Matias Vidal
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All the stars and planets got suddenly aligned... time, money and will. People, family, friends, Im going to the caribean.
Now the question is exactly where... Cozumel, Belize, Honduras, Bonaire, Venezuela... the list is endless. I got two weeks but I'm on a budget (living in SA you are always on a budget).
My traveller profile: backpacker type, no resorts, no big crowds, no big liveaboards, no big diving shops. Hostels with shared rooms are OK... even beach sleeping is OK (well can be funny now with all my dive gear)
Diver Profile: AOW, Nitrox, 50% of diving in cold low viz arround 30mts deep. The rest the same but with medium visibility My thinner wetsuit, full 5mm + hood + 5mm vest in South Brasil (10 dives). I hope this caribean thing will not ruin my diving here...
From what I have read there are more than one backpacker here
and I would like some advice. I was thinking in Cozumel/Yucatan, seems cheap, lots of things to do besides diving when the money get low (and it certanly will), caves, cenotes, Maya culture. Also the flight is cheap from Houston (I will be working there for a week, company pays the flight from/to home). My only concern is that Cozumel could be too crowded, I feel more confortable in a somewhat unknown place.
Other posibility would be Belize or Honduras. All the Maya ruins are a _big_ plus for me also the cenotes, but I'm open to other places.
Any diver/backpacker out there with any hints of places there?
Thanks you all!
Now the question is exactly where... Cozumel, Belize, Honduras, Bonaire, Venezuela... the list is endless. I got two weeks but I'm on a budget (living in SA you are always on a budget).
My traveller profile: backpacker type, no resorts, no big crowds, no big liveaboards, no big diving shops. Hostels with shared rooms are OK... even beach sleeping is OK (well can be funny now with all my dive gear)
Diver Profile: AOW, Nitrox, 50% of diving in cold low viz arround 30mts deep. The rest the same but with medium visibility My thinner wetsuit, full 5mm + hood + 5mm vest in South Brasil (10 dives). I hope this caribean thing will not ruin my diving here...
From what I have read there are more than one backpacker here
and I would like some advice. I was thinking in Cozumel/Yucatan, seems cheap, lots of things to do besides diving when the money get low (and it certanly will), caves, cenotes, Maya culture. Also the flight is cheap from Houston (I will be working there for a week, company pays the flight from/to home). My only concern is that Cozumel could be too crowded, I feel more confortable in a somewhat unknown place.
Other posibility would be Belize or Honduras. All the Maya ruins are a _big_ plus for me also the cenotes, but I'm open to other places.
Any diver/backpacker out there with any hints of places there?
Thanks you all!