Bequia, a very enjoyable place to dive

"Al Wells" <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ed4050bf01e1e6d989809@news.verizon.net.. .
> In article <e4coub02o6r@enews2.newsguy.com>, ericmarcia@gricsyourhat.net
> says...

>> The wife and I are in the process of gearing up for a dive trip to Saba
>> next month. I've read (and heard) good reports of both the diving and
>> topside ambience, so I'm very much looking forward to the trip. I'll try
>> and post a report upon return.

> We were there in Dec 2004. Trip report here:
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.s...thread/thread/
> bcf3efc273859118/13bc72427cb7d264?lnk=st&q=insubject%3ASaba+author%
> 3AAl+author%3AWells&rnum=1&hl=en#13bc72427cb7d264

Thanks for the report, Al.

Interestingly, when I was doing my 'due diligence' on Saba a while back, I
used the Google Groups archives and came across your post.
Found it to be an excellent source of first-hand info.

In fact, I'll be using Sea Saba, and booked the 'Iris House' through them.
I've been very impressed with their level of service so far, and have every
reason to believe that will carry through to their dive op.

I am somewhat concerned about the efficiency-or reputed lack thereof- of
Winair. They seem to be the potential wild card in our otherwise
well-laid-out plans.

That said, I'm looking forward to the plane ride. Hopefully, the diving will
be just as exciting...<g>


EFB


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"Al Wells" <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ed4050bf01e1e6d989809@news.verizon.net.. .
> In article <e4coub02o6r@enews2.newsguy.com>, ericmarcia@gricsyourhat.net
> says...

>> The wife and I are in the process of gearing up for a dive trip to Saba
>> next month. I've read (and heard) good reports of both the diving and
>> topside ambience, so I'm very much looking forward to the trip. I'll try
>> and post a report upon return.

> We were there in Dec 2004. Trip report here:
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.s...thread/thread/
> bcf3efc273859118/13bc72427cb7d264?lnk=st&q=insubject%3ASaba+author%
> 3AAl+author%3AWells&rnum=1&hl=en#13bc72427cb7d264

Thanks for the report, Al.

Interestingly, when I was doing my 'due diligence' on Saba a while back, I
used the Google Groups archives and came across your post.
Found it to be an excellent source of first-hand info.

In fact, I'll be using Sea Saba, and booked the 'Iris House' through them.
I've been very impressed with their level of service so far, and have every
reason to believe that will carry through to their dive op.

I am somewhat concerned about the efficiency-or reputed lack thereof- of
Winair. They seem to be the potential wild card in our otherwise
well-laid-out plans.

That said, I'm looking forward to the plane ride. Hopefully, the diving will
be just as exciting...<g>


EFB


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On Mon, 15 May 2006 16:23:16 GMT, "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada>
wrote:

<snip>

>I enjoyed the diving here so much, I'd go back for it in a heartbeat . .
>.except for two things.
>To get there from my home, is an arduous journey and
>while I really liked our accommodation, you have to have the legs and the
>heart of a mountain goat. Oh yes, and air-conditioning was necessary to me
>and an extra charge over and above the cost of the acco. My A/C bill came
>to $200. Not that pleasant a surprise. I could have run it a little bit
>less than I did, but I don't think I could have made it out for under $150.

Glad you had a good time, chilly wench - well from my experience you
would have been anything but chilly in Bequia! Here are the pics from
our trip there, when I was getting my OW cert dives done:

http://www.corestore.org/Bequia.htm

Would agree about A/C - we didn't have any, and we missed it. A lot.
Plus the mossies are killers. Agree also about the slightly wierd
attitude of some of the locals - gardener at our hotel started
chatting to me one morning, seemed nice enough but when he found out
we were from New York, he started laying it on to me about how 9/11
was God's punishment for USA being so friendly to homosexuals...

Hope you found the tiny shop on the beach in Port Elizabeth - does the
most sensational banana splits, home-made cream and ice cream mmmmmm!

Mike
--
http://www.corestore.org
'As I walk along these shores
I am the history within'

On Mon, 15 May 2006 16:23:16 GMT, "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada>
wrote:

<snip>

>I enjoyed the diving here so much, I'd go back for it in a heartbeat . .
>.except for two things.
>To get there from my home, is an arduous journey and
>while I really liked our accommodation, you have to have the legs and the
>heart of a mountain goat. Oh yes, and air-conditioning was necessary to me
>and an extra charge over and above the cost of the acco. My A/C bill came
>to $200. Not that pleasant a surprise. I could have run it a little bit
>less than I did, but I don't think I could have made it out for under $150.

