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  1. Laurie S.

    To camera or not?

    Yes, I've carried my camera rig since Dive 13 and now am on 742. Occasionally, I will leave it behind on the last dive, but only while at my house in San Carlos. I shoot macro mostly, but occasionally will do wide angle.
  2. Laurie S.

    Private car with Driver Cairo - Hurghada

    I just finished researching that trip in reverse. We will be flying.
  3. Laurie S.

    Hurghada Hotel and Dive Operator Recommendations?

    That's the operation I was thinking of using. I do need to get out to the Thistlegorn so it may be a multiple day trip. We'll have seven days to play.
  4. Laurie S.

    Hurghada Hotel and Dive Operator Recommendations?

    Sound good, but we won't have a vehicle.
  5. Laurie S.

    Hurghada Hotel and Dive Operator Recommendations?

    My dive buddy and I will be in Hurghada for a week prior to a Nile River cruise. We have dived the Red Sea before, but on a liveaboard. I'm an underwater photographer and we are both experienced divers. We are looking for recommendations for lodging and a dive operator for the second week in...
  6. Laurie S.

    If you could choose from Alor, Lembeh (or Palawan Philippines) where would you go

    After diving both Lembeh and Alor, I much prefer Lembeh. But then, I'm an underwater photographer and a a macro specialist. Heading back to Lembeh in 10 days.
  7. Laurie S.

    Dr. Samuel Miller, III

    How sad. He was so kind after my husband passed four years ago.
  8. Laurie S.

    New wreck in Sea of Cortez

    The antenna already has been hit by a boat. The bottom is at about 60 feet.
  9. Laurie S.

    Anilao Shop Suggestions with Photo Pro/Instruction

    Crystal Blue Resort. I'll be there for another photo workshop starting next week. Bluewater Photo is the host.
  10. Laurie S.

    New wreck in Sea of Cortez

    They messed up when they sank it. It ended up 90 degrees from where it was supposed to land. It's also way too shallow.
  11. Laurie S.

    Diving Advice, February 2023

    I've decided to do a 7-day liveaboard. Any suggestions?
  12. Laurie S.

    Diving Advice, February 2023

    Thanks! Oh yes, I love Lembeh and will be going back there in the fall next year (hopefully).
  13. Laurie S.

    Diving Advice, February 2023

    A year from now my friend and I will be diving in the Maldives. I'm thinking of stopping in Thailand on the way back to the US to dive for several days, also. I've never been there and would appreciate any recommendations for where to dive. I am an underwater photographer, specializing in...
  14. Laurie S.

    Manado Recommendations?

    The Indonesia trip was an underwater photo workshop at Lembeh booked pre-Covid for September last year. Bluewater Photo rescheduled it for September this year and won't release the funds until four weeks before the trip date. Manado was an add on and I didn't pay anything for it yet. No...
  15. Laurie S.

    Manado Recommendations?

    I cancelled the Manado portion of my trip today. It was too late to cancel Lembeh, but they are going to try and sell my space so I could be credited. I doubt the workshop will happen, so today I booked one in Anilao preceded by a week at Tulamben in next April.
  16. Laurie S.

    Getting from Hurghada to Cairo

    When we did our liveaboard in August 2019, we flew nonstop on Turkish Airlines from LAX to Istanbul, and after a 3-hour stop, flew to Hurghada. I had spent a lot of time trying to figure out our flight from Tucson to Hurghada when it hit me that going west first might be the way to do it, and...
  17. Laurie S.

    Best Time of Year for Resort Diving

    Thanks, I'm thinking that we might stay in Hurghada to make it simpler. After our diving days we have to meet up with the cruiseship group at our designated hotel in Cairo. We have three days there and then we fly to Luxor to start the cruise. Petra is not a problem, that is an add-on...
  18. Laurie S.

    Best Time of Year for Resort Diving

    Thanks! We're looking for a place with a good dive shop, a/c, and reasonable places to eat. We're not into really fancy, just clean and pleasant.
  19. Laurie S.

    Best Time of Year for Resort Diving

    A friend and I are planning to return to Egypt in 2023 for a week of diving at a resort, followed by a 12-day cruise down the Nile with Viking Cruises, ending with two days at Petra. What would be the best months for a trip such as this? Our last one was a Bluewater Underwater Photography...
  20. Laurie S.

    Loreto, Which Dive Shop?

    Sure, did! If my Indonesia plans fall through. I might fly down for a week this summer, too.
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