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Tom, Don't know where you are, but that $99 to Cozumel would be hard to beat if you have last minute flexibility. Here are a couple other suggestions - the Sunday travel section of a major airport near you. The San Francisco Chronicle for us even though it's a 6 hour drive. Also, the web is...

...from the southern portion of the Northwest but far from the ocean. Sigh... Terry

Hi, Phil! Welcome! How did you find getting back into the cert process after 5 years? Some relearning, I'd guess. Where did you get your BOW in 5 days? I'm planning on that in a couple weeks being the newbiest of newbies. Terry

One of the handicaps of living in the hinterlands is a dearth of diveshops. There are two 20 miles away and a 3rd 40 miles. One shop said they were all SSI which apparently is another certifying organization. I checked the PADI.org site, but they seemed to have CD's plus videos plus a...

...I'm used to buying all my books off the web. But what do you do if the shops locally are all SSI? Terry

Looking for the latest PADI Open Water book to begin reading before the 8/21 get-wet-and-hopefully-certified trip to Honduras. Amazon doesn't seem to have it. Our local library has a many years old version (I've seen it), and the book searches I know about have a variety of editions. The...

Sometimes responsible adults are not so responsible when encouraging their kids into trying what they should not. April 11, 1996: Jessica Dubroff, a 7-year-old pilot attempting to set a record for youngest to pilot a plane across the United States, died when her plane stalled (due to too much...

Hi, This is a question for my son, who's a contact lens user. Both of us are going (to attempt) PADI cert at a Carib resort in a couple weeks. Seems to me there are various skills that require flooding or removing the mask that might be trouble for contact lens wearers. What to you guys do...

Are you serious? That's unbelievable, but a great report. Thanks. Terry

lildiver, We were on Roatan in April. Nice place. There's a '97 Pisces Books called "Roatan & Honduras' Bay Islands" with very nice pix and lists of dive sites per island along with difficulty and a minimum about anything else. I'd recommend Lonely Planet or Footsteps or Rough Guide for...

Seems like there are three basic bug repellants: Deet, Skin So Soft and Cactus Juice. Personally have used the first two successfully in Central America (the Peten in Guatemala requires professional strength!). Plus I've seen Cactus Juice in Honduras - its adherants (so to speak) recommended...

Laurie, We just got back from Roatan and used Roatan Charter http://www.roatan.com/ to arrange a stay - links to both AK and CCV. We went a bit cheaper than AK (I think) at Banarama in West Bay. Nice, reasonable at $45 a night (ooh! just checked AK rates from the above link and you must...

Hi! Just started diving and wanted to say thanks to what looks like a great board, beautifully laid out and very friendly. I'm a retired (more or less) computer programmer living in southern Oregon. Early experiences in the Pacific Ocean were enough to convince me that, even though I...