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in the surgery, Paul. So you've been diving with some PFO but not enough to stop you. Interesting about bubble formation and coupled with the next post from Beck about the undetectibility of PFO, it might explain some of the variability in DCI. Beck - how did you find out about your quiet...

Dr Bill, We stayed at Mango in March and were very happy with it. Nice restaurant at least and you should try it out wherever you stay. It's off the main drag up Monkey Tail Road instead of along the waterfront and nice and quiet as a result. Not being much of a party animal, I can't say...

...or the potential for them. I'd think they could be seen in angiograms or otherwise diagnosed as a potential defect. That was the line I was leaning toward assuming this MD actually knew about diving with heart disease or was merely outgassing maybe to avoid liability. Is PFO or other...

Sounds like my kinda place, Ron!:D I'm always a bit baffled by people who want to go to something that seems to me to be Las Vegas replicated in the Carrib or in the wilds of the world wherever. It's ok, but it's so far from what my wife and I want as to run cold shudders up me spine...

...to consider that would account for sucking water and would have nothing to do with the reg. I notice when I'm craning my head from side to side looking at all the neat stuff that I put tension on the reg hose. This can pull the mouthpiece slightly loose in my mouth and might allow water to...

...would prevent you from Scuba? I ran into a woman last night at a meeting who said she was going to Mexico about the same time we were, but wouldn't be diving because she had a heart condition. She gets to snorkel, so it's got to be something with pressure. That set me wondering. What...

...I've had two dives at over 100'. The first one as the deep componenet of the PADI AOW and, even though *I* didn't notice anything, I was lower on air that I should have been coming up. Fortunately, the instructor asked how much air I had (forget, maybe it was 1000psi or a bit less at 90'...

...and take them to all the first class, all inclusive resorts. That way, I will never see nor hear them. =W.C. Fields "Children should neither be seen nor heard from -- ever again.":)

Sounds like a concensus there. Either of you ever dive Utila to compare it to Cay Caulker? That's my idea of laid back. I hear you about being cautious with stuff whenever you go diving and you're not in the 4 star hotels - like me never! Also thanks for the recommndations on Tom's. I...

We were thinking about going to Utila, but time and distance in Central America are going to limit us from getting that far south from the Yucatan... Gonna be on a bus before that and don't need to rack up another r/t airline flight to Honduras. We love the laid back quality of Utila, so you...

Doll_fins, We're now thinking of Cay Caulker, but our selection is based on the most layed back, quietest, most undeveloped dive center possible. If you're looking for an all-inclusive, maybe you're looking for a different kind of place. =Terry

Yeah we stayed at the Mango Inn for a week in their best room - around $40 a night for two. Very nice, not luxurious, but really nice. Color cable tv (watched the ever depressing Iraq war), a nice restaurant there. There were other rooms with shared bath for a good deal less. I liked the...

Sorry, it's not probably $200 a day on Utila, but maybe in Roatan's fancier digs or maybe the spiffiest digs in Utila Lodge. Utila Lodge advertises $825 for 7 nights lodging + diving + 3 meals a day. That's not bad for many places in the world. Deep Blue says $1200 for 8 days, 7 nights...

While in the tropics it can rain any time during the year. That much heat and that much water can lead to rain. However, as I said in my post, this is not the time of year that rains most frequently. Two weeks of rain in January would be very unusual. This is peak tourist season. The rains...

Hmmm...maybe this is my grumpy day, but I'm put off by the idea of chumming for sharks. If that's the only way to see them, something's wrong. I know the resorts gotta make bucks out of divers, but interrupting the natural course of an fishes life has got to be a bad idea. We were in...

I'm not fond of the idea of cocooning myself in an all inclusive for reasons that Nancy alludes to. We were on Roatan a couple years ago and as far as the West Bay/West End are concerned, the reef was in poor shape, particularly near shore. The place is waay overdevloped, IMO. Wall to wall...

Actually, you've hit the best time of year to go to the Bay Islands. We've been in Sept, Apr and Feb and to Central America various times between Sept and Apr. Perfect time of year for much of the area. If it's hurricane season in the US, it's hurrican season in the Carib. and hurricane...

Couple suggestions - one is to move your question to Central/South America on this BBS. More people there familiar with Roatan which is Honduras which is distinctly more Central American than Caribean. Also, try the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree for info on Roatan, particularly non-diving...

Thanks for the + input on DB, Cudabait. We plan to be in Utila Feb. 3-9, 2004. This to maximize chances of seeing whalesharks. We went during the full moon last year and saw bunches of them - 12 out of 14 jumps in the waters were simply awesome. One thing about the pricing of DB - seemed...

For Cuba from Mexico. Mexicana and Cubana both fly Cancun to Havana (and back :)). I would recommend the lonely planet thorn tree on Cuba for info on diving there as well as the logistics of overcoming el presidente's prejudice against US citizens traveling there...