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Just to reinforce this point and expand on it a little, you can dive the same site several times and have a different experience each time. Different captains and different DMs do the drops in different places and there are almost always different routes. Some DMs will cross over sand flats into...

If you want to see something different, try to get around the southern end of the island to Islotes. It’s on the east side. I’ve been there several times with Aldora and have never seen anyone else over there. I don’t know if anyone else goes. The weather has to be just right. Maracaibo Shallows...

Aldora has HP steel 120s, HP steel 100s, and HP steel 80s. We use the 80s for shore diving at the Villa, but I think you can get them on the boats if you want. Aldora fills it own air and nitrox. It’s not just the weight of the tanks that matters, it’s the buoyancy characteristics. The HP steel...

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Add Scuba Mau to the list and you can add a new category to rate: Sank a boat in the channel.

I used to dive from shore at FA, but there was always a fairly stiff current. You need to start into the current or you’ll likely be walking back. I don’t know if you can get tanks fro Dive House if you are not diving with them otherwise. If I want to shore dive when I am diving with Aldora, I...

I’m not a Devil’s Throat fan, either. They try to get a consensus on dive site choices and they don’t go to DT if anybody is uncertain about it. I do like going to Islote, Maracaibo, Maracaibo Shallows, Punta Sur, and Columbia Deep, along with the occasional visit to Barracuda and San Juan. But...

I used to do group trips with our local dive shop, stay at Fiesta Americana, and dive with Dive House. This was 20 years and two renovations of the hotel ago. Our group always filled one of the big boats, so we never complained about our fellow divers, plus I was one of the newbies. About ten...

It’s a painted elysia. Once you learn where to find them, they are everywhere. One day at Dalila, I stopped counting at 40. If you really want to see nudis and slugs, dive with Liang at Aldora. She knows them all and has a great eye for them.

Completely agree with this. Breathing control, which is not initially about air consumption, is the key to buoyancy control. They are two sides of the same coin. And the zen thing is part of both. I had a very useful course called Tranquility Diving, sort of a buoyancy class on meditation...

There are buttons on the upper right portion of the page to select whether to view the original or the translation. When it opened, it was on the original. When I tapped “translation” it popped right up.

I’m not a big fan of La Perlita, either. Their ceviche is good, particularly the lionfish, but the other dishes have been mediocre to disappointing, often dry and overcooked. I’ve also found the service spotty. Sometimes it is good, but more often not. I’ve been there a number of times over the...

I think Dinorah is his niece. She may know. I would be bummed if he had left. He has taken som extended absences in the past.

To get back to the OP’s original question, I don’t know anyone who is a full-time instructor. There is always something else. You might the the dive shop owner, but then you have a lot of stuff besides teaching. You might work full time in a shop, but then you are selling gear, or being a tech...

I always pitched a tent at Gilboa. Worked well. Findlay is definitely the closest for lodging.

Hmmm . . . It’s really hard to pick one. To start, I tend to prefer the sites that are less crowded, which generally rules out anything that starts with “Palancar.” Don’t get me wrong, there are lots of things to like about the Palancar system, but I prefer to avoid the crowds. For the first day...

The Tourism Promotion Council is not a government agency and does not control the situation. It is an advocacy and marketing organization. It is advocating a position and being optimistic. There is no reason for those in real authority to make any statements countering the Council. I would love...

Agreed. It’s all pretty much hypothetical at this point. My job has been about 95% dealing with pandemic implications for the last few months, and I keep saying that there is a lot we just don’t know yet and that we will not have a quick return to business as usual.

I think the tourism council was being optimistic. The company I work for has operations in a number of locations in Mexico and we have been hearing a lot of optimistic statements about resuming business. The hard facts are as Christi says. The current national order expires at the end of May...

Those fares on American are actually pretty reasonable for flights out of Detroit. We don’t get the cheap flights everyone seems to get from Texas. I am aware of the American flights through Charlotte and Dallas and have taken them before. I strongly prefer flying into CZM, but I also...