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Gap Year Group to Borneo Wraps Up

Monday, August 6th, 2012 @ 11:14 Borneo Gap Year, Courses, News

The last of the Gap Year group photographed on Gaya island this weekend

Time flies when you’re having fun. It’s true, ask Downbelow’s island crew.

We hosted 3 Gap Year groups over the last 10 days who visited Sabah to stayed with Downbelow and have an epic Borneo diving adventure.

Some learned how to dive, some bettered their diving qualifications, but all of them had fun in the sun on Gaya island just off shore from Kota Kinabalu.

And just like that, the Gap Year groups’ Borneo adventure was over and this weekend past they were packing up and heading home.

The Gap Year group and Downbelow alike had a blast while they were here though.

With the buzz of the Gap Year group gone, things are back to normal on at our PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre again.

Until the next groups arrives…

UK Gap Year Student Group Arrives at Gaya Island

Monday, July 30th, 2012 @ 13:06 Borneo Gap Year, Groups & Schools, News

The first of 3 groups of UK Gap Year students arrived at the Downbelow PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Centre this weekend, where Managing Director and resident PADI Course Director Richard Swann was on hand to welcome them.

During July we are hosting 3 groups of British Gap Year students, who will travel all the way to Sabah to experience some awesome Borneo adventure.

First order of business, of course, is to learn how to dive, which the Gap Year students will be doing while camping right next to our dive centre on the tropical island of Pulau Gaya.

“Million star accommodation”, as Richard calls it, due to the fact that on a clear night, when you poke your head from under the tent canopy, the stars a clear and bright.

Over the next 10 days Richard and his crew of pro PADI instructors will conduct a total of 24 PADI Open Water courses, 5 PADI Advanced Open Water courses and 31 AWARE Coral Reef Conservation courses, peppered with a generous sprinkling of fun diving for the Gap Year students.

Under the fun wings of Downbelow’s island crew, there is much fun to be had by the Gap Year students.