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We have all seen advertisements in the magazines requesting volunteers to join in expeditions of one sort or another, often costing more than an all inclusive holiday to become apart of. We look at another more challenging opportunity available to divers - that is infinitely more exciting, and it needn't cost you a penny...
Well, it had been 18 months since my last visit to the Brother Islands, so my invitation from Neil Plowman of Scubaway met with resounding affirmation. Since October 1999 the amount of boats "qualifying" for these Marine Park jewels has increased ten-fold and I was keen to see just how much of an impact it was having on this unique marine environment.
One of the best areas to scuba dive within North America is in the Florida Keys, a long string of islands just south of Miami. For any scuba diver traveling to southern Florida, even a quick day trip to the Florida Keys is worthwhile. There's great scuba diving all along the Keys from the first community of Key Largo, through to the middle at Marathon and all the way to the end where Key West is located. One can get to Key Largo in about 45 minutes from Miami and the protected Pennekamp marine park in the surrounding waters offers much more marine life to see than the waters off Miami or Fort Lauderdale. Key Largo in particular is a scuba diver's town with numerous dive operators and some retailers who carry diving equipment and gear.
The Seychelles archipelago is spread thinly in groups over a massive area of the Indian Ocean North to Northeast of Madagascar. The Island groups differ enormously in origin and topography from the mountainous granite inner islands to the lower coral atolls that are similar in structure to the Maldives or Celebes islands and atolls.
"Bonaire? Where is that?" This is the question I most encounter when I speak about this picturesque, quiet, "out of the way" diving Mecca. "Near Aruba?", I usually respond, then get a nod and an "oh yeah, I know Aruba" from the person asking the original question.
Koh Samui is Thailand's third largest island and much of it is still covered by coconut plantations, jungle and granite mountains that roll down into the cool clear waters of its azure sea. Koh Samui can offer warm hospitality, delicious international and Thai cuisine,
