Re: Been to Koh Tao, should I go to PERHENTIANS?

<morgand@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Ho2dnWVItckgbH3fRVnyhQ@pipex.net...

>> Or Coron Bay in Palawan Province in the Philippines. Six WW II wrecks
>> all divable with nitrox, and no need for the expense of a live-aboard.
>> $26 a day for an air-con double with ensuite in Coron Town, and a short
>> boat ride out to the wrecks.
>
> Sounds good allthough we dont do nitrox........we did'nt use or need it in
> Chuuk, allthough we did do three stops on the way back up, do you have to
> use it in Coron Bay ?

Just out of curiosity, why don't you "do" nitrox?

In Chuuk, nitrox came in very handy to extend my bottom times, giving me a
total of at least 5 additional hours underwater during my week there. Five
hours for the $100 or so most boats charge for unlimited fills is a good
deal anywhere. Having traveled all the way to Chuuk to dive, it's almost
priceless.

In article <11e2a08csk1ca42@corp.supernews.com>, mossman@qnet.com (Greg
Mossman) wrote:

>
> Just out of curiosity, why don't you "do" nitrox?

I guess its a long story, probably one of ignorance, but when we got our
Padi cards in 98 we just went off on our own diving the UK, we were not
part of a club or group so the natural progression thing never came up, we
saw so many people or talked to them where they would say they just
qualified and were now going to do divemaster or instructor course, we
just wanted to dive and never saw the need to brag about how qualified we
were, and it was the same with Nitrox.....lots of divers we see wont get
in the water without their "fill"....."i must have nitrox" they
say.....christ were in a group doing the same dive, 20 metres at most, get
a life........i understand the saturation issues, bottom time, tiredness
but it has never stopped us doing the dives we want, i also think that it
can be very restrictive.........but not having used it i cant really
comment too much. Thats why we have never bothered with it.....

> In Chuuk, nitrox came in very handy Having traveled all the way to Chuuk
to
> dive, it's almost priceless.

We were on Thorfinn and if i remember, it was quite expensive........there
was one other couple on board with us, from the UK and they were not Padi,
they were certified by that far far better organisation........they must
have been better divers than us because they had every conceavable dive
aid i have seen, i thought they were going mountaineering because they had
ropes, metal thingy's for climbing rope, hang tanks, whistle's, bell's and
anything else you could hang off a d ring......i never saw them penetrate
any of the wrecks though ????, so for me, fancy titles and qualifications
mean very little........and when i get asked "what qualification are you"
it makes me chuckle.....

Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK
Take out the "goes diving" bit....
Trip photos on line at www.morg.co.uk

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> pounded away at his keyboard
resulting in:
:Just out of curiosity, why don't you "do" nitrox?
:
:In Chuuk, nitrox came in very handy to extend my bottom times, giving me a
:total of at least 5 additional hours underwater during my week there. Five
:hours for the $100 or so most boats charge for unlimited fills is a good
:deal anywhere. Having traveled all the way to Chuuk to dive, it's almost
riceless.

I don't do nitrox because I don't think it is worth the cost of taking
the lessons, changing my computer, and buying nitrox.

What's true in Truk is not necessarily true elsewhere. I did a
similar calculation after diving off Mona Island. My conclusion was
that had I spent $150 for nitrox, I would have gotten 75 more minutes
of bottom time.

The details are here:
http://groups.google.ca/group/rec.sc...c60c 2dff1698

If the link doesn't work, do a gags with me as the author, rec.scuba
as the group, message with all the words "nitrox cost" and dated Jan
2004.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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