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 <title>Totally addicted to Sulawesi </title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[This is how obsessions start: warning signs flash as you sleep-walk towards the jetty in the middle of the night, and they take hold as the dives start to haunt your dreams. <br/>A trip to Indonesia leaves Steve Weinman craving for more ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Looking for somewhere laidback to suit the underwater photographers and snorkellers in your group? GERALD RAMBERT found it in the Philippines]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:57 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[We dive at dawn - but was John Bantin taking a liberty in Bali when he dragged a reluctant buddy from his sleep to accompany him? Not a bit of it, he was just following the rules ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:34 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Why do some marine creatures have us hooked? <br/>We all seem to have our private obsessions, whether diving in tropical or UK waters. On a recent trip to the Philippines, Sue Daly had eyes only for her own prince among fish ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Marine biologist Matt Doggett spent six months working and diving in the Philippines and is keen to share the good news about Sogod Bay. <br/>Additional pictures by Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[John Bantin heads for Thailand's Similan Islands and Richelieu Rock on a sailing boat purpose-built for divers]]></description>
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 <title>A walk in the Perhentian Gardens</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Zac Macaulay takes a series of underwater strolls through the picturesque reefs of north-eastern Malaysia - a honey-trap for photographers]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:13 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Thailand offers a wealth of underwater treasures to delight the most jaded diver, says LOUISA BUTLER. In a two-week trip you could enjoy a world-class liveaboard to the Similan Islands, the fabulous limestone islands of Koh Haa and fine diving quality at the Red and Purple Rocks. Pictures by ADAM BUTLER ]]></description>
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 <title>Mongolia's dark blue pearl</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Mongolia - not your first thought for a diving holiday, nor your second. But Steven Schwankert's team was in a high-altitude lake to notch up a string of firsts - and to track down the 'underwater deer'. Photos by Marcel-Kurt Moser ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[East Timor is a young independent state, and its unspoilt reef eco-systems provide amazing diving just a stone's throw from the beach. Shore dives don't get any better, reckons Ethan Daniels ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Muck-diving was never muckier than in Ambon Harbour's underwater junkyard, but the debris is studded with living jewels, says Don Silcock]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the world's first cruise-liners sank in treacherous waters off Japan last year, and when Dan Burton and buddy became the first to dive it, they gained a glimpse of a unique diving culture ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Koh Tao isn't everybody's idea of a holiday, but it's the business when it comes to fun diving for gap-year travellers and budgetwise backpackers in an exotic setting. Zac Macaulay feels his age ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Peace has broken out in Sri Lanka, though don't go there looking for coral. John Liddiard found that reef and wreck-diving on the west coast combined with the country's varied non-diving attractions went down very well indeed.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[When you've dived with the mantas, reset your sights on the smaller side of marine life. Cannibal Rock conjures up all sorts of unpleasant images, but Mark Webster reckons it could well be the best dive in the Komodo National Park ]]></description>
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 <title>Far end of MANTA ALLEY</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[You steel yourself for a high-voltage current dive to see the manta rays - only to find that the rays have had a better idea. In the first of two features on the magical Indonesian dive destination of Komodo, Mark Webster finds a secret pit-stop ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Sitting in the middle of what have been officially declared the world's richest coral reefs is the island of Kri. It's hard to reach and the diving isn't easy, says John Bantin, but it's an experience to savour ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It's a little bit of Britain in south-east Asia, but you won't find many of these creatures off the Essex coast, says John Bantin]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It's quite a holiday when you start as a dedicated shark-spotter and return as a macro-nut, but photographer Mike Veitch found that having the rich reefs of Malapascua to himself was too good a chance to miss. Who need thresher sharks anyway?]]></description>
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 <title>The coral kingdom of Wakatobi</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The best coral reef in the world? Certainly Wakatobi has to be a candidate. This resort, the result of an enterprising Swiss-Indonesian partnership, is reckoned to be a place beyond bleached coral, incautious fin-kicks and typhoons. Martin Ornroth visits an island that mixes diving, the local community and eco-tourism in a prize-winning blend ]]></description>
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 <title>Leopards, Lions, Scorpions & Giant Shrimps</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[You never know what's around the next corner in Thailand's undersea jungle, says Gavin Anderson, who reckons the time is still ripe to take advantage of cheap flights and accommodation in Phuket]]></description>
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 <title>Getting Wet in Phuket</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Bernard Eaton's acquaintance with the waters of Thailand's largest island started some time before he glimpsed the coral-filled shallows of the Andaman Sea ]]></description>
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 <title>Andaman Adventure - 3rd Time Lucky</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The trip got off to a bad start, but the evidence of ultimate success is there for all to see in the photographs Fred Bavendam brought back from a liveaboard trip in Thai and Burmese waters ]]></description>
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 <title>Red Rock, Purple Rock</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[You'll find good-value holiday diving in Thailand as long as you make sure to be in the right part at the right time. John Liddiard puts in a word for sites south of Phuket]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Diving hotspots in South-east Asia had reason to fear a knee-jerk loss of business after the Boxing Day Tsunami.In the first of three reports from South-east Asia, John Liddiard heads for Thailand to assess its impact on the reefs]]></description>
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 <title>Borderline Diving - Burma</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[As far as we know, sea creatures are indifferent to national borders, but do these invisible lines affect the diving in any way? Mark Webster and John Bantin find out on either side of the Thailand-Burma frontier in the Andaman sea]]></description>
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 <title>Borderline Diving - Thailand</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[As far as we know, sea creatures are indifferent to national borders, but do these invisible lines affect the diving in any way? Mark Webster and John Bantin find out on either side of the Thailand-Burma frontier in the Andaman sea]]></description>
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 <title>Junk Male</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Junk, groaning under the weight of the food supplies it carries, provides a unique way of exploring Thailand's underwater world - eat a meal, dive it off, eat a meal, dive it off... But it's far from junk food, and Andy Blackford was happy ]]></description>
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 <title>Dodging the Weather</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[When it's high season in western Thailand, it's low season in the east, so in theory you should always find somewhere decent to dive. If you're lucky, you might even find low-season prices combined with high-season weather. Zac Macaulay hopes for the best ]]></description>
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