{"id":753,"date":"2018-04-30T13:33:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T11:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyclefoodfun.com\/?p=753"},"modified":"2018-04-30T13:33:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T11:33:29","slug":"diving-at-koh-phi-phi-don","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclefoodfun.co.za\/?p=753","title":{"rendered":"Diving at Koh Phi Phi Don"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keith completed his PADI Open Water course here and when I was planning the trip I decided it would be good to dive here too. Just to keep it in the family, I even went to the same dive shop, Island Divers.\u00a0 They were well organised, professional and friendly – I enjoyed my 2 dives with them.\u00a0 You leave early in the morning on the boat for the first dive site – Paylaya.\u00a0 After the first dive there is fruit, water, tea, coffee and lunch to keep the divers inner person satisfied then the boat moves to the second dive site – Palong.<\/p>\n

As this was the first opportunity to dive after qualifying and that was over a month ago, I was anxious and a little nervous but the instructor, Val, put me at ease, gave me good advice and kept an eye on me during the dives.\u00a0 I was pleased with how well I managed and thoroughly enjoyed the dives.\u00a0 There was so much to see – lots of beautiful coral and so many varieties of fish.\u00a0 I have found pictures online of all the species that Val pointed out to us and identified.\u00a0 With thanks and acknowledgement to the owners of the photographs.<\/p>\n

\"Going <\/a>
Going diving <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Dive <\/a>
Dive site Palong <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"False <\/a>
False Clown Anenome Fish with acknowledgement to dive.nl <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Reef <\/a>
Reef Squid with acknowledgement to Wikipedia <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Scribbled <\/a>
Scribbled Pufferfish with acknowledgement to wikipedia <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Hawksbill <\/a>
Hawksbill Turtle with acknowledgement to Seeturtles.org <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Reef <\/a>
Reef squid with acknowledgement to wikipedia <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Varicose <\/a>
Varicose Wart Slug with acknowledgement to simplelifedivers.com <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Crown <\/a>
Crown of Thorns Starfish with acknowledgement to Deeperblue.com <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Clark's <\/a>
Clark’s Anenmome Fish with acknowledgement to wikipedia <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cornet <\/a>
Cornet Fish – With acknowledgement to YouTube <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Chevron <\/a>
Chevron Barracuda with acknowledgement to Richard Merritt Flickr <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

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