Diving for cheap with Wife & Kid

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:21:28 GMT, "Lattes"
<d2do2dmtakethispartout@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message
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>> "Lattes" wrote
>>
>>> Ya, looks like Cuba is going to be the place this trip, although Roatan
>>> is
>>> my next adventure alone!
>>
>> I'm not sure I'd consider Cuba to be safe from kidnapping by guerillas.
>> Then again, I'm an American. I presume you're not.
>>
>> Lee
>>
>
>I have travelled a lot and been all over the US and Europe and Asia and Cuba
>is one of the safest places I have ever been. Not knocking the US because I
>really do love travelling through the US but I feel safer in Havana (most
>'dangerous' city in Cuba) than any major US city. (NY, LA, Chicago, Miami,
>Detroit, Pheonix...)
>
Come to Austin. Plenty to do, good hospitals, no "real" guerillias.
Diving is fair, but if you take a minor excursion to someplace like
Port A you can get in the Flower Gardens and a rig or two.

And who knows, you might meet Leslie.

--
dillon

When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark
and the horse's name was Bob.

"Rosalie B." wrote

> Yes but it would be different for a tourist. For one thing, they
> probably would not be on a dive vacation with an abscess or whatever.

True, but you were the one that mentioned dentist. The real issue was
hospitals. All of the major islands, the ones with a substantial affluent
population have good medical facilities for those that can pay for them.

> >If you're a US citizen, the Coast Guard will evacuate you in a medical
> >emergency. I'm not sure what assistance is available for citizens of
other
> >countries. The big problem with flying out on a commercial airline is
the
> >limited capacity, particularly during holiday periods.

> We didn't use the CG although I guess we could have. We paid for the
> evacuation and it was about $3800.00. It wasn't on a commercial
> airline - it was a little prop plane and there was the pilot, nurse,
> me and Bob (on a stretcher), and they also could have taken a doctor
> if one had been needed. Plus a small amount (2 carry-on bags) of
> luggage. Our citizenship didn't matter.

It doesn't when you're paying your own bill. My wife used to work for a
company that serviced the aircraft for a Bahamas air ambulance service. I
don't know if health insurance would cover that or not. She probably knows.

Lee

"Lattes" wrote

> I have travelled a lot and been all over the US and Europe and Asia and
Cuba
> is one of the safest places I have ever been. Not knocking the US because
I
> really do love travelling through the US but I feel safer in Havana (most
> 'dangerous' city in Cuba) than any major US city. (NY, LA, Chicago, Miami,
> Detroit, Pheonix...)

Like I said. I presume you're not an American. We get a lot of blame for a
lot of the problems in modern Cuba. It's possible we deserve it.

Lee

"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote:

>"Rosalie B." wrote
>
>> Yes but it would be different for a tourist. For one thing, they
>> probably would not be on a dive vacation with an abscess or whatever.
>
>True, but you were the one that mentioned dentist. The real issue was
>hospitals. All of the major islands, the ones with a substantial affluent
>population have good medical facilities for those that can pay for them.
>
>> >If you're a US citizen, the Coast Guard will evacuate you in a medical
>> >emergency. I'm not sure what assistance is available for citizens of
>other
>> >countries. The big problem with flying out on a commercial airline is
>the
>> >limited capacity, particularly during holiday periods.
>
>> We didn't use the CG although I guess we could have. We paid for the
>> evacuation and it was about $3800.00. It wasn't on a commercial
>> airline - it was a little prop plane and there was the pilot, nurse,
>> me and Bob (on a stretcher), and they also could have taken a doctor
>> if one had been needed. Plus a small amount (2 carry-on bags) of
>> luggage. Our citizenship didn't matter.
>
>It doesn't when you're paying your own bill. My wife used to work for a
>company that serviced the aircraft for a Bahamas air ambulance service. I
>don't know if health insurance would cover that or not. She probably knows.
>
Travel insurance probably would. Medicare did not, but our insurance
through being retired military did pick up about 80%. It took awhile.

grandma Rosalie

> Come to Austin. Plenty to do, good hospitals, no "real" guerillias.
> Diving is fair, but if you take a minor excursion to someplace like
> Port A you can get in the Flower Gardens and a rig or two.
>
> And who knows, you might meet Leslie.
>
> --
> dillon
>

I have actually not heard much about the diving in Austin, I love Texas
though (for the Texans mostly, the weather is pretty unbearable) Any
info/pics would be greatly appreciated :)

"Lattes" <d2do2dmtakethispartout@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> > Like I said. I presume you're not an American. We get a lot of blame
for
> > a
> > lot of the problems in modern Cuba. It's possible we deserve it.
> >
> > Lee
>
> Not you personally Lee... but ya

Don't be too sure. I am part of the government.

>> > Like I said. I presume you're not an American. We get a lot of blame
> for
>> > a
>> > lot of the problems in modern Cuba. It's possible we deserve it.
>> >
>> > Lee
>>
>> Not you personally Lee... but ya
>
> Don't be too sure. I am part of the government.

Sorry about that Lee, you ARE personally to blame for ALL the problems in
modern Cuba.

And I forgot to mention, your lease is up on Guantanamo Bay and we would
like it back, we plan on making it a theme park.

"Lattes" <d2do2dmtakethispartout@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> And I forgot to mention, your lease is up on Guantanamo Bay and we would
> like it back, we plan on making it a theme park.

Only if you include a home for retarded dolphins.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "Lattes" <d2do2dmtakethispartout@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > And I forgot to mention, your lease is up on Guantanamo Bay and we would
> > like it back, we plan on making it a theme park.
>
> Only if you include a home for retarded dolphins.

They already have one. I've been to it.

"Lattes" wrote

> Sorry about that Lee, you ARE personally to blame for ALL the problems in
> modern Cuba.
>
> And I forgot to mention, your lease is up on Guantanamo Bay and we would
> like it back, we plan on making it a theme park.

Don't be sorry. I can live with my guilt.

Lee