robint
Contributor
I am a number 3 also.
Our first 5 trips to the ocean to dive were all to Cozumel. We got ragged about it here on SB and elsewhere constantly about not having "experienced" other places.... so we tried that for awhile. Went to Fla, went to Calif, went to Kona, went on liveaboards in Bahamas, went on liveaboard to Palau, went to Roatan... and went to Bonaire. Some trips were FANTASTIC, some were just okay.
Then we went back to Cozumel to see if it was as good as we remembered.... and it was.
We now go to back to places we enjoyed the most which are in our budget.
Cozumel, Bonaire, and Roatan are definite repeats. All 3 give us multiple dives per day and shore diving which we love. We will probably also go back to Calif, love the kelp dives.
The Pacific would be great to visit again but only if we could get in multiple dives per day every day and we could stay long enough to make the horrible travel worthwhile. Would love to go to Fiji and back to Palau, maybe Indonesia. The only problem is that every time we sit down and figure costs, those trips come out at least double to cost of a trip to our 3 favorites in Caribbean without the horrible travel times.
So if someone would like to give us free trips and double to vacation time, we would try someplace new. For now I want GUARANTEED great diving that I can afford on our allotted week vacation. I get that at Cozumel, Roatan, and Bonaire.... so why mess with what works?
just my 2 cents.
robin
Our first 5 trips to the ocean to dive were all to Cozumel. We got ragged about it here on SB and elsewhere constantly about not having "experienced" other places.... so we tried that for awhile. Went to Fla, went to Calif, went to Kona, went on liveaboards in Bahamas, went on liveaboard to Palau, went to Roatan... and went to Bonaire. Some trips were FANTASTIC, some were just okay.
Then we went back to Cozumel to see if it was as good as we remembered.... and it was.
We now go to back to places we enjoyed the most which are in our budget.
Cozumel, Bonaire, and Roatan are definite repeats. All 3 give us multiple dives per day and shore diving which we love. We will probably also go back to Calif, love the kelp dives.
The Pacific would be great to visit again but only if we could get in multiple dives per day every day and we could stay long enough to make the horrible travel worthwhile. Would love to go to Fiji and back to Palau, maybe Indonesia. The only problem is that every time we sit down and figure costs, those trips come out at least double to cost of a trip to our 3 favorites in Caribbean without the horrible travel times.
So if someone would like to give us free trips and double to vacation time, we would try someplace new. For now I want GUARANTEED great diving that I can afford on our allotted week vacation. I get that at Cozumel, Roatan, and Bonaire.... so why mess with what works?
just my 2 cents.
robin