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Its fine as long as you stick to the tourist spots.Philippines is yet another amazing dive area I'm apt to avoid due to the current political climate
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Its fine as long as you stick to the tourist spots.Philippines is yet another amazing dive area I'm apt to avoid due to the current political climate
But my experience has been that a lot of the safety concerns are overblown by the media and the government.
I was there recently, you would never know anything was going on politically, it was perfectly fine. I was in Thailand a couple years ago when there was a military coup and again, as a tourist you would never know anything was going on other than some specific parts of Bangkok.
The political climate in Philippines has no impact on ordinary folks.Philippines is yet another amazing dive area I'm apt to avoid due to the current political climate
Thanks for the idea! I talked to a friend of mine who has dual citizenship and he is working to hook me up with the right people over there. I will check out Red Sea Explorers. Definitely food for thought. thank You!Red Sea, particularly south Egypt ... plenty of deep wrecks. Red Sea Explorers provides mix, tanks and scooters if you want them.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
The amazing thing about that is that the Maldives were rated the #1 ISIS recruitment area in the world.I was in the Maldives in 2012 when the military overthrew their government. Went into Male the day after the coup and the only sign of the coup we noticed were soldiers on the dock handing out cash to the protesters ... apparently it's a paid position, and they had completed their job and were collecting their pay. Otherwise, all was quiet and peaceful.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
"http://www.petemesley.com/cms-assets/documents/172274-7207.bikini-main-info-2014.pdf "Well in 2013, I was the only Open Circuit diver on the trip ---with Helium at over $4/cuft, that was a killer gas bill even while using an economy "tropical trimix" blend of 20/20 for only the first of two dives per day. And ideally you need a dpv/scooter (which United Airlines charged an exorbitant excess baggage weight fee for each flight leg) to do the grand tour of fhe 888' long USS Saratoga Aircraft Carrier. If I was already a CCR diver at the time, this would have been a more economical trip; otherwise it was a once-in-a-lifetime epic visit to some very significant & historical WWII warships, and seeing the effects of the two atomic bombs which sank them.
Malin Head of Ireland, WW1 and WW2 submarines, destroyers and liners. From 55M to 162M. Here's an example: