BIG BLUE - Dive Through The World

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We hope you've had a fantastic October holiday as we have and we hope you've gotten your feet wet this holiday and not in a typhoon! We're adding something new to our newsletters from now on, every time someone completes a course with Big Blue they get their name in stars.

Big Blue members had a chance to join us in Thailand on a 5 day charter across the east coast of Phuket, from the spectacular sites at Racha Yai to Racha Noi seeing leaf fish, pipefish, giant puffers, moray eels, stonefish, frogfish, and decorator crabs to Phi Phi Island Diving with its great wall dives, to the amazing caves and chimney at Koh Ha along with a fantastic dive on King Cruiser Wreck with Yellow tail Baracuda's, Travelly and Tuna Darting around both.

Finishing off the trip with dives at Shark Point, Anemone Reef and Koh Doc Mai with baby Nurse Sharks and Leopard sharks along with plenty of nudibranchs, Lion Fish, nemo's and those adorable box fish!

See the video and Photos from the trip, if you have more, please send to us!

http://www.big-blue.cn/en/dive_log/2007-10-01_phuket.htm

we have a video for every joining member, if you haven't picked up yours yet, please drop in.

To Everyone that had joined us on our Charter Trip to Thailand we hope you had as much fun as we did and we look forward to seeing you again on the next trip during Chinese new year along with those that couldn't make it this time.

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| Up and coming courses available |

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We are pleased to announce that the following two courses are running in english:

Emergency First Response - Refresher/full course - 1800rmb

Rescue Diver - Full Course - 4800rmb

EFR+Rescue Diver package - 5600rmb

Many divers take the EFR Primary and Secondary Care course to meet program prerequisites, such as PADI Rescue Diver, or as preparation for becoming a PADI Divemaster. However, most have also found the EFR program to be important in every day life. They have taken a significant step in emergency preparedness, and feel confident that they can provide care should an emergency situation arise.

EFR Primary Care (CPR) teaches you how to deal with emergencies that are immediately life threatening. Secondary Care (first aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening or when local EMS is unavailable or delayed.

Rescue Diver is one of the most rewarding courses you could ever do, you learn to look beyond yourself, focus on other divers, quickly and safely address most problems you could come across in a controlled environment, you'll find out your own limits and you'll work through them. Are you older than 15 and have more than 20 logged dives and are an advanced openwater diver? are you ready.. yet!

If you are interested in joining please email us to check availability and dates.

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| Sipadan - Chinese New Year |

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Join us in one of the most spectacular dive trips you could ever partake on in the world!

Most people go to Mabul to dive Sipadan, that great pelagic sea mount made famous by Jacques Cousteau, home to the turtle tomb, thousands of live turtles and millions of schooling pelagics.

This dive mecca has been indisputably the most famous scuba destination in Malaysia. It is located off the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia's eastern most state, and lies on the north-eastern corner of Borneo, the world's third largest island.

The list of attractions is quite staggering and all the more exceptional as it involves plenty of big fish encounters! You can find yourself surrounded by a spiralling vortex of barracuda, so large that the sunlight is often clouded out. With scores of reef sharks, large schools of passing trevally and herds of massive marauding bumphead parrotfish. This is one of the big fish capitals of the world!

When diving in Sipadan everywhere you turn you'll see turtles, munching on the sponges and algae, or lazing on the wall ledges. If you take the time to look closely at the walls you'll see a wealth of macro life and fish species to rival most destinations.. and thats if you get a minute!

Do we really need to say any more?

Departure Date: Feb. 8th, 2008

Return Date: Feb. 16th, 2008

Day 1 ( Feb. 8th ) Departure

Fly to Kuala Lumpur from Shanghai and transfer to Kota Kinabaru;

stay over night in Kota Kinabaru;

Day 2 ( Feb. 9th ) Arrival

Fly to Tawau, transport to Mabul;

2 dives in the afternoon;

Day 3 - 6 ( Feb. 10th - 13th ) Diving

2 dives in Sipadan, 1 dive in Mabul or Kapalai and 1 sunset dive in

Mabul reef everyday;

stay in resort over night;

Day 7 ( Feb. 14th) Morning dive and dry afternoon

2 - 3 dives in the morning,

clean up equipments and take a break in the afternoon

Day 8 ( Feb. 15th ) Back

Check out at 10:00 in the morning, take the flight back Shanghai with

2 transfers around 14:00 in the afternoon.

Day 9 ( Feb 16th ) Get back to Shanghai

Get in Shanghai around 7:00 in the morning.

We'll update you on the full package shortly

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| Awards |

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A big congratulations to the following divers:

Colette - PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Advanced Open Water Diver & PADI Enriched Air Diver

Jared - PADI Open Water Diver & PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Laker - PADI Open Water Diver

Lawrence - PADI Open Water Diver & PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Lin Ciao - NAUI Scuba Diver & NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver

Lin Jian - NAUI Scuba Diver & NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver

Shuji - PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Grace - PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Heather - PADI Open Water Diver

Joseph - PADI Open Water Diver

Tracy - PADI Open Water Diver

Anthony - PADI Open Water Diver

Jackie - Big Blue 5 Stars For never giving up!

If you want to join us or you have any question, please do not hesitate to email us (info@big-blue.cn ) or call us (86-21-6291 2110).