcome back to Peter Webster from Vision Divers in Melbourne, Australia. Peter has been bringing groups here for a long time and we surely appreciate it. It’s been fun week of enjoying the superb diving conditions, and good critters. Of course hanging out with this lot has been the added bonus! Looking forward to seeing you all back again next year! Continue reading
Tommi came here ealier this year to do his PADI Dive Master course with us. He also managed to have some time to take some really nice photos during his stay. Tommi has enjoyed taking photos for a long time, but since they moved to Asia 2007 he’s put more effort into photography. Underwater photography has been the main reason to dive for his diving since 2011. He’s been traveling extensively in Southeast Asia, resulting in over 500 dives, including some technical diving. Originally from Finland, but as of now, Tommi is living in Taiwan, thus having good opportunities also for nature and travel photography.
Check out his website: http://tommikokkolaphotography.com
You can contact him at: info(at)tommikokkolaphotography.com