I joined 12 others on a diving trip to South Thailand from 24th to 28th November, 2006. We boarded MV Pawara at Chalong Bay on the southern end of Phuket Island in the evening of 24th and the boat took us south to Hin Daeng, a pinnacle about 12 nautical miles from Koh Rok which is itself about 100 km southeast of Phuket.

MV Pawara is a new medium-sized dive boat. It can accommodate about 20 divers comfortably and has been designed and equipped for the convenience of divers.

Over the 3 following days, we did 12 dives at Hin Daeng, ... (more)