frontiernurse
Contributor
Hiya!
I am contemplating my next adventure for 2015 and I'd love your feedback! I am based in San Francisco, California (US) so my "local" dive sites are Central America and Hawaii. For a bigger trip my research is leading me towards Palau or the Phillipines. Do people have strong preferences between those two locations? I'd be interested to hear comparisons regarding dive features, price/accesibility, culture, land-based activities?
I've been to the Solomons (Marovo Lagoon, Uepi) and I worry that I'm ruined for all other diving as it was so vibrant, teeming, and isolated. (Also quite expensive... can't afford to do that again!) Is Palau diving similar to Solomons?
Some considerations: I'll probably be traveling alone, I'm AOW just shy of 200 dives (all within the past 5 years), I prefer land-based, small groups. I don't care about night life. Probably would want to really explore one area rather than try to jump around a lot. I love cephalopods of all kinds, and still on my bucket list: Whale shark, Mola Mola, Mandarin fish, leafy sea dragon and lots of other stuff. But I get a kick out of pretty much every single breath I take under water regardless of what's in there. Thoughts?
I am contemplating my next adventure for 2015 and I'd love your feedback! I am based in San Francisco, California (US) so my "local" dive sites are Central America and Hawaii. For a bigger trip my research is leading me towards Palau or the Phillipines. Do people have strong preferences between those two locations? I'd be interested to hear comparisons regarding dive features, price/accesibility, culture, land-based activities?
I've been to the Solomons (Marovo Lagoon, Uepi) and I worry that I'm ruined for all other diving as it was so vibrant, teeming, and isolated. (Also quite expensive... can't afford to do that again!) Is Palau diving similar to Solomons?
Some considerations: I'll probably be traveling alone, I'm AOW just shy of 200 dives (all within the past 5 years), I prefer land-based, small groups. I don't care about night life. Probably would want to really explore one area rather than try to jump around a lot. I love cephalopods of all kinds, and still on my bucket list: Whale shark, Mola Mola, Mandarin fish, leafy sea dragon and lots of other stuff. But I get a kick out of pretty much every single breath I take under water regardless of what's in there. Thoughts?