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I am assuming that all three of your dive bookings were done privately, that is, you did NOT book them through the cruise ship. Is that correct. I have been diving in all of the sites except Roatan, so my biggest concern is getting back to the ship on time. Any comments on the timing issue...

Liz, I'll be on NCL, and stopping in Roatan, in January. I will provide feedback after that. I'm going to look into westenddivers. Usually dive shops that take cruise ship passengers have contracts and cannot take private bookings. I'm hoping westend is one of the shops that will take...

I've searched the forums and the internet and am having difficulty locating good spring fed inland lakes in Michigan for diving. Does anybody on this site dive the inland lakes. I'm not interested in the great lakes, but the small inland lakes. Thanks for any help any of you can provide. Jerry G

CarribeanDiver I'm heading to Mahahual in May. I plan on staying at Dreamtime and diving with Dreamtime. Can you give me any information on the accomodations. Their website has very limited data on the rooms. I haven't made my hotel reservations, but have locked in my flights. If what I...

Legal or not. If you are in playa del carmen or cozumel you WILL pay 5-15% more if you use a charge card. From what i gleamrd on this last trip, some of "discount" comes from the merchants ability to conceal income. Again, not legal, but a common practice in the US ask any waiter or any other...

I just got back from Coz. They wanted to add a 15% surcharge to use a credit card. Something about taxes and hidden income. PayPal sounds pretty good.

I will be staying at the villablanca over the easter weekend. I am interested in the possibility of the villablanca to caribe blu shore dive. Several of you commented that you would be in Cozumel in Jan, Feb. Any updates would be appreciated. There will be four people in our party, so I'll...

I'm heading to Cozumel, Villablanca, PapaHogs over the Easter Holiday. After reading this I don't know what to expect, but the price is right and I know the diving is wonderful, so I'll take my chances. In researching the web I've found many more favourable reports than bad reports. We'll be...

I had run time errors when I did not have the IRIS lined up properly with the M1 JerryG

Dennis is correct. DON'T discount the diving in PDC. My favorite is the Tortugas, Lots of turtles. At that site depending on the time of year you may also encounter schools of tarpin or jacks. Beware of one thing. PDC faces east and can have rather rough surf, sometimes closing the port and...

I am using a serial to usb conversion cable an no longer have any problems

oops, here is the site http://www.reefscuba.com/ss.htm

Try this website for snap ss bolt snaps. They look more reasonable than any place I've found. Since in DIR you use a lot of these you may want to calculate what you'll need and order all of them.

I'm fast approaching my 100th dive and all but about 10 of them have been resort dives. Initially I was fooled into believing that the "follow the leader" approach to diving was the way people dove. Then I started visiting some of the midwest quarries with my son and realized that my skills...

I must disagree with this statement. Everything I've read on this board and others indicates that the DIR philosophy is all about SAFE diving. Buoyancy control, valve drills, common configurations, ascents, and descents are all about safety. I intend to take the DIRF class in the spring in a...

Sorry MHK. I didn't mean to ruffle any feathers. Believe me I've done a lot of reading lately about DIR and GUE and do have a lot of respect for GUE. I've also in my life journey seen many good things degrade through too much change. From your statements I don't expect it to affect GUE, but...

I like the idea of the DIRF class being a exactly what it is called. A fundamental class, and that the skills you learn are things such as equipment routing and setup, buoyancy and trim, buddy skills, awareness etc. I really like the concept of DIR, however I really have no immediate plans do...

What PIIKKi says is true. I'm planning on take the DIRF class in February, and would really like to see what the changes are to the outline that GUE provides. This thread is nothing but a tease. More details please.

Thanks everybody. I finished my set up yesterday. I bought a keeper without teeth and everything went together, but NOT easily. Still felt like 10 lbs of s in a 5 lbs bag. I used the stiff harness webbing which probably contributed to part of the problem. I'm going to use the set-up next...