Hello all-
First time poster, long time lurker! I'm a 27 year old American gal currently living in Amsterdam in Holland- got certified 4 years ago while backpacking in Thailand, since then have done... maybe 10 dives total: a few in Zanzibar two years ago, then most recently got the refresher/ one dive in Greece in Sept and one dive in La Palma in Oct (I get around...). So classic "beginner wanting more" I guess, and am looking for one week in March or so to go somewhere, and time to start thinking about it... one caveat is I'm traveling solo, so want to go somewhere where you can meet people, not just find yourself surrounded by honeymooners etc.
Now I know under normal circumstances I would just book a week in Dahab... but even if the flights were running from Amsterdam to Egypt currently it's probably not worth the worrying my family would do. So that's out, and there's no immediate other frontrunner- I'm not ruling out Caribbean or elsewhere in Africa, but if it takes more than 10-11 hours to fly there it's probably not worth going that far for just a week (not to mention getting seriously pricey).
So that's a pretty big radius, but if folks could suggest anyplace they know within it that's good for a beginner and where folks hang out at the beach bar/ go for dinner together after so a solo female isn't left out, that would be great.
Thanks!
First time poster, long time lurker! I'm a 27 year old American gal currently living in Amsterdam in Holland- got certified 4 years ago while backpacking in Thailand, since then have done... maybe 10 dives total: a few in Zanzibar two years ago, then most recently got the refresher/ one dive in Greece in Sept and one dive in La Palma in Oct (I get around...). So classic "beginner wanting more" I guess, and am looking for one week in March or so to go somewhere, and time to start thinking about it... one caveat is I'm traveling solo, so want to go somewhere where you can meet people, not just find yourself surrounded by honeymooners etc.
Now I know under normal circumstances I would just book a week in Dahab... but even if the flights were running from Amsterdam to Egypt currently it's probably not worth the worrying my family would do. So that's out, and there's no immediate other frontrunner- I'm not ruling out Caribbean or elsewhere in Africa, but if it takes more than 10-11 hours to fly there it's probably not worth going that far for just a week (not to mention getting seriously pricey).
So that's a pretty big radius, but if folks could suggest anyplace they know within it that's good for a beginner and where folks hang out at the beach bar/ go for dinner together after so a solo female isn't left out, that would be great.
Thanks!