Need some advice here regarding on which place to go for PADI OW advance course.

Me and my friends got PADI OW certification this year July in one of the dive center in Perhentian and planning to get OW advance course by 2016 January.

Our original plan was stick to the same instructor however this instructor will be in Koh Lanta till Feb/March.
Issue now is the Koh Lanta package is slightly costly (approximate RM2k included accommodation, transportation and food & beverages on the boat, exclude flight ticket) and this will be our very first time to the island. 

Hence would like to seek advice from you all :

Anyone got diving license in Koh Lanta before?
What is your experience as compare with getting in Peninsular Malaysia and which dive center you went?

Thanks in advance!

Turtle Bay DC for OW. Apparently this dive center only open from March to October.

Better brush up before we lost the memory haha.
did you get the equipment like rash guard and mask those for your diving trip?
any shop you would like to recommend

Hey, plan keep changing now until we really fix our schedule.
Working with the cost and time now and i hope to get AOW straight away.
by the way, my instructor in TBR is Jon. how about you?