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Who needs scuba gear, diving experience, or for that matter, oxygen, when you can freedive in the “diving mecca” of Ka Tao in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand? And as discovered in this Times piece<\/a>, you too can be exploring the depths of the sea like an experienced pearl diver in as little as two days of practice during your trip. It also helps if you’re experienced with the ways of yoga and meditation — two requirements usually not asked when signing up for scuba lessons — so as to help regulate breathing.<\/p>\n

“By the end of the two-day course, I was comfortable at 20 metres, a depth that had sounded inconceivable 48 hours earlier. Plus, I was able to dive Ko Tao\u2019s newest underwater site. A boat had recently sunk \u2014 without casualty, thankfully \u2014 creating a modern wreck around which a kaleidoscope of tropical sea life was investigating.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who needs scuba gear, diving experience, or for that matter, oxygen, when you can freedive in the “diving mecca” of Ka Tao in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand? And as discovered in this Times piece, you too can be exploring the depths of the sea like an experienced pearl diver in as little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2569,1,2562,2572],"tags":[611,612,610,283],"yoast_head":"\n