A hitchhikers guide to the blue galaxy

It’s time to get ready for hitching a ride on a sailing yacht to the Maledives, Sri Lanka, Oman, Aden, the divers paradises of the Red Sea or even up to the Mediterranean Sea! We’re writing November 7th on planet earth. In the North Indian Ocean, the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand the [...]

Diving Thailand-Safe Scuba Diving & Planning

Although we have our trusty dive computers to guide us in this day and age it is still essential that you plan your dive and dive your plan. This is particularly important when you are on a scuba diving holiday in unknown waters where there could be strong currents or other hazards you may be [...]

The 10 best destinations for 2009 by Lonely Planet

Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand is ranking on place 4 out of 10 World Wide Lonely Planet’s annual list of emerging destinations and hip classics will be released this week – but we’ve got a sneak preview. This review about Lonley Planets ranking was published at timesonline last week. It is said that: [...]

Traveling Off – Peak Benefits

The European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET) defines traveling off-peak as “traveling outside rush-hours to avoid overcrowding in public means of transport.” This sounds all too simple and as we might expect – easier said than done. For both air and car travel, avoid the crowds by traveling during the week, especially from Tuesday [...]

Customer Reviews – Helpful or not?

At this stage of information technology most travelers getting their needed information from the Internet and not from their local travel agent. Why? Putting it quite frankly, our local travel agent and his sources of information seem to be a drop in the ocean compared to the vast sources we have right at our fingertips [...]