South East Asia
Southeast Asia is a hugely popular tourist region due, for the most part, to its wide range of attractions and very affordable prices. It is also viewed as a very safe part of the world for travelers There are countless popular beach and island destinations such as Phuket, Koh Samui, and Boracay, stunning coastal scenery such as in Krabi, Phi Phi Islands, El Nino, and Halong Bay, nature and wildlife havens such as Borneo and Sumatra. The region has world famous cultural and religious attractions like at Siem Reap (Angkor Wat), Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai, Bagan, and Bali, and large metropolitan areas such as Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore.
For active travelers, there is a whole host of adventure sports such as trekking, surfing, white water rafting, and of course scuba diving. Being located in the Coral Triangle, SE Asia can lay claim to be among the best, if not the best place to scuba dive in the entire world. Raja Ampat, Komodo, Sipadan, Tubbataha rank at the top of many experienced diver’s bucket list destinations. All of this just scratches the surface of what’s on offer for visitors to South East Asia…
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Recent South East Asia Articles
New discoveries in Ambon and Raja Ampat
Check out some of these great images captured by RHK UW productions (Rodger Klein) taken on a recent trip on boat the Archipelago Adventurer II. These destinations are becoming more and more celebrated throughout the world as being among the world's top destinations...
Sangalaki Liveaboard June to Sept 2008
Sangalaki, Derawan and Maratua represent an excellent and as yet still unheralded diving region. Many know of the amazing mantas of Sangalaki, the jellyfish lake of Kakaban and the big pelagic action to be had around Maratua but it has not really come into its own yet...
Dive The World Travel Club Trip 2007
Dive The World travel consultants have many years of experience working in the diving industry, either working on dive boats, teaching courses in dive centres or selling dive trips on-line. Our experience has taught us that the most important part of any dive trip is...
Technical Diving Trip – Thailand’s WWII wrecks!
Are you interested in diving pristine untouched World War II wrecks? Then join the “Hammerhead” tour in the Gulf of Thailand onboard MV Trident, Thailand’s premier technical liveaboard which departs for this unique trip on 16 March 2008. MV Trident is a full technical...
Do you know what’s going on in Phuket?
There is a sense of excitement in the air in Phuket. Just as we find ourselves on the brink of another high season there have been some changes and, as always plenty going on in Thailand’s best dive and holiday destination ... Loads of events coming up to keep you...
Sabah Environment: Kudat Beach Clean
Sunday 28th October saw a concerted effort by many Sabahans and Sabahan residents to raise awareness of environmental issues in the Kudat region in the form of a beach clean up. Kudat is situated north east of the state capital Kota Kinabalu near the tip of Borneo. It...
Komodo Dancer announces new trips for 2008
The Komodo Dancer, one of the most popular liveaboards in Indonesia has announced some changes to its proposed schedule for 2008. Board and cruise in style to Komodo for some of Indonesia's best diving and to meet the fearsome Komodo Dragons (ooh, I'm scared). You'll...
Burma – Does the political unrest affect the diving?
Recent events have put the Burmese political situation back at the top of the worldwide news agenda. At the time of writing there have been several days of protest followed by a military crackdown that has seen protesting monks and citizens arrested and held in...
Dive The World Thailand’s Dive Centre in Phuket
Are you planning to be in Phuket for some great Thailand diving? After several happy years on Soi Kebsup we have upped sticks and moved to an excellent new dive centre near to Rock City and Club Andaman Beach Resort. More information on Dive The World Thailand: Latest...