The above photo’s were provided by Leon Webber, who joined us for the wreck hunting expedition to Songkla (reported in January – discovering 2 new wrecks).

These show the amount of gear we have to move around – in this case the trip from Koh Tao down to the southern Thai province took more than one day! The left photo shows Gary & Tim packed in the back of a Song-Thaew leaving Chumphon pier. To the right, the luggage check desk platform at Hat Yai train station – it’s not every day they get to see something like this! This was a lot of gear to move around – for only 3 tec divers! But it’s worth it!

Ex naval submarine engineer, Leon plans to join DJL Diving towards the end of summer, teaching Buddy Evolution CCR Rebreather courses and taking advantage of the great wreck diving throughout the Gulf of Thailand.

Returning from the above DJL Diving Songkla expedition, acting on a tip off Leon decided to make a stopover in Vietnam.

In a fishing town north of Nha Trang a lot of Chinese ‘Blue & White’ pottery is being recovered from two seperate wreck sites. Being dragged up in fishing nets, then hosed down on the pier, much of the pottery is being damaged by the fisherman.

The surviving articles such as those photographed above are being sold for peanuts! No diving is permitted.

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