diving for cheap?

"TonyH" <tony@samesamediving.com> wrote in message
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> Philippines, North Korea, Thailand, Vietnam

WIKED! They moved all those places to the Western Hemisphere?!? COLOR ME
STOKED!

> As for Koh Tao, yeah, the diving is inexpensive . . but then agai, you can
> get what you pay for.
>

Every time I have gone I went out with "Big Blue" & "Scuba Junction" great
operators, warm water, lots of marine life, wonderfully vicious triggers :-p
Seriously though, I have dove in Dahab, Cuba & Koh Tao, loved all of them,
Dahab was the best "in the water" experience as far as marine life goes but
as far as all around enjoyment (on the island, people there etc) Koh Tao
rocks, and if you can't get laid on Koh Tao, you can't get laid!

"Lattes" <d2do2dmtakethispartout@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> > As for Koh Tao, yeah, the diving is inexpensive . . but then agai, you
can
> > get what you pay for.
> >
>
> Every time I have gone I went out with "Big Blue" & "Scuba Junction"
great
> operators,

cattle boats

>warm water,

lousy viz

>lots of marine life,

Geez, what's your definition of lots of marine life. Lots of cucumbers,
lots of urchins, but lots of fish?

>wonderfully vicious triggers :-p

Oh, indeed, I must agree there.

> Seriously though, I have dove in Dahab, Cuba & Koh Tao, loved all of them,
> Dahab was the best "in the water" experience as far as marine life goes
but
> as far as all around enjoyment (on the island, people there etc) Koh Tao
> rocks, and if you can't get laid on Koh Tao, you can't get laid!

I loved Koh Tao as a vacation island. I was just very disappointed in most
of the diving there.

As for getting laid, I had a couple of opportunities come my way but I
turned them down. I gather you didn't. ;^)

I'm also making the assumption that now that you are in a committed
relationship, you would turn down opportunities of that nature as well.
(wg)

>
>

>> > As for Koh Tao, yeah, the diving is inexpensive . . but then agai, you
> can
>> > get what you pay for.
>> >
>>
>> Every time I have gone I went out with "Big Blue" & "Scuba Junction"
> great
>> operators,
>
> cattle boats

I guess I am just there when it is low season (actually, I KNOW I am always
there in Low Season, Mid-Sept every time) most dives was either just me and
the dive master or me and a buddy and dive master)

>>warm water,
>
> lousy viz

Depends on weather, I had some days that matched/beat best viz I got in
Dahab/Sharm, every dive was better than cuba viz

>>lots of marine life,
>
> Geez, what's your definition of lots of marine life. Lots of cucumbers,
> lots of urchins, but lots of fish?

Not lots compared to the Red Sea, but pretty good, again, I think b/c I am
there during low season less fish are scared off

>>wonderfully vicious triggers :-p
>
> Oh, indeed, I must agree there.
>
>> Seriously though, I have dove in Dahab, Cuba & Koh Tao, loved all of
>> them,
>> Dahab was the best "in the water" experience as far as marine life goes
> but
>> as far as all around enjoyment (on the island, people there etc) Koh Tao
>> rocks, and if you can't get laid on Koh Tao, you can't get laid!
>
> I loved Koh Tao as a vacation island. I was just very disappointed in
> most
> of the diving there.

Again, I think you should probably try going during lower season, also, I
liked most of the people I met there more (especially Sharm which was full
of Euro Package Tourists)

> As for getting laid, I had a couple of opportunities come my way but I
> turned them down. I gather you didn't. ;^)

Hey man, I'm still a virgin

> I'm also making the assumption that now that you are in a committed
> relationship, you would turn down opportunities of that nature as well.
> (wg)

Virgin dammit! I'm a virgin!

>>
>>
>
>

"Lattes" <d2do2dmtakethispartout@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> >> Every time I have gone I went out with "Big Blue" & "Scuba Junction"
> > great
> >> operators,
> >
> > cattle boats
>
> I guess I am just there when it is low season (actually, I KNOW I am
always
> there in Low Season, Mid-Sept every time) most dives was either just me
and
> the dive master or me and a buddy and dive master)

I was there in early October. I was diving with New Way, but their boat
went out of service and we ended up on Ban's. Still I often saw the Scuba
Junction boat and is was pretty filled up too. In fact, one day I wanted to
dive with them but they were fully booked.
Even with New Way, there were 6 divers on their boat and we rarely had fewer
than that in our New Way groups, even after transferring over to the Ban
boats.

>
> >>warm water,
> >
> > lousy viz
>
> Depends on weather, I had some days that matched/beat best viz I got in
> Dahab/Sharm, every dive was better than cuba viz

I'm sure it is dependent upon weather. However, I have friends that go
there every year at various times of the year and they said what I
experienced was common to their experience as well. Also the DM I was
diving with said that the viz was pretty normal.

>
> >>lots of marine life,
> >
> > Geez, what's your definition of lots of marine life. Lots of cucumbers,
> > lots of urchins, but lots of fish?
>
> Not lots compared to the Red Sea, but pretty good, again, I think b/c I am
> there during low season less fish are scared off

I didn't think it had much to do with divers scaring the fish off. I
thought it was all the fishing that takes place there. One night while down
on the beach, I could see a glow all across the horizon of the water. I
asked someone about it and they told me it was the lights from the fishing
boats.

>
(snip)> > I loved Koh Tao as a vacation island. I was just very
disappointed in
> > most
> > of the diving there.
>
> Again, I think you should probably try going during lower season, also, I
> liked most of the people I met there more (especially Sharm which was full
> of Euro Package Tourists)

I liked everyone I met there, the locals, the expats and the backpackers. I
had a wonderful time.

>
> > As for getting laid, I had a couple of opportunities come my way but I
> > turned them down. I gather you didn't. ;^)
>
> Hey man, I'm still a virgin

You've got a 6 month old. You are no virgin unless this is another
immaculate conception. Besides that, are you saying you couldn't get laid
in Koh Tao? ;^)

>
> > I'm also making the assumption that now that you are in a committed
> > relationship, you would turn down opportunities of that nature as well.
> > (wg)
>
> Virgin dammit! I'm a virgin!

There is only one virgin here at rec.scuba and that is me! Just ask anyone.

"Lattes" <d2do2dmtakethispartout@hotmail.com> pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:
:Hey man, I'm still a virgin

Too lazy to impregnate a woman, so you hooked up with one who had
already calved?

Dan Bracuk
If at first you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure.
The Best of rec.scuba http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/


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