BNG goes to PNG

I have scuba dived in many exotic dive locations, besides Bali, Cocos
Island, the Coral Sea and GBR, Palau, Rangiroa, and about a dozen
islands in French Polynesia. I was even the only passenger on a
cruise ship to dive at Easter Island where everyone else was gawking
at the giant moai statues.

I may be the only person in these newsgroups who have dived there,
but I always wanted to be able to say, "BNG goes to PNG" where
BNG is "Big Nassau Grouper", because travel from the East coast of
the US to get to PNG is not the easiest travel to get to that dive
location.

Thanks to a post by Marco Polo in rec.travel.cruises,

http://www.etravelblackboard.com/ind...id=44193&nav=5

"BNG goes to PNG" has suddenly taken a giant step toward reality.
Getting to Cairn is trivial for a Continental Airline frequent flyer
since
it is the only city in Au CO to which CO flies. The cruise ship tab of

$6000+ for a 10 day cruise is a bit on the steep side, even though
it's in Oz dollars which put it close to the $4000 USD mark.

I think this will be a cruise that may interest some of the scuba
divers
in the US and Canada who may be interested to see the top side of
PNG besides the diving at the ports of call that are familiar to
divers.

-- Bob.

Star Princess at Sea Day