Fantasy Island Roatan, 1/8 -1/15

"Grumman-581" <grumman581-YYYY-MM@charter.net> wrote in message
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> "Greg Mossman" wrote ...
>> Could it get any worse?
>
> Just wait until you try swamp diving when you're next in New Orleans...

The only dives I'm getting in when I'm in New Orleans are of the alcohol
vending kind. I live an hour's drive from a few hour's boat ride to the
finest diving in North America so I'm not desperate like y'all folk down
under there who would drive 6 hours or 60 to dive in a hole. A month after
I leave NO I'm diving the wild and mysterious island of Puerto Rico and in
July, Cocos. Who needs swamps?

Greg Mossman wrote:


>>I've usually had pretty good weather on my trips.
>
>
> Good for you. I've been hit by an off-season hurricane in Cuba (February),
> an off-season typhoon in Palau (May), and blown out of diving by off-season
> winds in Belize (May). In Florida this November, the only thing diveable
> due to the high winds was some hole in the ground 6 hours away so I passed.


Thank you. If it wasn't for people like you (and maybe chilly) who are at the other
end of the scale, I guess I'd have to expect to have my share of bad weather.

> And now a tsunami. Could it get any worse?

Umm, have you seen any of the pictures with all of the corpses?

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Greg Mossman wrote:

> "Steve" <SPAMTRAPglawackus@hvc.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
>>I hope I'm not made a fool for saying so before the upcoming trip, but
>>I've usually had pretty good weather on my trips.
>
>
> Good for you. I've been hit by an off-season hurricane in Cuba (February),
> an off-season typhoon in Palau (May), and blown out of diving by off-season
> winds in Belize (May). In Florida this November, the only thing diveable
> due to the high winds was some hole in the ground 6 hours away so I passed.
> And now a tsunami. Could it get any worse?
>
>
>

Yes, I could have been your dive buddy!

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "Steve" <SPAMTRAPglawackus@hvc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:5jLDd.40388$Yh2.17996472@twister.nyc.rr.com.. .
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> > I hope I'm not made a fool for saying so before the upcoming trip, but
> > I've usually had pretty good weather on my trips.
>
> Good for you. I've been hit by an off-season hurricane in Cuba
(February),
> an off-season typhoon in Palau (May), and blown out of diving by
off-season
> winds in Belize (May). In Florida this November, the only thing diveable
> due to the high winds was some hole in the ground 6 hours away so I
passed.
> And now a tsunami. Could it get any worse?

Yes. You could have been in Phuket at the time.

"Whistler" <whiNstOler@sSan.rPr.cAomM> wrote in message
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> Steve wrote:
>
> > Funny you should offer to leave some good diving, too. I almost asked
> > you not to use up all the viz. If you didn't see the post from chilly in
> > the tsunami thread, she's in Roatan right now and complained about the
> > lousy weather. If you and I are lucky, she'll be gracious enough to use
> > up all of that before we get there.
>
> I'm afraid that I got all the good weather the week before Christmas.
> It was rainy for a day or two, then five days of sun. The morning after
> I left it went back to rain...

Christmas Week was mostly horrible. My friend and I partied most of the
week instead of diving. People were being driven over to the other side of
the island to dive. However, the surface intervals were just horrible and
everyone was grumbling and miserable, so I didn't feel too bad about missing
out. On one relatively decent day, we took an island tour. On New Year's
Eve, the weather improved and we had a couple of dives, took the zipline
canopy tour and then partied our asses off until 7 in the morning. On New
Year's Day, my friend left and took all the bad weather with her.

The past week the weather was sublime. I dove my ass off after a couple of
days rest required from the week of trying to keep up with my much younger
friend. Unfortunately, the bad weather the week before had left the viz in
pretty poor shape.

Despite the shortage of diving during Christmas Week, my friend and I agreed
that it was still one of the best holidays either one of us have ever had.

My first week was grand and I got to spend some quality time with a
rec.scuban friend . . .now a better friend. Then the second week with my
young friend from New York (who I met 2 years ago in Belize), was grand and
we too are much better friends now. The third week was just me on my own
but by then, I knew many of the local people and so still really enjoyed
myself. I can't wait to go back.

Before I left for Roatan, many people tried to discourage me from staying at
Westend. As it turned out, it was the right decision for me.

Anyway, I just got home tonight and so will write more about the diving when
I'm more rested.

"Greg Mossman" wrote

> so I'm not desperate like y'all folk down under there who would drive 6
> hours or 60 to dive in a hole.

Well, considering I've seen that hole many times, including a dozen or
so trips to the non-passable restriction, guess I drove for hours with an
overnight stay just to visit & dive.

Guess I won't get that desperate again.

Curtis

I will be on Fantasy Island Roatan from Saturday Jan. 8 to Jan. 15.

If anyone else is there at that time, perhaps we can get together and bend an elbow (sic).


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Lou Vallone wrote:
> I will be on Fantasy Island Roatan from Saturday Jan. 8 to Jan. 15.
>
> If anyone else is there at that time, perhaps we can get together and bend an elbow (sic).

I'll be landing about an hour before you takeoff. I'd say hello, but I presume
they'll have you safely locked up in the departure lounge. If you look out the window
when they let us off the plane, I'll be the one with the pale, northeastern complexion.


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"Steve" <SPAMTRAPglawackus@hvc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Lou Vallone wrote:

>> I will be on Fantasy Island Roatan from Saturday Jan. 8 to Jan. 15.
>>
>> If anyone else is there at that time, perhaps we can get together and
>> bend an elbow (sic).
>


> I'll be landing about an hour before you takeoff. I'd say hello, but I
> presume they'll have you safely locked up in the departure lounge. If you
> look out the window when they let us off the plane, I'll be the one with
> the pale, northeastern complexion.
>


Sorry that we will miss each other. I'll leave a drink token for you at the
bar to have one on me

I'll also try to leave some good diving behind as well.


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Lou Vallone

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Lou Vallone wrote:

>>I'll be landing about an hour before you takeoff.
>
>
> Sorry that we will miss each other. I'll leave a drink token for you at the
> bar to have one on me
>
> I'll also try to leave some good diving behind as well.

We'll be over at CocoView, so I don't think a drink token will help me, but thanks
anyway.

Funny you should offer to leave some good diving, too. I almost asked you not to use
up all the viz. If you didn't see the post from chilly in the tsunami thread, she's
in Roatan right now and complained about the lousy weather. If you and I are lucky,
she'll be gracious enough to use up all of that before we get there.


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