I'm a married, mid-fifties, 100 dives open water diver from San Francisco. All my dives have been around the Caribbean. My wife dives, too, but has big trouble with seasickness and usually will only dive from shore or on short, calm boat dives.
We operate our own construction specification/rep business and have done extensive travelling including leaving town to let our mid-life crises blow over--we bought a van and spent 2 years driving around Europe about 15 years ago (we are repeat offenders, I'm glad to say). We travel hard and cheap...and a LOT!
There's nothing cooler than taking a big order from a payphone outside a cloud forest in Costa Rica...then making sure your victim knows he should be eating his heart out! Gives them somebody to hate and something to strive for all at the same time, thusly satisfying our obligations to perform a usefool role in society.
Now we've gotten tired of European gibberish, want to save some central america for later and go try Thailand...so I guess we'll have to sample the diving. Too bad, but somebody has to do it.
We're checking out liveaboards for our trip in December and are asking for recommendations for moderately priced operations that go to the Similans. Because of their location in Kata (Phuket Island) and good price and dates, we're looking at Ocean Divers and their boat the MV Vilai Samui. Has anybody had experience with this operator or a better idea?
Thanks,
DEEP GOAT and his long-sufferin' but cooperative Wife.
We operate our own construction specification/rep business and have done extensive travelling including leaving town to let our mid-life crises blow over--we bought a van and spent 2 years driving around Europe about 15 years ago (we are repeat offenders, I'm glad to say). We travel hard and cheap...and a LOT!
There's nothing cooler than taking a big order from a payphone outside a cloud forest in Costa Rica...then making sure your victim knows he should be eating his heart out! Gives them somebody to hate and something to strive for all at the same time, thusly satisfying our obligations to perform a usefool role in society.
Now we've gotten tired of European gibberish, want to save some central america for later and go try Thailand...so I guess we'll have to sample the diving. Too bad, but somebody has to do it.
We're checking out liveaboards for our trip in December and are asking for recommendations for moderately priced operations that go to the Similans. Because of their location in Kata (Phuket Island) and good price and dates, we're looking at Ocean Divers and their boat the MV Vilai Samui. Has anybody had experience with this operator or a better idea?
Thanks,
DEEP GOAT and his long-sufferin' but cooperative Wife.
the friendliest! But you're going to drag your seasick wife onto a liveaboard where she won't touch rock or land for a week. You beast!
almtree: :sunny
