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I spent a fantastic 4 days here doing to Open Water Diving PADI qualification! We had Mok as an instructor who was amazing all the way through. Give him a raise! To name a few aspects I liked:
- His attention to detail and thoroughness with explaining not just what to do but why it is done was a joy to learn through!
- He gives great person-specific tips that are tailored to what a particular individual within the group may be struggling with.
- He was light-hearted - putting us at ease at the start of the course.
- Lastly, he scheduled the course well, such that most of the more-challenging aspects were over with by the final two open water dives on the last day so that these were mainly just fun diving opportunities in a great location with a couple of minor skills to check!
Others have commented on the small size of the confined diving pool - while this is true the B & J team do appear to take that into account generally with determining the number of groups total being instructed etc. and our group had no problems whatsoever with timings in getting the course done - and we were doing it just as the monsoon season is starting to get going!
As others appear to have posted, the activity here is very focussed on diving, with not too much to offer in terms of restaurants/ nightlife. The restaurants that were there though I personally quite liked and were very affordable (coming from a western country). Lack of nightlife wasn't really a problem for me, I found it quite peaceful! There is lots of cool wildlife on the island itself (and many cute cats) that may interest some.
As a last point, for those going just outside the main season (e.g. myself in November), I was more worried than I need be by the fact the dive centre still operates as the monsoon season starts to get going. There's plenty of time spare in the course to account for this, and activities (e.g. the confined water diving) that can be done if the weather happens to be particularly poor. - via 