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Abbo · 21st June 2007, 02:28

I was tempted to tell you to leave your kit behind because the fewer that know how good it is the better.

I've done my time freezing my nuts off to go Braille diving off the UK, I've dived the Red Sea and couldn't understand what's to be so excited about and splashed in the Carribean. For me, and I can only talk from my own experience, my best dive in the Atlantic hasn't come within a mile of my worst dive in the Pacific. I'm not a pretty fish diver, but the biodiversity in the Pacific leaves the Atlantic standing. I've seen the numbers, and the difference is huge but, as always, the most important things can't be measured in numbers: the fishes in the Pacific are just..somehow..more exciting. Your mileage may vary. I can't think how many times I've been sitting with a long deco ahead, and the time shot by as I was mesmerized by sharks and tuna and parade of characters that seem to have rehearsed to make my hang time as amusing as possible.

Fifty nautical miles North of Singapore are the Prince of Wales and Repulse wrecks. I've done Truk; I've done Bikini, but somehow I liked PoW, Repulse and the other wrecks in the vicinity better. Maybe it was the history; maybe it was the company, but we had a ball. On a clear day you can see forever. And it feels almost wrong to get out of 30 degree water, peel off a 3 mill suit and sit on the deck sunbathing wiith an ice-cold beer. It does Singapore a disservice to say that one of its most attractive features is that it is quick to get out of, but it is really efficient getting from there to the best diving in the world.

I've never gone anywhere without my diving kit, and I've found gems where I least expected them. If I were based in Singapore I would focus on modifying my kit to make sure it travels well. Every dive you do will involve getting out of Singapore, so it needs to fit in an aircraft overhead bin with your save-a-dive kit. You need to have the materials and skills for field service. And you could certainly do yourself a favour by using your freight allowance to cart heavy consumables like sorb at somebody else's expense.

21st June 2007, 02:28	#7 (permalink)
Abbo Going down on Meg Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tokyo Posts: 422	Re: Moving To Singapore I was tempted to tell you to leave your kit behind because the fewer that know how good it is the better. I've done my time freezing my nuts off to go Braille diving off the UK, I've dived the Red Sea and couldn't understand what's to be so excited about and splashed in the Carribean. For me, and I can only talk from my own experience, my best dive in the Atlantic hasn't come within a mile of my worst dive in the Pacific. I'm not a pretty fish diver, but the biodiversity in the Pacific leaves the Atlantic standing. I've seen the numbers, and the difference is huge but, as always, the most important things can't be measured in numbers: the fishes in the Pacific are just..somehow..more exciting. Your mileage may vary. I can't think how many times I've been sitting with a long deco ahead, and the time shot by as I was mesmerized by sharks and tuna and parade of characters that seem to have rehearsed to make my hang time as amusing as possible. Fifty nautical miles North of Singapore are the Prince of Wales and Repulse wrecks. I've done Truk; I've done Bikini, but somehow I liked PoW, Repulse and the other wrecks in the vicinity better. Maybe it was the history; maybe it was the company, but we had a ball. On a clear day you can see forever. And it feels almost wrong to get out of 30 degree water, peel off a 3 mill suit and sit on the deck sunbathing wiith an ice-cold beer. It does Singapore a disservice to say that one of its most attractive features is that it is quick to get out of, but it is really efficient getting from there to the best diving in the world. I've never gone anywhere without my diving kit, and I've found gems where I least expected them. If I were based in Singapore I would focus on modifying my kit to make sure it travels well. Every dive you do will involve getting out of Singapore, so it needs to fit in an aircraft overhead bin with your save-a-dive kit. You need to have the materials and skills for field service. And you could certainly do yourself a favour by using your freight allowance to cart heavy consumables like sorb at somebody else's expense.
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