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Dry Tortugas Dry Tortugas
BoWood - 5/24/2007 12:00 AM
In 2005 my wife (Kathie) and I flew to Ft Myers, Florida to visit my mother and to go on a five day live aboard with "Utimate Getaway". The trip included a stop at Fort Jefferson and up to five dives per day. This trip we got our Nitrox certification. The trip including the boat, people and the dive sites were fantastic. The only thing that may have made it better was if Kathie had of discovered "triptone" sooner!!! As it was she remained sick unless she was in the water. In fact she was the fir...
Diving in Cuba - Holguin
BoWood - 5/21/2007 12:00 AM
Went to Cuba this past xmas and stayed at the Blau Coasta Verde on the east coast. This is just up the road from Guardalavaca and about an hour bus ride from the airport in Holguin. There happened to be a dive shop right on the resort with very competant people in charge. Special thanks to Jorge for his patience. Although the dive shop and people were great, we found the diving to be somewhat unanimated (no fish?????!?!?). The reef structures were evry interesting, but lacked in the colors we ha...