I attended the Asia Dive Expo past weekend in Singapore to represent Asia Divers/El Galleon at the Philippine Department of Tourism booth. It was great to get all chatty about something I love, the wonderful diving in Puerto Galera and about our resort. It was also fantastic to see and meet up with some of our regular friends, Sabine, Akiko, Sue, and Trevor. An especially big thank you to Emma for letting me stay with her and Tilly and also to Brian Moh who came from KL to visit.  I hope that the trip pays off and we get to see more folks from Singapore and Malaysia staying with us. This photo was taken by Mazi and used for the display in the Philippines Department Tourism booth at ADEX. Nice huh?!!

As many of you know we publish a weekly newsletter called “The Monday News” and appropriately it happens to come out every Monday. Our little newsletter has been going out to our many friends for over 14 years now and we have quite the following from all over the world. It’s a great way to keep up to date on what’s happening here, new things and events, who’s been doing what and trips that we have planned for the following year. Besides that, you get to see photos of some of us who work here too, so you know were still happily here! If you would like to subscribe to the Monday News just use this link: http://www.asiadivers.com/newsletter.html

This months’ cover shot is by Maziar Momtazi, and you can see more of his photos at https://www.facebook.com/momtaz.images

Returning to home territory and good old Puerto Galera, Andy Norman carried out another Cressi-sub service on 20^th March in Asia Divers for IDAP students and one of our own local staff.

Despite the night before celebrations of the candidates passing the IE that made for a late start, the course eventually kicked off with the students understanding the inner workings of regulators and how to diagnose problems when then arise..

Again, the regulators used were Cressi-sub’s AC2 with the compact second stage and the MC5 with the ellipse 2^nd stage, and as per usual, a small discussion on the breakdown and repair of the BCD inflation device was added at the end of the course.

Congratulations to the following students: Patrick Ramsay, Tobias Pino, Christophe Swartebroeckx, Scott Ames, Roldan Montiano

For anyone interested in the one day cress-sub service seminar please contact andy@asiadivers.com

Moving into new locations with Cressi Sub courses, it was time for Andy Norman to take on Palawan as the new destination for service seminars.

Two courses were held, one in El Nido and other in Puerto Princesa, a total of 11 students, mostly dive shop operators  either using Cressi sub equipment for their rental or boldly interested in just knowing how fundamentals of this equipment operates.

In this service program there was a slight in the service Selection line-up with the new Cressi compact 2^nd stage that is both lighter and just as the name names says… it more compact. Continue reading →

It’s been an amazing week at the resort for the kids from Dubai. They have all left here very happy to have earned their diving or sailing certifications. We think it’s something to be very proud of!  Both of these activities are things they can keep active with, learn more about, and make the rest of their lives more fun with. Congratulations to the whole group, and thanks once again to Ralph Russell for choosing us for the 7^th year in a row! El Galleon/Asia Divers have hosted many school groups over the years and have become well known in this specialty area. If you’re interested in doing the same for your school group please contact us.

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Seating in front are: Berlen, Heidi & Marian. Behind left to right: Kahren, Brenda, Janet, Jose, Odette, Ivy, Liezel, Ruby, Lourdy Mae, Eliza, Cherry May & Donna.

 With much excitement, the whole Asia Divers sales team from all over the country (Makati, Cebu, Bohol, Boracay, Puerto Galera) got together for some work and of course some play too. Tommy gets the gang all together at least once a year and this year P.G. was the destination. During their time here everyone got the chance to know each other a bit better and explore Puerto Galera.  Tommy filled everyone in on how things are going in each of the five locations business wise and looked at ways to do even better. The hot topic for this year’s was everyone’s new girlfriend “Eve” who has made her way into their hearts! EVE is a complete business management system, designed exclusively for the management of PADI dive centers and resorts and she is now part of the team too!

Happy 21^st birthday to Arthur Nash! Looks like Allan and Arthur had a fine time celebrating in Manila.

Want to get your Master Scuba Diver rating? In 2014, PADI Asia Pacific has waived the application fee for the PADI Master Scuba Diver Rating – currently valued at AU$50! Contact us if you would like to earn this rating by doing a few more specialty courses with Asia Divers.