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I’m looking at the end of Sep/early Oct for a possible trip to Raja Ampat. Would love to do a live aboard but very few of them are in the area. Looks like Agressor is one of the only ones. Also considering land based at Misool. Since there are so few liveaboards, is it too close to the end of...

Looks like I will have some time off in January, I'm thinking of combining a safari/dive trip. Was thinking about Tanzania, doing Serengeti/Zanzibar or Mafia Island. Will be traveling as solo female so security would be concern and concerned about the security situation post-election in...

Thanks everyone! With that kind of timeline, I'm guessing splitting time between Malapascua and somewhere else is a stretch due to the travel time. I had heard that the diving in Puerta Galera has gone downhill. I'm hoping to see some colorful reef as this will be a switch from my primarily...

Hi, Been scouring the board and I'm trying to make a final decision on a good spot for my first trip to the Philippines. I'm flying in and out of Manila and will be there for 9 days (not counting arrival and departure since I get in late and leave early). I've really been leaning towards...

I recently stopped in St Thomas as one of our cruise ports and dove with Admiralty. They will pick you up at the dock via the dive boat, you get directions on where to meet them and it was easy to do so even though the dock was chaos. My friend and I were the only two of the group off the...

I've been out on two of Explorer Ventures boats (Turks and Caicos Explorer II and Caribbean Explorer II), I thoroughly enjoyed both of those trips. The crews were fantastic, well-run dive decks, and clean boats. Cabin size differs between the two, that's just a product of age and size, with...

I'm running into that, will be going out on Carnival in a couple of weeks. I called Carnival and they said they would stay on ship time, aka matching the departure port's time. However, then the rep said something that didn't make much sense, that due to the time change (we're heading out March...

As a group (liveaboard that ended in St Kitts), we went to Serendipity for dinner. It's outside Basseterre, seemed like we drove north. We all enjoyed our meals. I also enjoyed the time wandering around Fort Brimstone. As far as diving, can't speak for local dive shops but the River Taw was a...

Bequia is in the Grenadines and a short trip from St Vincent. I enjoyed the diving there with Dive Bequia and there are budget accommodations on the island, depending on if you want to be in town or on the beach. I stayed at Smitty's Apartments, located above the owners of Keegan's (reserve by...

Hi everyone, Going to search the forum, but figured I would also ask the question to see if anyone has recent experiences. I'll be on a cruise ship that docks in St Thomas (8am-6 pm), Tortola (7am- 2:30 pm), and Antigua (8 am- 6pm). Unfortunately, this is a vacation with a little diving...

An island not mentioned frequently is Bequia. It's definitely off the beaten path and was a wonderful island to spend the week on. From the US, I flew to Barbados and caught SVG Air over to Bequia. There are no big "resorts" to speak of but options to suit a variety of budget. Not powder white...

I think I'm at the point where I would really like to venture into doing some underwater photography. I have a pretty basic point and shoot camera I use on the surface, a Cannon PowerShot SD 1400. Amazon.com: Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image...

Hi, Another poster (RichinNC) posted the following info when I was considering where to head for a week, Barbados being one of the places under consideration. I've never been and decided to head to Bequia instead, but figured I'd share. "Here is some info on Barbados.......If you decide on...

Take some sort of after bite stick, it'll be some of the best $4 ever spent! I went in early August last year and it was the first one of my trips that I ended up with sand flea bites. I stayed on West Bay where they raked, but my legs were attacked even with the DEET slathered on. The bite...

If you want to do a tour of the island and hire a driver to take you, talk to the front desk at Bananarama to see if Omar can take you. He's one of their drivers and also does some of the airport pick-ups. Speaking of it, if you want to stop at Plaza del Mar on the way from the airport, just...

Was there early May in 2010 and only one way to sum it up...PERFECT! Water temps were great and bright sunny days, good viz for diving. I stay and dive with Bananarama in West Bay. I can't speak for any of the other shops, but I've enjoyed my trips with them and the dive shop staff are great...

I just did the trip in Jan, did bag drag on the way to Coz and caught Maya Air on the way back to CUN. Thanks to Ron's great directions, it was smooth sailing to catch the ADO bus to Playa then a ferry. I landed in CUN about 12:25 and was lucky that baggage claim/customs was smooth sailing, just...

Check into their hurricane policies closely, I know of someone who mentioned they had some difficulties getting off of a Blackbeard's cruise with Hurricane Irene blowing in. Never been otherwise, so I can't help you there.

Hi everyone, Sorry, meant to post. I decided on Bequia for week #2 since I wanted to some relaxing beach time. I gave serious though to Saba, I've now put it on my bucket list. Going to save that for another trip where it'll be eat, sleep, dive since there's not much else to do on the island...

Ditto on whether or not I felt "safe", single female traveler and I just did the bus/ferry solo in January. The website Ron put together was perfect, got me to the bus in Cancun and ferry in Playa. It was a nice ride, reminded me of charter buses here in the US. Storing dive gear underneath...