Re: Recommendations for PADI Junior diver, Maldives or Mauritius?

On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:24:55 -0700, John <usenet@nospam.org> wrote:

>(Pete S.) wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:22:30 -0400, "AirHog"
>><mickey@stevespencerismybitch.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"John" <usenet@nospam.org> wrote in message
>>>news:q9t7fv4nf900q25ttsbp5bdqdfmf5bt2u5@4ax.com ...
>>>> 12 y.o. kid with PADI, only a couple of dives after certificate.
>>>> Obviously requires adult supervision and depth limited. Either place
>>>> have fun/appropriate dives for someone of his level?
>>>
>>>Swimming pool
>>>
>>Please don't take it to the Maldives, it makes the flight horrible and
>>destroys the peace and quiet on the islands.
>>
>>Pete S.
>
>Geez, do you guys all hang around learning unfriendliness from
>sharks? We fly first or business class, so you'll be nowhere near us,
>and the kid is better behaved than most adults in any case. And
>certainly more polite and helpful.

We normally fly business class as well. Our next trip to Maldive will
be upgraded to First Class paid for with our Emirates air miles.

We do long haul specifically because children don't tend to go that
far.

We avoid hotels that do kid discounts.

Maldives is a bad place for them because there is nothing for them to
do. No kids club, no creche, no other kids to play with, no hotel down
the road to visit. No road.

We have seen kids in Maldives. They are normally bored.

Dives are normally 20 - 30m deep, in a current. Not for kids.

Pete S.

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:11:54 +0100, "Jason"
<jason.usenet.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 13:11:49 +0000, wrote:
>
>> Maldives is a bad place for them because there is nothing for them to
>> do. No kids club, no creche, no other kids to play with, no hotel down
>> the road to visit. No road.
>
>And all but the very basic medical facilities are a seaplane flight away.
>
>> Dives are normally 20 - 30m deep, in a current. Not for kids.
>
>And often on walls with a sea bed that's much deeper.
>
Last time I looked at the charts the depth on the outreef was in
kilo-fathoms.....

And I've had currents where my bubbles were being dragged down by the
current. When I had bubbles that was.

Pete S

On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 13:11:49 +0000, wrote:

> Maldives is a bad place for them because there is nothing for them to
> do. No kids club, no creche, no other kids to play with, no hotel down
> the road to visit. No road.

And all but the very basic medical facilities are a seaplane flight away.

> Dives are normally 20 - 30m deep, in a current. Not for kids.

And often on walls with a sea bed that's much deeper.

Jason

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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:05:10 +0000, wrote:

> And I've had currents where my bubbles were being dragged down by the
> current. When I had bubbles that was.

I did one dive where I was down at about 30m surrounded by the bubbles
from the divers 20m above me. It made the dive "interesting".

Jason

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