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September sunshine continues in Puerto Galera. Don’t miss out on this amazing time of the year here. Water temp is warm and cosy and the vis is very good too. What are you waiting for? Email: admin@asiadivers.com
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September sunshine continues in Puerto Galera. Don’t miss out on this amazing time of the year here. Water temp is warm and cosy and the vis is very good too. What are you waiting for? Email: admin@asiadivers.com
Another amazing weekend of sunshine and blue skies has gone by again. We have had the pleasure of having a large group from the Australian Embassy here with to enjoy it all. Thanks to Malcolm Hammer and Louise Abbott for helping to get this all together. For many of the group it was their first time to visit Puerto Galera and we suspect that it won’t be their last!
A full pool this past Saturday with 8 DSD’s, 3 refreshers, and 4 OW students…not bad for the middle of rainy season!
Pete made sure that discovering scuba for the first time was a very happy experience for Richard, Ruby, and Oscar Rodgers, Karen Bishop, Tamiyka and William Abbott, Fergus and Oliver Macks.
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Dear friends, divers, underwater photographers & videographers,
It’s with great pleasure we can announce the 6th HUGYCUP edition.
The HUGYCUP 2014-2015 will take place in Puerto Galera, Philippines between the 22nd of February and the 18th of April.
Asia divers and the ‘El Galleon’ resort will be our home base during the competition.
The HUGYCUP is an international underwater photo & video competition supported and sponsored by well-known resorts & dive centers, artists & equipment manufacturers.
Prizes with a total value of around 30000 € will be awarded to the best photographers & videographers.
So join us and take part of this great experience. Danny Van Belle, 4-times winner of the Golden Fin at the world festival of underwater images and Cmas Vice-world champion underwater videography will be there to give you some extra advice.
During the HUGYCUP you can get some ideas on aperture & diaphragm settings and adjustments for your camera, underwater positioning and composition.
Come and join us during the HUGYCUP period and get a chance to win one of the marvelous prizes …. For all info have a look at www.2014.hugycup.com
To join please contact : info@hucycup.com or through the booking form on the HUGYCUP website http://2014.hugycup.com/how-to-participate-how-to-book/bookingreservation-form
Congratulations go to David Giles, Dwight Lloyd and Ming Jun “Max” Qiao on completing the Cressi-sub regulator service seminar on 9th June at Asia Divers in Puerto Galera.
With just three students on the course gave plenty of time for more personal attention per student with plenty of questions thrown around the room for all to debate upon.
In fact between David and Dwight they both come to the conclusion that with Ming taking some many photos of the guts of the regulator, the photos were going back to main land china as blue prints to copy Cressi regulator…
Once again the regulators used for strip down and rebuilding was Cressi’s very popular AC2 and MC5 first stages, while the Second stages for strip down was Cressi’s compact and ellipse regulator.
For anyone wishing to take part in this one day fully authorized course in your area then please contact Andy Norman by email: andy@asiadivers.com
A big congratulations to David Giles, Dwight Lloyd and Ming Jun “Max” Qiao passing their Instructor Examination!
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It’s never easy to capture the beauty of a sunset and the ambiance that it creates, but I thought a photo from the Barrel Bar around 6: 30 p.m. the other night might be a good start. Magic!
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