Travel Adventure

By Mui Aponta

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Koh Tao is the main island for taking diving courses and boasts some excellent sites, attracting the real fundis. But Phuket, Phi Phi, Koh Lanta and the Similans are other alternatives in the Andaman sea and home to three of the best, unspoilt dive sites to head to.

Hin Mouang ? The area is a feeding ground for pelagic fish, thus almost guaranteeing that you''ll see some form of sealife on your dive. Here you can see pinnacles, huge shoals of fish and anemone carpets, just don''t step on them!

Hin Daeng ? Here you can see a whole host of sealife such as barracuda, morays, shrimps, crayfish, manta rays and leopard sharks. Whale sharks occasionally

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