We've been together for a few years so really it is just a holiday - we won't want to be cooped up in the honeymoon suite all day and all night so a lively place is what we are looking for.
O-ring - I think that Bonaire sounds very much like Cozumel. Diving was good there but nothing like the Solomons - it just didn't have that spectacular, awesome feel to it. That's why I am thinking that while Bonaire would be ok we would probably feel the same as you about the place.
Truk, the Solomons and PNG are all places that I would like to spend a lot of time in (living and diving) but I haven't worked out how to do this yet!
Scuba_katt - We lived in Brisbane for 3 years so have dived on the East side of Oz. We plan to go back to see friends there later in the year and so a trip to WA is on for then, although as you say the whale sharks will have gone by then.
An obvious choice for Europeans is the Maldives / Seychelles / Mauritius area but again I fear that these places are a bit over dived + commercialized. Zanzibar is another option along with Madagascar and these seem to be a bit more unspoilt - although of course this is often travelspeek for 'no facilities whatsoever' and 'expect severe difficulty in trying to organise a dive'.
There is of course one wreck option for Brits in our Summer - Scapa Flow. Dry suit diving off the Orkney Islands. I'm going to try to get up there this year for a week and see if it is as good as they say. No tropical fish and lazing on the varandah up there though!
I'll keep you posted...
Mark
O-ring - I think that Bonaire sounds very much like Cozumel. Diving was good there but nothing like the Solomons - it just didn't have that spectacular, awesome feel to it. That's why I am thinking that while Bonaire would be ok we would probably feel the same as you about the place.
Truk, the Solomons and PNG are all places that I would like to spend a lot of time in (living and diving) but I haven't worked out how to do this yet!
Scuba_katt - We lived in Brisbane for 3 years so have dived on the East side of Oz. We plan to go back to see friends there later in the year and so a trip to WA is on for then, although as you say the whale sharks will have gone by then.
An obvious choice for Europeans is the Maldives / Seychelles / Mauritius area but again I fear that these places are a bit over dived + commercialized. Zanzibar is another option along with Madagascar and these seem to be a bit more unspoilt - although of course this is often travelspeek for 'no facilities whatsoever' and 'expect severe difficulty in trying to organise a dive'.
There is of course one wreck option for Brits in our Summer - Scapa Flow. Dry suit diving off the Orkney Islands. I'm going to try to get up there this year for a week and see if it is as good as they say. No tropical fish and lazing on the varandah up there though!
I'll keep you posted...
Mark
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