okay. brain needs bleach.
why must natter always end up with the ick. I usually blame ita, but this time, I'm blaming Jesse and msbelle. No nice stewards for you come January.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
okay. brain needs bleach.
why must natter always end up with the ick. I usually blame ita, but this time, I'm blaming Jesse and msbelle. No nice stewards for you come January.
C'mon, you know that is what MTV would do. OK maybe they could get that tri-named guy something william scott, that wouldn't be so bad to see.
this week's criminal mind is disturbing.
msbelle, bringing the ick. You go, girl.
People should not be sending and responding to work emails at all hours just because they can.
It's because I worked at home, sadly. Gets hard to turn off.
I've had the Caymans and the Honduras (islands not mainland) recommended as good Caribbean dive spots. I'm tentatively planning 2006 travel -- opinions on places to get certified?
Pre-trip cert?
I did Sports Chalet and they had excellent instructors. Also let me gear up and get in the pool to check if I would freak out before I commited and paid.
Really good instructors.
Aurelia, I sent you something to your gmail address. Did you get it?
opinions on places to get certified?
Belize has a great reef I've heard is to die for. Hopefully not literally. The Bahamas has great diving, and there's nothing like seeing a piranha attracted to your tank. But it's pretty deep which is scary for new divers, I think.
I would say learn in cold water that way anywhere you go will be excellent. Plus you get street cred for being a california shore diver and not some wimpy resort diver.
Pre-trip cert?
My current (very young) plan is to take lessons here, and do the certification dive somewhere warm and not here. Because I am shallow and a wuss. What's the buffer around air travel and diving again?
I got certified in Turks and Caicos. That was cool.
Plus you get street cred for being a california shore diver and not some wimpy resort diver.Yep. Though warm water diving has me thoroughly addicted now. I got cert'd here and then after a few vacations, too cold and shore entries are hell for me.
Diving from Kayaks is the bomb though. There are plenty of great places, esp. south facing beaches like Refugio that are easy entries and exits with swimmable reefs.
ita, at least 24 hours rest before you can fly after diving.