“El Galleon – Nice enough rooms / resort, clean and comfortable. “More than adequate” and all staff were exceedingly helpful. Dive Centre was a slick operation & very professional, with well-structured diving. Easy to do 4 dives / day with dive sites only 10 mins away from the resort, it was great to be able to go back to your room between dives. Exceedingly good corals & an abundance of fish life, all very colourful. Many shoals of fish, but no big stuff seen. Lovely canyon dives, some had healthy currents. “Hole in the wall” dive site was great.”

Thanks for your help with the guests. Jem kemp, Director, Luxus Pacific Diving

Email:  jem.kemp@luxuspacificdiving.com

Website: www.luxuspacificdiving.com

Alli and Chen (pictured with Ocean, Conny and Sharon from PADI) spent a couple days in Manila to attend the PADI Chinese focused Business Academy. We learned all about the latest trends in Chinese marketing and social media and even had a fun time with #MannequinChallenge. Why present on social media and viral video marketing when we can partake in it?  Check this out: https://www.facebook.com/PADIProsSouthEastAsia/

Congrats to Chuck Dreyfus!!! 1700th dive:-)We sure don’t hand out too many of those t-shirts!

Only fourteen days until Christmas! If you’re looking for a place to enjoy the holidays and not have to be the one to do all that cooking and cleaning, come and enjoy it with us. We will have delicious Christmas and New Years dinners, an underwater treasure hunt on the 25^th and of course lots of great diving going on. We kick it off with the kid’s party on the 24th when Santa and his helper will come and hand out gifts and then feed around 300 kids. Christmas dinner starts from 6:30pm onwards. Email admin@asiadivers.com if you would like to make a reservation.

This month’s superb cover photo of this weird and wacky nudibranch (Rudman’s Phyllodesmium) is by Beth Watson. Her images have been published in books, magazines, newspapers, brochures, websites and have been selected for juried art exhibitions. She is also a guest speaker at several dive shows.  Visit www.bethwatsonimages.com for additional information. The Monday News is Asia Divers/El Galleon’s weekly newsletter to keep you up to date on all the happenings, events and fun things going on here. If you would like to subscribe just email instructors@asiadivers.com

The resort is filling fast so if you’re looking for a place to enjoy your Christmas and New Year and not have to be the one to do all that cooking and cleaning, come and enjoy it with us. We will have a delicious Christmas dinner with lots to choose from, our chocolate fountain and lots of other special goodies. We kick it off with the kid’s party on the 24th when Santa and his helper will come and hand out gifts and then feed around 300 kids. Christmas dinner starts from 6:30pm onwards. Email admin@asiadivers.com if you would like to make a reservation.

Allan, Tommy, Alli and Rhuby will be at the DEMA Show November 16-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. As the annual trade-only event for qualified professionals, DEMA Show attracts more than 9,000 attendees and features over 500 leading manufacturers, destinations, wholesalers and service providers all dedicated to the diving, action water sports and travel industries. We’ll be with the Philippine Department of Tourism booth introducing folks to Asia Divers/El Galleon. Please drop by for a visit if you’re attending.

Come over for a “spooktacular night! Rooms are still available. Contact admin@asiadivers.com

Last Thursday Ocean Dive Supply Coron opened its doors and is ready for business. Come on in to check out products from Cressi, Waterproof, PADI, Surface Marker Bouy, Trident, Body Glove, Underwater Kinetics and L&W.

Sha Tin College left us last week but we’re still thinking about the great times and adventures we all had. Thanks to Alan Dickson for sending us this lovely photo. Miss you all! El Galleon/Asia Divers is the perfect place to host your school and/or company event. Contact instructors@asiadivers.com for more information.