ordered miflex hoses from scubastore. super quick delivery man... about RM100 for reg hoses.

if u shop around - the cheaper packages can get for around 1000 - 1100, inc course, stay ,ferry, which is a good deal. if u want recommendations let me know.

always ensure you get a decent dive centre and instructor - this will determine your experience and you will become a life-long dive-crazy homo sapiens aquatis!

just got back from Dayang.. logged 9 dives in 2 days, damn syok.. tiring as hell but well worth it.. Rayner's Rock is awesome..

who want to do open water course with me this month? i have no friends to do with me

i did on my own too. very easy to make new friends while diving. enjoy!

i dont want to travel alone..
planning to go to tioman , bt then now my friend cant go.
soon monsoon will come..
other alternative will be langkawi or pangkor..
do any of you have information for diving at pangkor?

Wouldnt recommend pangkor though. Bad vis.. not very good for OWD.

so where do u recommend in the month of august?

Next year august? Try going to MIDE next year.

Redang!!

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Added on September 19, 2012, 12:07 amRedang!!

This post has been edited by numblink: Sep 19 2012, 12:07 AM

correction not august ..october - december?

Sipadan =)... But ex la...

aiyo...hahahaa , flight too expensive lor

Came back from LOB Kaleebso on Monday. 3D3N on the boat, accommodation was very basic, some rooms for 3 some 4 and one room for 8, 2 toilets, 20 divers. Food was awesome, had salmon sashimi and all sorts of good food. On the last day they were fishing sotong as well and we had sotong sashimi, sotong tempura, sotong fried rice and all sotong.

Only went around Tioman, nothing much to see honestly. Vis was so-so, current quite calm except one dive was really strong. Went to KM Sipadan Wreck, had to do the dive at 7.30am before any other divers come, deep but nothing much to see also. Lots of nudibranch. At some dive sites, the corals were quite nice. Overall, a good experience to go thru. The next LOB I wanna go will be either in Thailand or Maldives.

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contact Scubatex - they have a trip on 5-7Oct to Bidong. there's still place. guaranteed u wont be alone.

dont do pangkor for diving unless u really really need to get underwater; but its still okay cos get to enjoy the holiday mood and island life.

thanks for the info

Just wondering, how to sign up for kaleebso? My friends tells me usually its chartered out every weekend to different groups, so if you know the group then you join. Any way for a solo diver to join?

Just sign up from their site. I think www.kaleebso.com
They have a dive schedule.

Yea my friend organized the trip and we joined. We had to pay deposit to book the place months ago. I think early this year we already confirm the booking. If not its fully booked every weekend. I'm not sure about solo divers.

It seems the captain is not full time on kaleebso. He does have a sales job during the weekdays and does kaleebso on the weekend. You can always contact them on their website as chastise has mentioned above. It also seems the captain wanna retire in a few years time.

Did you happen to dive at Phi Phi Islands? Based on South Siam Divers website, they don't seem to dive at Phi Phi (weird). I am going there next year in Jan. My dive instructor recommended that I dive there. I know it's a little more expensive due to the longer boat ride time to get there. But if that place is much better than the other sites. I don't mind paying.

Anybody else here have dived at Phi Phi? How is it compared to the other sites like king cruiser, anemo reef, shark point, racha yai etc? Anything special about Phi Phi that is worth going and paying for the extra cost?