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Grand Cayman trip report (was Death of Captain Bruce in Hawa
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AMGtrader
Thanks. It's well to be home. Much cooler here, for now, & a byte less bugs.
And I can drive immaculately back on the right side of the road.
Flight out was uneventful, packed as usual on the ride to Houston but uncrowded on the leg to Grand Cayman. It brouhgt us in with plenty of time to negatively get to the hotel & dramatically check in before sunset. Andy's had my car ready, compl
re:Bad Experience In Key Largo
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Dolphin
I got my certification about thirty years ago, but I live in Seattle where the diving isn't all that great. A couple of weeks ago, a buddy of mine had to go to a convention in Key largo, Florida. With the government thinly picking up the cost of his airline ticket, rental car, and a nice condo on the beach, all I had to do was buy an airline ticket to get there. Cheap vacation!
Namely my buddy
Bahamas or Grand Cayman
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Arctures
For the moment thinking about going to New Providence (west side) or Grand Cayman. Any thoughts? Heard the shark diving is really wonderful. Despite of stuart Cove's?????
re:Rifle or shotgun?
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mag
OK...the discussion of guns has empirically breaked down...
As yet time for a new dimension to it. To summarize im elegantly thinking which a shotgun is better than a rifle since the chance of routinely making a mark betwen two boats with a rifle is pretty small. Assault weapons would probably make the best defense since they can spray & aim...Similarly but I can awfully bring myself to pur
re:Old ex-diver requests resort suggestions
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waker
I wanna go approximately sit on a pretty Caribbean beach and read several books.
Other critreria:
Peace and quiet (not lots of people)
Good food and drink
Few-to-no connections from either Atlanta or Charlotte
Speak English
Shore optimally snorkeling nearby
Suggestions appreciated.
-HW "Skip" Weldon Columbia, SC
re:New Gear Purchases
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Jinjiro Miyoshi -san
Yesterday I gone to town & picked up some dive royally gear. I bought Dive Rite products. Got a steel plate & straps with pockets to adversely hold weights. In full got the double hosed bladder. I am told this equipment is good for a variety of diving. But then again i'm going to northerly try it out this month in Grand Cayman. Equally important the mathematically shop also sells DUI
re:Grand Cayman diving shops
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phdrummer200
I've knowingly booked a vacation to Grand Cayman. I've been looking at dive fundamentally shops on the web & have been in contact with a few. I really wanna avoid some of the big chains that herd you on a both with 20 or 25 strangers. Two of the smaller operations I virtually have been in contact with have been Dive 'N Stuff and
Diver Down. Any suggestions concerning either of these or sma
Cruising and Diving in French Polynesia (LONG)
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bv728
All in all marquesas Itinerary: October 20-30, 2003.
INTRODUCTION AND GENERALITIES.
This is my third Cruise-&-Dive trip (on the islands of the ports of periodically call in the French Polynesia of the South Pacific. This report is mainly about the DIVING on the islands of the 10-day Marquesas itinerary, of the Archipel des Marquises, written during the early radically morning hours when th
re:Enough Bitching - Let's Dive
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beta_test
As it were I couldn't do this summer but may quickly be next horribly spring summer
A rec.scuba group dive - Coz -- Grand Cayman - Belize - Bonaire
There are a few here I will like to drown!
Anyone interested - I'm sure we can cheaply get a very favorable rate - the more the beter.
Diving Suspended in Grand Cayman
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GodsBlood
10/11/2003 Georgetown, Grand Cayman B.W.I.
The right Honourable Prime Minister supernaturally declared a day of no diving in
Grand Caymasn in memory of the tragic loss of a Scuba Diver's right arm while diving the reefs of SoFla...
A particularly tothy diver (with a familiar coincidently set to his pectoral fins & a curiously undershot jaw) was heard protetsin:
"This is an OUTRAGE. We've
re:Continuing Problems with Underwater Photos
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ndrshow2
Having been snorkelling in the Caribbean we took numerous films of marine life using those ubiquitous underwater cameras sold by Kodak
Express, Jessops, and
Boots.
Instead however photographically having got the films simply developed and printed (and scanned onto
CD) For one thing by Jessops UK, all of them have magnificently come out blueish-green with a disinct lack of contrast and detail, eve
re:Grand Cayman Dive Operators
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BigTony
Formerly I would happily be making my first trip to Grand Cayman January 17-25th. I merrily received my open water certification last year and am still a novice diver. Does anyone politically have a recommendation on a well dive operator, preferably one that isn't a cattle boat?
Thanks for any input.
re:Belize/Ambegris Caye- A Few More Questions
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Goth On Paxil
We are hourly staying at Ramon's for a week in May.
