Sawadee-kah from Phuket, Thailand

[Quero]

Originally Posted by CompuDude

Hmm... this person looks mighty familiar to me...

Long time no see!

Quero is a fantastic local resource for those who want to dive Thailand.

I speak from experience.

Thanks for the welcome from my once-and-future dive buddy! How did your slideshow presentation for your dive club go?

[Quero]

Originally Posted by Beaucoupfishies

Wow, I googled up Richelieu Rock and it's really beautiful. Have you come across any whale sharks out there? My fiancee would love to see one someday.

Whale sharks are Richeleiu regulars this time of year. They're a bit later than usual this year, but have been sighted up there this past week. They come when the water starts to turn "green" at the change of the seasons since that's when their food source--plankton--starts coming in. Of course it's a tradeoff between viz and big fish....

[Quero]

Originally Posted by Travelnsj

Can you only reach that area only on a Liveaboard?

No, you can take speedboat daytrips from Khao Lak (a couple hours' drive north of Phuket), but it's definitely easier and more convenient by LOB.

[Travelnsj]

Quero....I'll start a thread in the Asia forum in a couple of days asking some questions. Thailand has not been on my radar....but after I googled Richelieu Rock ....Looks interesting....very interesting.

[Quero]

Originally Posted by Travelnsj

Quero....I'll start a thread in the Asia forum in a couple of days asking some questions. Thailand has not been on my radar....but after I googled Richelieu Rock ....Looks interesting....very interesting.

Good idea. Nobody will remember to look here for this discussion we've been having (it should probably be moved at this point).

[Chocoholic]

Welcome! Thailand has awesome diving, if you have any pictures post them. I so want to go back, it's been forever.

[CompuDude]

Originally Posted by Quero

Thanks for the welcome from my once-and-future dive buddy! How did your slideshow presentation for your dive club go?

Scheduling mixup, so I'm actually slated to give it in April instead of last week. At least I have more time to tweak the presentation!

I posted a trip review of my dives on this site... there are one or two shots in it that may look familiar to you.

Thailand Trip Report - Jan 2008

[chris in the socal]

I would Love to dive there. I cant wait to make my first trip out there.

[Quero]

Originally Posted by CompuDude

I posted a trip review of my dives on this site... there are one or two shots in it that may look familiar to you.

Thailand Trip Report - Jan 2008

Cool, C-dude! What a wonderful write-up! And yeah, I do recall seeing a few of those fish you shot pictures of...

You even got a couple of images of a mermaid!

[Quero]

Originally Posted by Chocoholic

Welcome! Thailand has awesome diving, if you have any pictures post them. I so want to go back, it's been forever.

For some great photos, check out CompuDude's trip report. He's posted a link at #17, above.