Tag: Andaman Sea
With No Training, Thailand’s ‘Sea Gypsies’ Successfully Treat DCI
With no technical training, indigenous fishermen of Thailand Andaman Sea have successfully treated nearly two-thirds of those who suffer decompression illness through in-water recompression. The Urak Lowoi, better known as Thailand’s “sea gypsies,” make their living fishing using surface supplied air on the islands of Phuket, Phi Phi, Lanta, Lipe, Jum and Adang. While the [...]
Read moreCave Diving in Thailand
In the previously mentioned article on the development of technical diving in Thailand, the Tourism Authority of Thailand gives a good, if basci, overview of not only reef and wreck diving, but the increasing prominence of cave and cavern diving in the Land of Smiles. Divers experienced in the use of tri-mix can enjoy some [...]
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