People have been choosing Thailand for amazing diving experiences for over 20 years now because it has some of the clearest, coral filled waters in Asia, the water is warm year round and the marine life is prolific. The Andaman Sea side of Thailand offers the best diving. This area covers the west coast of Thailand from the border with Burma right down to the border with Malaysia. Here we find Koh Phuket, Koh Phi Phi, Krabi, the Similan Islands, Surin Islands, Richelieu Rock, Koh Bon and Koh Tachai. These are the very best dive sites in all of Thailand and the Andaman Sea.
Diving the Similans Diving around Koh Phi PhiOn The Junk we will take you to those destinations in style. When we get there we drop you of by dinghy and pick you up where ever you surface. We did it this way long before it became mandatory in the National Parks for safety reasons.
Our guides are the most experienced in the region and through extensive briefings and debriefings will give you insights in the local marine life like nobody else does. No wonder so many divers choose the Junk and it's liveaboard diving experience.
We realize that we can't control the menu of your underwater experiences but what happens above we will do our utmost to make that a first class experience. Good food is one of the areas were we make a special effort to excel! And that is one of the reasons that most of our agents mark our liveaboard product five stars.
If you are a vegetarian let us know before and our chef will make some extra vegetarian dishes "just for you". If you have any allergies let us know also and we make sure there are plenty of choices of food that you like and your body agrees with.
The most important meal of the day our mothers used to tell us. That’s why we do it twice. First we have a simple breakfast before the first dive. For some that means just a cup of fresh coffee and maybe a slice of toast with marmalade or cheese. Then after we work up an appetite by diving we serve the Full Monty. Different kinds of bread and a toaster at your disposal, eggs (different style every day), bacon, ham, fried beans, fruit yoghurt, pancakes on some days and other days a nice and warm croissant, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers. Then there is always a big bowl of rice soup for people who want to have a traditional Asian breakfast.
Is served after the second dive. This is an Asian affair. We will have different kinds of rice (white rice, fried rice with egg or pork or beef or seafood, brown rice and other specialty rice) maybe some noodles. There will always be plenty of vegetables and fresh salads. We like to keep this a “light” meal. Three or four accompanying dishes build around seafood, meats and also some vegetarian dishes. We like our food to be nourishing and healthy at the same time.
We normally eat dinner around 18:00 before the night dive. We like to do our night dives well after sundown so we are sure that all the night creatures are out and about. Dinner consist of a full complement of Asian dishes but we also understand some people just like their familiar western power meal to recover after a days “hard work” underwater. The western food could be Italian pasta, pork steaks and fries, Mexican food or goulash and potatoes.
On our vessel you will never get hungry we guarantee that. In between meals there is always fresh fruit available, cookies in a jar, and after the night dive there will be some "sugar" waiting for you. This could be donuts (yes from Dunkin!) banana cake, cheese cake, custard, fruits in heavy syrup, nuts for the people who have a drink after the dive and so on...