Maldives in November

We are considering a dive trip to the Maldives in November. Any suggestions
of resorts with excellent diving, great food and decent prices?

We went to Soneva Fushi (Baa Atoll) two years ago. Could find a
better resort!!! Good for diving & relaxing in the same trip.

Great time to see Mantas in November! I saw my first manta ray
there... and got a bonus of a whale shark!

write me back if you'd like to some pictures of the resort and the
dives!


Cheers,
Kinson

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"Dorie Melville" <melville333@cruzio.com> wrote in message news:<bi2qau01cdu@enews1.newsguy.com>...
> We are considering a dive trip to the Maldives in November. Any suggestions
> of resorts with excellent diving, great food and decent prices?

I did my PADI open water qualification in the Maldives in November 2001. I
stayed on Kurumba in the northern atoll and had a fantastic time. Kurumba
has 5 speciality restaurants and one a la carte restaurant. As for great
prices, this *is* the Maldives you're talking about! They don't do cheap out
there. The diving was reasonable enough - around $20 per dive including
equipment - but everything else costs a fortune. The best advice I can give
you is to take plenty of food and drink with you.

Like "Scuba dooba doo", I also saw plenty of mantas - I had one fantastic
dive where we were all kneeling in the sand 15m down as 2 mantas wheeled
around just above our heads. Also saw some turtles and big reef sharks.
Excellent visibility, great weather at that time of year.

HTH,
Nick



"Dorie Melville" <melville333@cruzio.com> wrote in message
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> We are considering a dive trip to the Maldives in November. Any
suggestions
> of resorts with excellent diving, great food and decent prices?
>
>

"Nick Williamson" <nick_williamson@mentor.com> wrote in message
news:3f45ea4f@koetsier...

> prices, this *is* the Maldives you're talking about! They don't do cheap
out
> there. The diving was reasonable enough - around $20 per dive including
> equipment - but everything else costs a fortune. The best advice I can
give
> you is to take plenty of food and drink with you.
>


The best way to go in the Maldives is all-inclusive otherwise it gets very
very painful in terms of handing over the Rogan.

Snash


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I've returned now from Velavaru and we find good diving, good food and great
relax.
www.velavaru.com

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> We are considering a dive trip to the Maldives in November. Any
suggestions
> of resorts with excellent diving, great food and decent prices?
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