Glad you had a good time, chilly wench - well from my experience you
would have been anything but chilly in Bequia! Here are the pics from
our trip there, when I was getting my OW cert dives done:

http://www.corestore.org/Bequia.htm

Would agree about A/C - we didn't have any, and we missed it. A lot.
Plus the mossies are killers. Agree also about the slightly wierd
attitude of some of the locals - gardener at our hotel started
chatting to me one morning, seemed nice enough but when he found out
we were from New York, he started laying it on to me about how 9/11
was God's punishment for USA being so friendly to homosexuals...

Hope you found the tiny shop on the beach in Port Elizabeth - does the
most sensational banana splits, home-made cream and ice cream mmmmmm!

Mike
--
http://www.corestore.org
'As I walk along these shores
I am the history within'

On Mon, 15 May 2006 16:23:16 GMT, "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada>
wrote:

<snip>

>I enjoyed the diving here so much, I'd go back for it in a heartbeat . .
>.except for two things.
>To get there from my home, is an arduous journey and
>while I really liked our accommodation, you have to have the legs and the
>heart of a mountain goat. Oh yes, and air-conditioning was necessary to me
>and an extra charge over and above the cost of the acco. My A/C bill came
>to $200. Not that pleasant a surprise. I could have run it a little bit
>less than I did, but I don't think I could have made it out for under $150.

Glad you had a good time, chilly wench - well from my experience you
would have been anything but chilly in Bequia! Here are the pics from
our trip there, when I was getting my OW cert dives done:

http://www.corestore.org/Bequia.htm

Would agree about A/C - we didn't have any, and we missed it. A lot.
Plus the mossies are killers. Agree also about the slightly wierd
attitude of some of the locals - gardener at our hotel started
chatting to me one morning, seemed nice enough but when he found out
we were from New York, he started laying it on to me about how 9/11
was God's punishment for USA being so friendly to homosexuals...

Hope you found the tiny shop on the beach in Port Elizabeth - does the
most sensational banana splits, home-made cream and ice cream mmmmmm!

Mike
--
http://www.corestore.org
'As I walk along these shores
I am the history within'

"Mike Ross" <mike@corestore.org> wrote in message
news:5b0n62l8ghbogfc6oauthc71jsddeb3rmd@4ax.com...

> Would agree about A/C - we didn't have any, and we missed it. A lot.
> Plus the mossies are killers. Agree also about the slightly wierd
> attitude of some of the locals - gardener at our hotel started
> chatting to me one morning, seemed nice enough but when he found out
> we were from New York, he started laying it on to me about how 9/11
> was God's punishment for USA being so friendly to homosexuals...

Weird how they come up with that notion. It makes the blood-crazed
terrorists come off as angels doing God's work. Sure, that's what they told
themselves, but who'd a thunk other folks would believe it.

Obviously, if God wanted to punish homosexuals, he would have nailed San
Francisco instead. Surely a place so subject to fires and earthquakes would
be an easier target than NYC. Maybe he'll send a tsunami that way.

On the other hand, it's quite possible that God is gay and was simply
punishing the U.S. for failing to pass equal rights legislation and trying
to ban gay marriage. After all, he made Adam first and didn't even think
about making a woman until Adam let him know he didn't swing that way. That
finger touching scene in the Sistine Chapel is almost as homoerotic as a
Mapplethorp photo. It's common knowledge Michelangelo was gay. And why are
God's most devout subjects, the Catholic priests, rewarded with little boys
to play with?

"Mike Ross" <mike@corestore.org> wrote in message
news:5b0n62l8ghbogfc6oauthc71jsddeb3rmd@4ax.com...

> Would agree about A/C - we didn't have any, and we missed it. A lot.
> Plus the mossies are killers. Agree also about the slightly wierd
> attitude of some of the locals - gardener at our hotel started
> chatting to me one morning, seemed nice enough but when he found out
> we were from New York, he started laying it on to me about how 9/11
> was God's punishment for USA being so friendly to homosexuals...

Weird how they come up with that notion. It makes the blood-crazed
terrorists come off as angels doing God's work. Sure, that's what they told
themselves, but who'd a thunk other folks would believe it.

Obviously, if God wanted to punish homosexuals, he would have nailed San
Francisco instead. Surely a place so subject to fires and earthquakes would
be an easier target than NYC. Maybe he'll send a tsunami that way.

On the other hand, it's quite possible that God is gay and was simply
punishing the U.S. for failing to pass equal rights legislation and trying
to ban gay marriage. After all, he made Adam first and didn't even think
about making a woman until Adam let him know he didn't swing that way. That
finger touching scene in the Sistine Chapel is almost as homoerotic as a
Mapplethorp photo. It's common knowledge Michelangelo was gay. And why are
God's most devout subjects, the Catholic priests, rewarded with little boys
to play with?

"Mike Ross" <mike@corestore.org> wrote in message
news:5b0n62l8ghbogfc6oauthc71jsddeb3rmd@4ax.com...

