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BUOYANCY CONTROL

You moved like a fish underwater! Why do you still have so much air after your dives and why are you swimming so close to the reef yet not touching them? These were usually the comments of my divers when we surfaced after diving.  Well, good buoyancy control is usually my answer to them then the next question will always be… HOW?!? Proper buoyancy control is the most important or sometime the most difficult skill for a diver to master but maintaining neutral buoyancy is the key to easy diving, save more air, avoiding damage to coral reefs and most important; enjoy the underwater environment. When I started diving 25years ago as a teenager, was not doing it for pleasure but was working as a part time cleaner in a yacht club in Singapore over the weekends to make some extra bucks for school allowance. I don’t even use a BCD when I was cleaning, it was just a back mounted with the tank and regulator. I would usually go for a short dive at the pier after cleaning

TECHNICAL DIVING

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Technical Diving Is Scuba Diving's "Extreme" Sport, Taking Experienced And Qualified Divers Far Deeper Than In Mainstream Recreational Diving. Technical Diving Is Marked By Significantly More Equipment And Training Requirements To Manage The Additional Hazard This Type Of Diving Entails. Tec Diving Isn't For Everyone, But For Those Who Hear Its Challenge Call, The PADI Tec Rec Courses Are The Answer What Is Technical Diving? Technical Scuba Diving Is Defined As Diving Other Than Conventional Commercial Or Research Diving That Takes Divers Beyond Recreational Scuba Diving Limits. It Is Further Defined As And Includes One Or More Of The Following: - Diving Beyond 40mMetres Deep. - Required Stage Decompression. - Diving In An Overhead Environment Beyond 40m Of The Surface. - Accelerated Decompression And Or The Use Of Variable Gas Mixtures During The Dive. Because In Technical Diving The Surface Is Effectively Inaccessible In An Emergency, Tec Divers Use

IS MORE FUN IN BORACAY ISLAND...

Boracay Island was awarded by Travel Advisor as the bes't beaches in Asia for 2012 and was also rated as one of the top 10 beaches in the world by Yahoo Travel in 2008 and in spite of the economic downturn in the world. There is a tremendous growth of 41% tourists in 2012 compare to 2011. The Government of the Philippines are doing as much to boast the travel industry in the Philippines especially; Boracay Island. Is indeed more fun in the Philippines but it is even more fun in Boracay Island! Boracay Island is the no. 1 most visited island in the Philippines, not just the Filipinos taking a break in this island but a growth of travellers from Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Countries from Asia. There is also an increase of travellers from America & Europe especially the Russians. There are 4 airlines that fly directly to Caticlan Airport and which airlines provide at least 8 schedules of flights a day. There are even more flights heading to Kalibo Airport, about 2

GOLDEN TREE SPA BORACAY

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Golden Tree Spa is located at Lapus Lapus Boracay specializes in Stone Massage Therapy. It was designed in modern theme providing an ambience of well-being and total relaxation and offers a holistic range of touch therapy and restores to balance your mind and body. Stone Massage Therapy creates a deeply relaxing and healing treatment that helps the body’s energy and blood circulation. Using both pressure and placement of warm stones on the body and combined with aroma therapy, this therapeutic massage restores energy flow. Your guests will be greeted by our therapists upon arriving at the spa and you will be served with our authentic Marongay Herbal Tea, its call The Tree of Miracle that provides lots of vitamins to the body. There are 4 Aroma Oil to choose: Lavender, Peppermint, Green Spa and Eucalyptus. Guests will be guided to the room by our therapists, we have 18 private rooms and every room have a private toilet and shower amenities. There are over