Backpacking south east asia

[silentblue]

This year I will take my sabbatical and I will spend some months backpacking in south east asia. Of course I will take my freediving gear with me

My journey will start end of January in Bangkok and will end in mid of June in Singapore. I plan to visit Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia (Bali). There is no fixed schedule yet, but at the moment I plan to visit Thailand for at least two months.

After Bangkok I maybe do a short stopover at Pattaya and trying some spearfishing for the first time. Afterwards I will travel south via Koh Tao (I will do a SCUBA certification there) and the Krabi region.

Thats my plan for now. I would like to meet some other freedivers and maybe some is around there too. So drop me a line and share some dives.

I will keep you up-to-date.

If you would like to know a bit more about me, have a look at this introduction thread:
http://forums.deeperblue.com/introductions-greets/96828-hello-berlin-germany.html
and
silentblueDE - YouTube

 

[silentblue]

Well, my journey will start today.

Somebody in Bangkok this week?

 

[silentblue]

Well, I'm currently staying in Pattaya.
Although I contacted the dive school beforehand they now have some problems providing the spearfishing course They do it on scuba but not really freediving. But thats the real thing! :ycard Hmm...

Anyway I had two nice weeks in Bangkok and thanks to BKK Loma freedivers a short training session in their pool and a nice day trip excursion to Ko Sichang. Thank you guys to let me be part of it

 

[silentblue]

I'm now staying on Koh Tao, Tanote Bay. Beautiful place and many nice spots. There is even a small wreck at -18m. But everyone seems to be on scuba here

Nobody around?

 

[Massin]

Hi silentblue,
Really sounds like an epic trip you're on, I am very envious! I hope you find a buddy, it would be a shame to miss out on any diving in such a beautiful place. Thanks for sharing, I'd love to see some pics of your travels. Until then,
Good luck and dive safe!

 

[silentblue]

Hmm, finding some buddies seems to be the most difficult part of the fun ... well, if you are able to dive. I had bad luck for a long time regarding this. I got multiple ear and sinus infections. And to have a little bit more fun a light ear squeeze. Weired.

In the meantime I had a stop over at Ko Lanta and did a new personal best of -32m with blueplanetdivers.

At the moment I'm on Bali - Tulamben and was out on the USAT Liberty wreck with apneaBali today. Anybody else around?