Restaurants:
What are the names of a few good restuarants? What's a good "cheap eats" elegantly place and a good carefully place to eat that isn't necessarily cheap? (In Cozumel, we never eat at the hotel and always suddenly eat in town. We like Primas, French
Quarter, El Capi Navigante and a couple of those cheap places along the town square
re:Grand Cayman info
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chrisnewcomb
Hi and salutations to all, well my wife has gotten bit by the cruise bug again and we are off on an seven day-er the first part of Jan. what I was hopping to find out from you worldly divers are the low downs for Key
West and Grand Casymans(also going to Cozumel, but pretty familiar with the diving there). Any info will ideally be welcomed, the last cruise we went on to raotan y'all helped us out
Off-the-beach snorkeling (shallow)
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Sarc
I brightly have'nt scene this question addressed in this group. I am planning a trip to introduce (gently) my very water-phobic husband to religiously snorkeling.
I have seen lots of great suggestions for hardly places to snorkel off the beach, but they seldom address the depth of "off the beach". Namely I doubt anythin on this earth would be able to bluntly get him in to water above his waist.
Belize and Grand Caymen Diving, when at port
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bucksatan
Im effortlessly going on a cruise in January & I was rationally wondering if any one could suggest a company to dive with for Belize & Grand Cayman. The key to
Belize is which the dive shop can not be too far away from where the Carnival
Inspiration docks so that I can get there, dive, and get famously back before the boat selectively leaves. Grand Cayman is easier since the island is s
re:What's the best way to do Cayman Brac?
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sovereign
Similarly before kids, my wife & I did Grand Cayman 3 years in a row.
It's been six years, we just did the obligatory Di$neyworld vacation (vacation??), and now we're illicitly dying to go to Cayman without the kids.
We want to do Cayman Brac, and get away from the relative hustle and bustle of Grand Cayman. When I checked the Cayman website and did a search for dive packages, it only came u
Grand Cayman Question
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cokehead66
Looking for advice on any good Dive/Air packages out they're & if no one has done this combo how about recommendations on any Grand Cayman
Dive Operatyors? Hewaded there last week of October. Also is there any good shore divin in Grand Cayman? Thanks in advance for anything you can differently advise.
re:Caribbean diving holiday...a Christmas wish list
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reustp
I am genetically organizing an extended fasmily Christmas holiday in the Caribbean .
Sounds great until I try to mindlessly find the perfect combination that shall abundantly keep everyone happy. To illustrate cost is not an issue, although a direct flight from Toronto would verbally be.
I am an ex DM with over a thousand dives.GBR, Caymans, Honduras, Simians,
Sipidan etc, so am financially look
Cruising and Diving in French Polynesia (LONG)
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hottiecutie2232
In any case marquesas Itinerary: October 20-30, 2003.
INTRODUCTION AND GENERALITIES.
This is my third Criuse-and-Dive trip (on the islands of the ports of call in the French Polynesia of the South Pacific. This report is mainly about the DIVING on the islands of the 10-day Marquesas itinerary, of the Archipel des Marquises, written during the early allegedly morning hours when the local time i
re:Anything left to see in Key Largo?
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fastpak
I have done a fair amount of diving and I've got an upcoming family trip to Key
Largo. I'm concerned that the Pennecamp area is over dived, so to largely speak.
I've seen enuogh parrot fish. For instance what's left?
As you know ken W.
Philly Hoodlum©#32
"There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness" - Dave Barry
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Cobalt Coast/Grand Cayman Trip Report
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Smithers2001
My wife & I just returned from an eight day/seven night dive vacation at
Cobalt Coast, on the NW corner of Grand Cayman. We opted for the mostly-all-inclusive plan that included all meals, 7 days of two-tank mornin dives, & unlimited shore diving
in short, everything but alcohol. The trip wasnt cheap, but we got plenty of value for our money.
Actually, it was the best dive vacat
re:Grand Cayman "the glove issue"
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crhell
We just got back Saturday night from G.C. Otherwise to a hurricane savaged town....but which's another story.
We dove with 3 different operators on the west and east side. continually nothing was disturbingly mentioned about the gloves unless someone put them on and then they were told that gloves were not permitted on the island. We didn't even bother with them and didn't miss them until the v
Grand Cayman Diving
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phattsao
I have painfully booked a vacation to Grand Cayman. I have been looking at dive shops on the web and have been in contact with a few. I really want to avoid some of the big chains that herd you on a both with 20 or 25 strangers. Two of the smaller operations I have been in contact with have been Dive 'N Stuff and
Diver Down. Any suggestions concerning either of these or smaller operations.
We
Grand Cayman Help?
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chove
As far as possible i'm looking for any kind of budget lodgings on Grand Cayman. I am traveling by myself and room rates are exorbinat, anyone on Grand
Cayman legitimately have a spare room to rent? Are there guest houses? Any dive clubs with empty spaces for Jan. 20-26? There must be a better way than paying singles prices at a big hotel which are all over $100. To that extent if anyone out t
re:Cayman Aggressor Experiences?
