A turtle at Similan
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ENIt was during this so beautiful diving cruise at Similan. Our meeting with a turtle, at the East of Eden site. Magic moment! That day, my camera was still working. This is the only underwater video I managed to bring back.
The quality is not great, but I'm glad to have a souvenir of this beautiful moment.
We see Tony, the South African videographer who accompanied our group. I'll let you discover the images he shot of this turtle, not too shy, who let us swim with her, for a long time.
http://youtu.be/7MLKU60ilHg
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Beautiful (my daughter agrees)! It's amazing what you can do with a little camera. Your images make me want to dive in again...
a turtle is always so nice i think i'll never get tired of seeing them it's like nudis....
@ Marie-Julie: I'm extremely flattered to receive such an appreciation from your daughter (the truth comes from the mouths of babes). Oh dear, these images make me want to go underwater again, right now... But I'll have to wait!
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@Laurence: Yes, there really is something magical about swimming next to a turtle. As for the nudis, I posted some new images in the previous post...
➜ Similan underwater
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It's true that with a site name like “A l'Est d'Eden”, you could only make an excellent video... 🙂
Tony is great as James Dean 😉
Thank you for removing my comment about the “Earth Hour” in Hong Kong without even telling me, that's very elegant and says a lot!
@Alimata: Very nice site, very rich, East of Eden ... But Tony did not look like James Dean!
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@OnTravel: Oh dear, don't get too excited, come on, let's stay zen... I just made a mistake on your comment, by deleting some others. As a result, it ended up as “pending”. Sorry, but it's back where it belongs now. All's well!
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As for moderation, I'm the only one in charge of this blog, and I confess that I don't usually go so far as to point out to the many spammers, trolls and other off-topic squatters why I delete their irrelevant comments. That's just the way it is. Here, I'm a tyrant without scruples or elegance.
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Sorry for the delay, I was “on travel”: don't worry about the false manipulation, this reaction is more in keeping with the tone of the blog.
since “fair play” isn't exactly the rule on the web, we end up getting a bit touchy!
Here's a suggestion: in this case, you might want to activate the option: “your comment will be visible after validation by the author”, because what's really weird is to see your comment appear immediately, then disappear (I'm not talking about spam, of course!).
@ Ontravel: No, I don't insist on a priori moderation. For the time being (it's still manageable), I prefer to let comments appear right away, for the sake of spontaneous reactions. I may even delete a posteriori and without explanation (as the good little web-dictator that I am) those I deem inappropriate.
I had inadvertently selected your comment along with another destined for oblivion. Hence its sudden disappearance...
Hello
I know the post is already a few years old but my boyfriend and I are leaving for Thailand at the end of March/beginning of April 2016 and I'd like to have some advice... We'll be spending a few days in the North on Chiang Mai to discover the elephants then we'll head to the South and particularly to Phuket.
At first we have no level diving but we want to do when we are on Phuket, do you have spots to advise us? We want to see pretty things (clown fish, corals, moray eels, turtles ...) and for another dive why not the whale sharks ...
After we would have liked to see the islands like Phang Nga Bay, Hong Island, Phi Phi
I'm a bit confused by all the opinions on the forums...
Thank you in advance...
Claire 🙂
@Claire: if you're not already a diver, you can always go snorkeling. For diving, the best thing to do once you're here is to visit one of the many diving centers and see what they have to offer in terms of exploratory outings (Discover Scuba Diving baptism, then possibly four-day courses to pass the first Padi level called “Open Water”).
Phuket is extremely touristy and the dive sites are not in Phuket itself, but further south around the islands ... Any departure from Phuket involves a long sea trip.
Consult a travel guide and choose an island that inspires you. You'll always find diving centers where you can learn to dive. The waters are tropical and you're bound to see some “pretty things”. As for spotting a whale shark, you'll need a lot of luck... They don't come to swim around the islands on command...
Good preparations!
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