got the opportunity to try mares mask while on the dive center, about 200. quite ok, but cant pinch nose.. lol..
Don't get a mask that you can't pinch your nose easily. You'll have problems when equalizing and will get very stressed up underwater. Go for those that are made for Asian faces. Try IST masks or if you have a higher budget, check out Tusa's mask. It's also important to find a mask that can fit your face so water don't easily flood your mask.
QUOTE(EvanSoon @ Aug 4 2013, 01:49 AM)
See! Sotong not there also bad viz
Sotong must have pass your bad viz luck to him some time during TT.
Wow, I never thought that Shah Alam aquatik could conduct pool session for scuba. I did fine confine at Panasonic Sports Complex centre....
Yup they have a 6m deep pool. Prices on the first page of this thread. The dive center operating there is Dive Buddy, you can google it up for more info on the pool dive.
QUOTE(pakutekan @ Aug 4 2013, 10:49 PM)
Lets go.. Hahaa.. I'm ok with that pool just 10min from my house. Hehee
Hah! It's roughly 5 minutes drive from my house as well.
I see, then we prefer Kecil then. Flo, can share with me the pricing for Kecil from budget to moderate.
Any1 wanna join?
I would suggest to choose a dive center first, then see what are the available hotels nearby. No point getting a hotel faraway from the dive center. For packages, you can refer to http://www.pinganchorage.com.my/perhentian_island.htm Don't know if he rates are updated or not.
For diving, most likely you'll pay the hotel per night. Deal with the hotel directly if possible. You have to call them up to find out. Sometimes they have off peak season rates. For 1 or 2 people, and during off peak season, some of us also just walk in and check which hotels are cheaper.
Ok Bro, will do. Alright, Thanks for the link. will look into it.
I haven't been to Kecil island so can't help you there. Search on tripadvisor also and see. Lots of foreign tourists visit Perhentian. Try to find which hotel you want then call up the hotel and get the price directly.
Would love to join you all for the Redang trip, but not enough budget. Maybe next time..
We currently don't have open space for our Redang trip also. No worries, next year got 2 Perhentian trips (1 in March, 1 in April) then another trip to Pemanggil island sometime in May. We are planning for Pulau Weh and also Mabul/Sipadan hopefully.
Come TT with us some time! You have been diving for so long! In 2004, I just did my first DSD only hahah.