> Would agree about A/C - we didn't have any, and we missed it. A lot.
> Plus the mossies are killers. Agree also about the slightly wierd
> attitude of some of the locals - gardener at our hotel started
> chatting to me one morning, seemed nice enough but when he found out
> we were from New York, he started laying it on to me about how 9/11
> was God's punishment for USA being so friendly to homosexuals...

Weird how they come up with that notion. It makes the blood-crazed
terrorists come off as angels doing God's work. Sure, that's what they told
themselves, but who'd a thunk other folks would believe it.

Obviously, if God wanted to punish homosexuals, he would have nailed San
Francisco instead. Surely a place so subject to fires and earthquakes would
be an easier target than NYC. Maybe he'll send a tsunami that way.

On the other hand, it's quite possible that God is gay and was simply
punishing the U.S. for failing to pass equal rights legislation and trying
to ban gay marriage. After all, he made Adam first and didn't even think
about making a woman until Adam let him know he didn't swing that way. That
finger touching scene in the Sistine Chapel is almost as homoerotic as a
Mapplethorp photo. It's common knowledge Michelangelo was gay. And why are
God's most devout subjects, the Catholic priests, rewarded with little boys
to play with?

"Mike Ross" <mike@corestore.org> wrote in message
news:5b0n62l8ghbogfc6oauthc71jsddeb3rmd@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 15 May 2006 16:23:16 GMT, "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada>
> wrote:
>
>
> Glad you had a good time, chilly wench - well from my experience you
> would have been anything but chilly in Bequia!

You got that right!! I was so hot . . .

>Here are the pics from
> our trip there, when I was getting my OW cert dives done:
>
> http://www.corestore.org/Bequia.htm

Is that cool or what? I saw those pictures years ago when I was first
researching all things Bequia!! And on top of that, I see you also dove
with Ron and Laury. :^)

> Would agree about A/C - we didn't have any, and we missed it. A lot.

I'd have died without it.

> Plus the mossies are killers.

It wasn't good, I'll agree but I've suffered worse. I'm sure the major
drought there left us with fewer of the little buggers to contend with.
That said, I still got my share of bites and another in our group ended up
looking like she had severe psoriasis all over her body. It was gross. I
kept teasing her about where she must have been rolling around. I just
ended up with my lower legs all welted up.

>Agree also about the slightly wierd
> attitude of some of the locals - gardener at our hotel started
> chatting to me one morning, seemed nice enough but when he found out
> we were from New York, he started laying it on to me about how 9/11
> was God's punishment for USA being so friendly to homosexuals...

LOL, well, you hear weird theories like that most anywhere.

> Hope you found the tiny shop on the beach in Port Elizabeth - does the
> most sensational banana splits, home-made cream and ice cream mmmmmm!

I think I must have missed that place. If it was right in town, I only went
down there twice in daylight hours. I was either underwater, in the shade
or in my AC room. I just couldn't take the heat. Your pictures show the
hills as lush and green. The hills now are mostly brown and burnt looking.
I didn't find it particularly pretty there (that way) at all.

I guess it's always 6 of one or half dozen of another.

"Mike Ross" <mike@corestore.org> wrote in message
news:5b0n62l8ghbogfc6oauthc71jsddeb3rmd@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 15 May 2006 16:23:16 GMT, "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada>
> wrote:
>
>
> Glad you had a good time, chilly wench - well from my experience you
> would have been anything but chilly in Bequia!

You got that right!! I was so hot . . .

>Here are the pics from
> our trip there, when I was getting my OW cert dives done:
>
> http://www.corestore.org/Bequia.htm

Is that cool or what? I saw those pictures years ago when I was first
researching all things Bequia!! And on top of that, I see you also dove
with Ron and Laury. :^)

> Would agree about A/C - we didn't have any, and we missed it. A lot.

I'd have died without it.

> Plus the mossies are killers.

It wasn't good, I'll agree but I've suffered worse. I'm sure the major
drought there left us with fewer of the little buggers to contend with.
That said, I still got my share of bites and another in our group ended up
looking like she had severe psoriasis all over her body. It was gross. I
kept teasing her about where she must have been rolling around. I just
ended up with my lower legs all welted up.

>Agree also about the slightly wierd
> attitude of some of the locals - gardener at our hotel started
> chatting to me one morning, seemed nice enough but when he found out
> we were from New York, he started laying it on to me about how 9/11
> was God's punishment for USA being so friendly to homosexuals...

LOL, well, you hear weird theories like that most anywhere.

> Hope you found the tiny shop on the beach in Port Elizabeth - does the
> most sensational banana splits, home-made cream and ice cream mmmmmm!

I think I must have missed that place. If it was right in town, I only went
down there twice in daylight hours. I was either underwater, in the shade
or in my AC room. I just couldn't take the heat. Your pictures show the
hills as lush and green. The hills now are mostly brown and burnt looking.
I didn't find it particularly pretty there (that way) at all.

I guess it's always 6 of one or half dozen of another.