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Latest News May 2013
DIARY  |  A Pregnant Male Seahorse!
Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Today we had such a great dive with Putri, when she completed her PADI Enriched Air Diver Specialty Course.

During the dive we spotted 2 Seahorses, and one of them is pregnant! Did you know that pregnant Seahorses are males? Yes, the happy dad carries the babies on his brood pouch for a few weeks, before givi...

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DIARY  |  Carnival Parade in East Timor
Monday, 18 February 2013

Last week all Dive Timor Lorosae staff went in front of the shop to see the Carnival Parade in Dili.

Timorese children and adults dressed in costumes, dancing and singing in the avenue, which was totally closed for the event.

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DIARY  |  White-tip Reef Sharks
Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Did you know that White-tip Reef Sharks may stay within a particular area of the reef for months to years, time and again returning to the same shelter? That is probably the reason why we’ve been spotting them regularly while diving at Dili Rock East in the past few days!

White-tip Reef Shark...

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DIARY  |  What do you know about nudibranchs?
Monday, 21 January 2013
So many different colours and shapes, more than 3,000 known species so far and new ones are still being discovered. If you are crazy about these interesting creatures as we are, you might want to know some curiosities about them.

Nudis can see?

Yes! Although they have eyes, these organs are far less developed than those of humans. They cannot discern images or colour, but the...
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DIARY  |  Chinese tourist group
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Yesterday we had our first group of chinese tourists on our boat. They enjoyed the day snorkeling and fishing along the coast east of Dili....
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DIARY  |  Dugong in Tasitolou
Monday, 17 September 2012
Awesome dive in Tasitolu with Dive Timor Lorosae, 3 days ago, in this dive site, the super divers from Germany spotted a dugong!!! AWESOME ...
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DIARY  |  The Historic Vessel VEGA
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Today we had the opportunity to know more about the vessel VEGA, a 120 years old vessel and maybe the most beautiful boat in the world, the Capitan of this Vessel ask us to retrieve the lost anchor from the harbour and the mission was a success, Ryan and Juan found the anchor and lift it from the bottom of the sea in a record time.

The VEGA not only is a magnificent boat, it also have a...
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DIARY  |  Aditi
Monday, 02 July 2012
Aditi has just arrived in DTL to do the Divemaster internship and she is already working hard on Rescue Diver course :)

Welcome and good luck!
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DIARY  |  Lynne's Birthday
Saturday, 29 October 2011
Lynne has been diving with us this week and we were lucky to help her celebrate her birthday.
She spent the day up the coast diving and on return we all shared birthday cake.
Happy Birthday Lynne!...
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DIARY  |  Dive 2000 Sydney visit East Timor
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Dive 2000 Sydney this week are diving with Dive Timor and having a ball. With some great vis, playful dolphins and amazing dives. Jossie and the gang have been fantastic and a pleasure to have....
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DIARY  |  Setting The Standard for Diver Training in Timor Leste
Friday, 26 August 2011

Dive Timor Lorosae prides itself with being the most professional diving trainers in East Timor. And its really nice when our customers and PADI agree with this too.

Thank you Maria...
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DIARY  |  Dive Timor & Castaways are going GREEN
Friday, 12 August 2011

To help with the environment in East Timor, Dive Timor Lorosae and Castaways bar have set up a recycling scheme to recycle paper, plastic bottles and cans

Please support us by throwing your rubbish in the right bins in the car park in front of the dive centre...
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DIARY  |  Australia Media Trip
Thursday, 21 July 2011
We had another trip with media representatives from Australia yesterday. Everybody enjoyed snorkelling and diving around Ataouro and between we visited Berry at his Eco Lodge....
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DIARY  |  K8E's Snorkel Test
Friday, 15 July 2011

Finally she did it! Katie passed her Divemaster course yesterday and even got her number through No. 292358. So if you want that in your logbook, give us a call and she can take you diving.

In true Dive Timor Lorosae tradition though, she first had to pass the snorkel test..........
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DIARY  |  Sarah's 100th Dive
Sunday, 10 July 2011

Sarah, wife of instructor Aiman and a regular diver at Dive Timor Lorosae, completed her 100th dive this weekend at the Backside of Jesus (still love that dive site name!)

Congratulations Sarah...
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DIARY  |  The Man is Back!
Friday, 03 June 2011

Our Japanese looking Brazilian instructor, Sato is back for another season, yippeee!

I know many friends out there will be happy with this news and he's getting booked up fast. Please pop and say 'Welcome Back' to him....
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DIARY  |  Eco Discovery drivers are certified in EFR
Saturday, 21 May 2011

Well done to Alfonso, Eugenio, Julio and Luis, all members of Eco Discovery who completed thier Emergency First Response (EFR) course with Dive Timor Lorose this week.

Great that Eco Discovery takes thier clients safety so seriously, as these guys drive tourists around to the remotest areas of this beautiful country

Congratulations...
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DIARY  |  Welcome Aboard Dive Timor's Zara Anne
Saturday, 07 May 2011
Dive Timor's boat today had her regular hull clean again today ready for what poses to be another great day diving Atauro island tomorrow.

Once the work was done Juvi and I descended to our mooring chain for inspection and also had a quick peak at the small wreck our mooring lines are attached to.

Juvi's eyes lit up at the sight of the wreck and upon surfacing when I asked h...
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DIARY  |  Staff English Lessons
Thursday, 05 May 2011
Today Dive Timor started english Lessons for our Timorese staff, here they are looking very attentive with their tutor Steve. Good luck to all....
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DIARY  |  Sunset Fishing in Dili, East Timor
Tuesday, 03 May 2011
A great way to end a long week end in Dili, East Timor with a spot of sunset fishing.

Beers, wine and a few well picked snacks from the Castaway bar and even a fish!

Make sure to ask DTL's staff about sunset fishing trips when you next visit :) ...
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