Diving and Golf (recommendations?)

We are just thinking about booking a holiday for early next year and are
toying with the idea of either St Lucia or Malaysia.

Ideally I would like to be able to dive in the morning (so just a short
distance from a hotel) and then we would play golf or laze on the beach in
the afternoon.

Any recommendations? We are looking for good quality hotels and location.

Thanks

"Stephen" <NO SPAMsm.vincent@btinternet.com> wrote:

>We are just thinking about booking a holiday for early next year and are
>toying with the idea of either St Lucia or Malaysia.
>
>Ideally I would like to be able to dive in the morning (so just a short
>distance from a hotel) and then we would play golf or laze on the beach in
>the afternoon.
>
>Any recommendations? We are looking for good quality hotels and location.
>
I would have said Bermuda except that you'd need thermal protection to
dive and actual swimming would be in cold water.


grandma Rosalie

have you ever heard of the Bali/Handara Golf Course? I'm not a golfer -- but
it is a drop-dead beautiful course on the island of Bali (Indonesia) and I
believe you can "purchase" a membership there. Wealthy people come from all
over Asia to play that course and I can see why.

I happen to stay a night in one of their cottages which was very nice so got a
look at the place. I think you can walk/drive in there and rent one of those
cottages (if they are available). The course is not near Kuta where so many
died in that terrorist blast of a night club. I wouldn't have gone near Kuta
with a ten foot pole anyway which was a cheap playground for Australian
tourists. I stayed in Sanur. Kuta would not have been my kind of scene --
cheap nightclubs, vulgar people..

But one could presumably have a car and driver (I always did in Bali) and play
golf in the morning and then be wisked away to a dive operation for afternoon
diving. I think the Bali Handara Country Club course was designed by some
famous Scottsman (didn't they invent the game) -- I'm not a golfer but just to
see that Bali Hondara Golf course is a treat in itself .....with its
spectacular landscaping and flora. I mean, it is one of the most inviting
places I've ever been.

"Rosalie B." wrote:

> "Stephen" <NO SPAMsm.vincent@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> >We are just thinking about booking a holiday for early next year and are
> >toying with the idea of either St Lucia or Malaysia.
> >
> >Ideally I would like to be able to dive in the morning (so just a short
> >distance from a hotel) and then we would play golf or laze on the beach in
> >the afternoon.
> >
> >Any recommendations? We are looking for good quality hotels and location.
> >
> I would have said Bermuda except that you'd need thermal protection to
> dive and actual swimming would be in cold water.
>
> grandma Rosalie

Hawaii is hard to beat for surf and turf. Have a look at the hotels and
resorts in Kapalua, Ka'anapali and Wailea (all on Maui) or Waikoloa
(Big Island) if you want good quality.

Best wishes

Peter Forster

Don't forget Kihei (also on Maui), I just got back from there and it was
great. I had a cold, so couldn't go diving, but met some golfers at the
airport who loved it.

"moanakane" <moanakane@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hawaii is hard to beat for surf and turf. Have a look at the hotels and
> resorts in Kapalua, Ka'anapali and Wailea (all on Maui) or Waikoloa
> (Big Island) if you want good quality.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Peter Forster
>

Stephen wrote:
> We are just thinking about booking a holiday for early next year and are
> toying with the idea of either St Lucia or Malaysia.
>
> Ideally I would like to be able to dive in the morning (so just a short
> distance from a hotel) and then we would play golf or laze on the beach in
> the afternoon.
>
> Any recommendations? We are looking for good quality hotels and location.
>
> Thanks
>
>
Tioman in Malaysia may work. The Berjaya hotel is the best on Tioman
although not up to the standards of some in Bali, Phuket, Krabi etc (all
of which may work). There is a dive site 2 mins from the hotel and
several within 1/2 hour, the hotel also has it's own golf course.

Monsoon finishes around feb (check any Singapore dive shop itinerary for
when it re-opens - no-one goes during monsoon) so may depend what you
mean by early.

bermuda actually isnt that cold in the summer. I was diving a lot this
past summer without any thermal protection. I only put on a wetsuit for
abrasion protection on some wreck dives or when the weather had be bad
for a day or so.


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