Recent Travel Articles
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Dive The World’s New Komodo Boats
Indonesia's Komodo is one of those sought-after destinations that is perpetually booked up nearly a year in advance. It is therefore with great delight that Dive The World announces the addition of 5 new, top-notch vessels in Komodo, meeting your Komodo liveaboard...
Glass-bottom Kayak at Sipadan Water Village
Looking for something to do between dives? Glass-bottom boats and kayaks are popular activities along Sabah's coast, especially because the seas are often quite placid and teeming with sea-life, ideal requirements for both these past-times. Sipadan Water Village on...
Dive The World’s New Maldives Boats
Excitement abounds here at Dive The World as we add new products to our line-up, enabling us to better match you with the perfect diving safari to suit your style and your pocket. Our newest additions are 4 quality boats we've sussed out in the beautiful Maldives...
Walea Dive Resort – Paradise in the Togian islands
In the middle of Indonesia's Sulawesi, lies the Togian (Togean) Islands. Amongst these islands, far from civilization and the troubles of city life, is one in particular, tucked away and accessible only by boat. Neither cars nor motorbikes exist here and mobile phones...
Maldives bans Reef Shark Fishing
Illustrating their commitment to protecting the precious marine environment of the Maldives, the government there has slapped a ban on hunting reef sharks. In part to protect the atoll nation's fragile ecology, the ban also seeks to attract the lucrative and...
Freaky Frogfish is a Fabulous Find
Just as we think we know the oceans, something new crops up. A recently discovered frogfish that bounces up and down on the ocean bed, it turns out, is in fact a new species. Not unlike a funky rubber ball, the bouncing frogfish is covered in splattering of trippy...
Shark Finning on Mabul / Sipadan Follow-up
After a forum post showing shark finning on Mabul near Sipadan that we told you about on February 2nd, the diving community made enough fuss about it for the local authorities to sit up and notice. A reporter and diver from a Malaysian national daily, New Straits...
Fiji’s Matava get PADI Project AWARE Award
Matava Resort, Fiji's premier eco-adventure resort, is proudly a PADI Project AWARE Environmental Achievement Award winner. The resort was awarded this prestigious title for 2008 thanks in part to their environmental sustainability policies. PADI's Project AWARE...
Bad Week for Thailand’s Dugong Population
Last week was grim for the already dwindling dugong population along Thailand's Andaman Coast, the Phuket Gazette reported. No less than 3 of the mammals died, seemingly due to fishing activities in the region. The first dugong carcass the Phuket Marine Biological...