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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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HOW DO I BOOK WITH YOU GUYS? |
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If you've already got your info via email and you wish to make a reservation with us for diving, trips, live aboard, courses or what-so-ever, fill in the reservation booking form from our online reservation booking form with all your details including equipment items and sizes. Tell us also what equipment you already have. If it's a MV Excalibur cruise, mention any special diet and vegetarian requirements. We will confirm your reservation within 24 hours and reply with a booking code which you submit in the yellow field on our secure online payment form. Ensure that your information is completed submit presto, you have booked yourself an unforgettable diving holiday. If you have any other questions to which you cannot find answers, email us. |
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HOW TO FIND MY WAY TO PHI PHI ISLAND? |
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The boats to the island depart from Phuket in the morning from the Rasada Pier in Phuket town at 8.30AM sharp. The afternoon Ferry's depart from the Songserm Pier located at Koh Sire Island at the (Fishing Harbor) in Phuket town at 1.30AM and from the Singhsenghrat Pier Phuket town at 2.30PM. All of these Ferry's arrive in Phi Phi Island on the main Pier Ao Ton Sai Bay. Coming from the Pier turn right on to the main road, take the second turn left, about 70 meters from the pier, just before Mamas Resto and walk on to the road. After 30 meters on the left is the Post Office, and 10 meters further down on the right hand side is Moskito Diving Center. Next to our shop are Fatty's restaurant, good food & German beers. The Ferry ticket's from Phuket cost about 250 to 300 Thai Baht, a taxi from the airport is about 400 to 500 Thai Baht and 100 Baht per person on a mini bus. |
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What are the most common problems of scuba diving? |
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The most common medical problems are simple middle ear "squeezes." Squeezes cause pain in your ears. The pain is caused by the difference in pressure between the air spaces of your ears and mask and higher water pressure as you go deeper into the water. Squeezes that affect the inner ear or sinuses are less common.
Cuts, scrapes and other injuries to the arms and legs can be caused by contact with fish and other marine animals, certain species of coral and hazards such as exposed sharp metal on wrecks or fishing line. |
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What dangerous medical conditions are possible when I am diving? |
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* Inner ear barotrauma. This condition may happen if you have trouble clearing during a dive. The result is severe dizziness and hearing loss.
* Pulmonary barotrauma. This condition is the result of improper breathing during the ascent to the surface or, occasionally, from diving with a respiratory tract infection. Symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath and hoarseness.
* Arterial gas embolism (AGE). This is a type of pulmonary barotrauma in which bubbles enter the circulation and travel to the brain. Symptoms such as numbness or tingling of the skin, weakness, paralysis or loss of consciousness may occur. This is a serious diving injury.
* Decompression sickness ("the bends"). This condition occurs during ascent and on the surface of the water. Inert nitrogen gas that is dissolved in body tissues and blood comes out of solution and forms bubbles in the blood. The bubbles can injure various body tissues and block blood vessels. The most common signs of severe decompression sickness are dysfunction of the spinal cord, brain and lungs.
Remember: If you should develop any of the symptoms on this list during or after a dive, seek medical care immediately.
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