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Thank you for another great suggestion, Dandy Don. The ruins and cenotes are definitely a good option. Seen them before, but it's been a while. Will run it by the other half when he gets in from his dive. Cheers! Gayla

Thank you peterbj7, for your good advice! This helps immensely. It sounds like with the amount of time availble to us we may not be jumping over to Belize for the second half of our trip. However, with the good information you've given me it will be much easier to plan our next trip -...

We are in Cozumel now. Been several times, and feel as though we planned too many days to stay in one place. We're wondering if it's too convoluted of an idea to try and fly to Belize tomorrow, to spend the last 7 days of our vacation there. Effectively we'd have 5 days to dive/play there...

Well, thank you all for you great advice! We have finally found decent flights with minimal layover times, and are booked at the Coconut Grove Beachfront Cottages. It seems pretty small, with only 3 bures, but I'm sure we'll enjoy relaxing there. I have only our 4 nights in Vanuatu...

Hello All, Has anyone tried different regions of Fiji to be able to compare the diving? Still trying to come to a final decision on our anniversary trip for the last two weeks of January, and I think we've got it narrowed down to Fiji (but where??), and/or Vanuatu. We really would...

Okay, so It's sort of looking like the French Polynesian Islands may be on our short list. Some of the reasons: Culturally different from what we are recently familiar with. WARM Water Not monsoon season (as far as I can tell) Looks like plenty of cabana/over-water lodging resorts A problem...

Well, there has been a date change for our "anniversary" trip. The travel period has been moved to the last two weeks in January. This change comes after a serious reality check this weekend. We swore not to let work get in the way of our 10 yr milestone, but duty calls. C'est la vie. It's...

After rethinking the budget, I figured it would be better to just look at every possibility, and eliminate locations for weather/conditions or high season/crowds. The following process of elimination is what I've come up with so far, using this website for most of my seasonal info...

We may need to re-think our budget. I know we could do the Caribbean easily for $6k, but I'm thinking it would be difficult to find a place that is truly peaceful, or a truly new experience. I used to relish planning the perfect vacation, and would spend hours researching where to go. My...

It looks like the majority says go south, and keep going , and west, west, west. I'm hoping we can do it for about $6K - total. It may or may not be possible. I agree that the South Pacific will likely be the warmest water in mid December. Fiji is beautiful, and I wonder about the French...

I'm trying to plan a dive trip for our tenth anniversary, and needing inspiration! All work and no play has left me very dull and unimaginative. Maybe some fellow divers can help get us on track. Where are your top three best places to spend a two week dive trip between Thanksgiving and...

What type of food is the native fare on Utila, and Roatan? Will I find guacamole and tortillas, or is that pretty much a MX thing? I'm not sure what Caribbean food is exactly. Probably lots of grill, and tropical fruit, but does the Mexican cuisine from the north make it's way down to...

I'm sorry to have posted a question, and not returned for months. Career change kept me busy, but still, it's rude not to respond. Thank you all so much for the responses. These all look like great ideas, and now I have someplace to start my research. Our trip is being postponed until...

As you can see by my title, I'm very confused. Hubby and I are planning to use his skymiles to take our late October dive trip this year. We plan to be gone for approximately three weeks, and we'd like to try someplace new, hopefully two new places. We usually go to Cozumel for about...

I'm sorry. I am planning a trip in October from Washington State to Belize for a week and then we'll go to Cozumel for a week. We've never been to Belize, but I really like what I'm reading of Caulker Caye. I'm trying to figure out how to get to Caulker Caye from whichever hub in the US we...

Do you have to fly into Belize City, and then take a puddle jumper to Caye Caulker, and/or Ambergris Caye?

Well, then, thanks!

Is the "Thanks" feature on each post meant for casual, thanks for the answer type of stuff, or is it meant to be used if someone really gives an in-depth (no pun intended) reply? I haven't been here in a while, and for me it's a new feature. Thanks - in advance = )

No, I'm from the dry side of the mountains. Eastern Washington - Tri-Cities to be more specific. So, If I wanted to inquire about FLA as well, I'd post on the Florida Conch Divers forum? Or here only?

Is this the best place to post questions regarding the entire Gulf Coast of the USA? Should I post both here and Texas Swamp Divers? I didn't want to double dip, 'cuz people get annoyed. I'm just looking to find a nice warm patch of water with pretty stuff in it this spring. Maybe the Gulf...