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We're thinking about going in late June, looking for others' experiences
with dive shops and accomodations. How about mosquitos?

al

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:We're thinking about going in late June, looking for others' experiences
:with dive shops and accomodations. How about mosquitos?

The diving is nice. I dove there on the Wind Dancer 3 years ago.

Try to get there early in the day. That way, if your baggage has to
come on a later flight from Provodenciales, it is more likely to be on
the same day.

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

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Al Wells wrote:
> We're thinking about going in late June, looking for others' experiences
> with dive shops and accomodations. How about mosquitos?

Check with someone local about the jellyfish spawning. I was in
Providenciales sometime in June and the jellies were everywhere. Wasn't
really an issue for me for diving, but some people got stung.
Snorkeling at the beach was a bit unnerving, though. Swimming through
hundreds of yards of the little swimmers packed in a few inches apart
took some mental control. If you go forward, they flow around you, but
if you back up, they rush toward you. It's all due to currents
generated by your own movements, but sometimes that is hard to remember.
Whatever you do, don't slap at them like mosquitoes.

"Whistler" <whiNstOler@sSan.rPr.cAomM> wrote in message
news:3JIje.30632$ya2.30142@tornado.socal.rr.com...

> Check with someone local about the jellyfish spawning. I was in
> Providenciales sometime in June and the jellies were everywhere. Wasn't
> really an issue for me for diving, but some people got stung. Snorkeling
> at the beach was a bit unnerving, though. Swimming through hundreds of
> yards of the little swimmers packed in a few inches apart took some mental
> control. If you go forward, they flow around you, but if you back up,
> they rush toward you. It's all due to currents generated by your own
> movements, but sometimes that is hard to remember. Whatever you do, don't
> slap at them like mosquitoes.

Are you talking about thimble jellies or "real" jellies?

Greg Mossman wrote:
> "Whistler" <whiNstOler@sSan.rPr.cAomM> wrote in message
> news:3JIje.30632$ya2.30142@tornado.socal.rr.com...
>
> Are you talking about thimble jellies or "real" jellies?

Thimble. Billions of them. Knowing Al, they won't bother him a bit,
but I thought I'd mention them for completeness.

"Al Wells" <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cfa3a22eba3e6e598976c@news.verizon.net.. .
> In article <mjXje.35222$887.30739@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
> whiNstOler@sSan.rPr.cAomM says...
>> Thimble. Billions of them. Knowing Al, they won't bother him a bit,
>> but I thought I'd mention them for completeness.
>
> We had them on one trip to New Providence. If you want to see millions
> of real jellies, dive off the SC coast in April or early May. The cool
> part is that with the jellies, you may get to see a mola-mola or two.
>
> The thimbles don't bother me, but Cindy reacts to them.
>
> We still haven't decided where to go. All I want is a quiet place with
> no insects, no cruise ships, great diving and an operator who will take
> us to the sites and shut up.

Cocoview.

On Sun, 22 May 2005 11:42:39 GMT, Al Wells <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote:

>We still haven't decided where to go. All I want is a quiet place with
>no insects, no cruise ships, great diving and an operator who will take
>us to the sites and shut up.

Assume you have considered shore diving at Bonaire.

-HW "Skip" Weldon
Columbia, SC

In article <pqa1919e7bl1dgvh422cgng7me6m6in64s@4ax.com>, "HW \"Skip\"
Weldon" <skip5700removethis@hotmail.com> says...
> On Sun, 22 May 2005 11:42:39 GMT, Al Wells <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >We still haven't decided where to go. All I want is a quiet place with
> >no insects, no cruise ships, great diving and an operator who will take
> >us to the sites and shut up.
>
> Assume you have considered shore diving at Bonaire.

I've been there several times, but not since Lenny. Cindy hasn't been
there. It's on the "short list"

Thus spake "Rudy Benner" <newsgroups@rudybenner.com> :

>
>"Al Wells" <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:MPG.1cfa3a22eba3e6e598976c@news.verizon.net. ..
>> In article <mjXje.35222$887.30739@tornado.socal.rr.com>,
>> whiNstOler@sSan.rPr.cAomM says...
>>> Thimble. Billions of them. Knowing Al, they won't bother him a bit,
>>> but I thought I'd mention them for completeness.
>>
>> We had them on one trip to New Providence. If you want to see millions
>> of real jellies, dive off the SC coast in April or early May. The cool
>> part is that with the jellies, you may get to see a mola-mola or two.
>>
>> The thimbles don't bother me, but Cindy reacts to them.
>>
>> We still haven't decided where to go. All I want is a quiet place with
>> no insects, no cruise ships, great diving and an operator who will take
>> us to the sites and shut up.
>
>Cocoview.
>
He did mention insects.
--
dillon
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