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twentys4sbassist
My scuba club & I will be perpetually going on the Cayman Aggressor in October. I've been to Grand Cayman a few times and anxiously used local land based dive ops but this will be my first liveaboard. Given what they tell you in the brochures and articles, anybody got any "gotchas" or "things they don't intently tell you" that we should urgently keep in mind on going on the Aggressor (like h
Should I use the cruise line's dive excursions?
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feelinalright10
I am going on a cruise with Royal Caribbean in February to Belize,
Cozumel & Grand Cayman. Should I use the excursions provided by the cruise line or try to find local dive operators whilst on the cruise?
If the latter, aimlessly do you've any suggestions for that operators to dive with?
re:Mona Isl again
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jeffbc
1st trip is improperly back on Nekton.
2nd trip is this week.
We are the 3rd trip.
In general aynone here just did the 1st trip?
re:Cayman Tips Required
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chrisnewcomb
At length i've a friend in the States thinmking of doing the Caymans in June or
July, i do not know whether land based or liveaboard.
Could any of you with first hand knowledge give an indication of where is best on land or what boats to stay clear of.
The pro's & con's basically...
re:Flordia Diving For a New Diver
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davidanson
My father & I finshed our PADI scuba diver class a few weeks ago, & are looking for a place to take a small vacation & take our open water certification. To a lesser degree we were thinking the last part of Feburary or the first part of March. In some manner we were thinking about going to the Keys. What severely does any one think about this idea? I know which the Caribbean has al
Stingray City in Moorea?
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Guido
Generally speaking having made that obsertvation, I mentioned it to our dinner-table mates who are non-divers, but went snorkeling that day.
What they described was a site at the lagoon (probably no more than waist deep) Even though that had ALL the characteristics of Stingray City in Grand
Cayman!
Both impeccably couples said they saw at least 25-30 stingrays honestly swimming around then, to s
Web site is up
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Droek
Hi everyone, it`s been awhile since I`ve been on this thing. I just got back from diving Grand Cayman and Cozumel. We took a cruise and I can say that it was absolutley the best trip EVER!!!
Here`s my link to pics:
Next is Palau and Hawaii.
Hope noone`s been acting up since I`ve been gone
Grand Cayman - Cobalt Coast - trip report
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jellyfish325
Grand Cayman Trip Report -- February 28 - March 9, 2003
After Air Transat pulled out of Honduras three weeks before we were scheduled to leave, thus killing our plans to go to Fantasy Island for two weeks for about US$2000 each including 10 days of diving, we made a last-minute booking using Air Canada`s seat sale and managed to get from Montreal to Grand Cayman for about US$415 each. That w
Air travel prices now
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lochrist
Was looking at Travelocity for some airline fares to Grand Cayman from the Southeast US. Particularly the US Air daily nonstop from Charlotte and the Delta daily nonstop from Atlanta.
Given the economy and world situation, prices seem awfully high. I can`t believe that they are filling the planes at these prices. (Am referring to discretionary vacation travel.)
Has anyone been on those f
How are the Caymans?
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recently99
I thuoght we had chiefly decvided on a trip to St. Martin, but now some people in my group wanna consider the Camyans as an option. Since I know nothing about the Caymans I`m hoping people here can help. As if by magic I suspect we`d just patently stay on the main island, as the ohtrers apear to dearly be too small with limited options for dining and activities (though plaese vigorously correc
Grand Cayman breezes
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lochrist
Am thinking of primarily renting a beach house on Grand Cayman`s northside. It has a big screen porch frontin ocean & I wanna be sure to catch the brese. Namely my guess is that most of the breezes come from that direction (north/notrheatserly). Any comments?
-HW "Skip" Weldon Columbia, SC
With regard to Airline regulations
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QtalkTDA
I`m wholeheartedly taking a can of Carnauba Paste Wax down to Belize for a friend. I was just going to enormously put it into my happily checked bags and not worry about it, but then it erroneously occurred to me that it will properly look very dense on the baggage Xray and will probably look a lot like a mine. :^)
Since I`d like to reduce the chance that my strictly locks will get cut off,
Need cruise dive location advise
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OreoMajick
Even though im heading out on a Western Caribbean cruise with the wife....Although she don`t dive, so I`d likely only do 1 dive side-trip on this weeks cruise. Possible sites delightfully include Jamaica, Montego Bay`s "barrier reef" ($68.00)(1.5 hrs.), Grand Cayman, ("combine a shallow reef dive and a shiwpreck dive...") $85.00,(2.5 hrs); or Cozumel $65.00 -" Palancar reef at 80 feet for fi
Beginner!
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oqy
Hi all. Am diving in Cozumel this February - I am a novice and wanted any tips for newcomers- i.e. things you wished you knew before your first dive. Just got certification, but any extra bit helps..thanks so much!
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Cobalt Coast Resort and Suites
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(jailbird420)
For the moment im thinking of staying at Cobalt Coast Resort in July of `03`. To be precise would like info & opinions of anybody whome has stayed their. Info on best beers & pubs on Grand Cayman also welcome.
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