worlds best top 10 destinations

The problem with such lists is that they almost always end up containing the
most popular destinations, not the best. When a destination makes the list
it will, almost by definition, no longer deserve to be there. To find the
best destination you have to go where no one else is going. In other words,
you have to find it yourself.

Safe diving,
Cpt. Dale


"JS" <reevecg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Any opinions?

The problem with such lists is that they almost always end up containing the
most popular destinations, not the best. When a destination makes the list
it will, almost by definition, no longer deserve to be there. To find the
best destination you have to go where no one else is going. In other words,
you have to find it yourself.

Safe diving,
Cpt. Dale


"JS" <reevecg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Any opinions?

Cpt. Dale Bennett wrote:
>
> The problem with such lists is that they almost always end up containing the
> most popular destinations, not the best. When a destination makes the list
> it will, almost by definition, no longer deserve to be there. To find the
> best destination you have to go where no one else is going. In other words,
> you have to find it yourself.
>
> Safe diving,
> Cpt. Dale
>
>
> "JS" <reevecg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5bwDf.2991$Sk1.94040@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
> Any opinions?
>
>
>
Well said Capt Dale!!

Cpt. Dale Bennett wrote:
>
> The problem with such lists is that they almost always end up containing the
> most popular destinations, not the best. When a destination makes the list
> it will, almost by definition, no longer deserve to be there. To find the
> best destination you have to go where no one else is going. In other words,
> you have to find it yourself.
>
> Safe diving,
> Cpt. Dale
>
>
> "JS" <reevecg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5bwDf.2991$Sk1.94040@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
> Any opinions?
>
>
>
Well said Capt Dale!!

"Cpt. Dale Bennett" <captndale@comcast.net> pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:

:The problem with such lists is that they almost always end up containing the
:most popular destinations, not the best. When a destination makes the list
:it will, almost by definition, no longer deserve to be there. To find the
:best destination you have to go where no one else is going. In other words,
:you have to find it yourself.

Nonsense. We all have our own likes and dislikes. And all those
popular places, they're popular for a reason.

I like Little Cayman.
and Fiji
and Galapagos
and Cozumel
and Palau

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

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"Cpt. Dale Bennett" <captndale@comcast.net> pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:

:The problem with such lists is that they almost always end up containing the
:most popular destinations, not the best. When a destination makes the list
:it will, almost by definition, no longer deserve to be there. To find the
:best destination you have to go where no one else is going. In other words,
:you have to find it yourself.

Nonsense. We all have our own likes and dislikes. And all those
popular places, they're popular for a reason.

I like Little Cayman.
and Fiji
and Galapagos
and Cozumel
and Palau

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

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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:44:50 -0500, Dan Bracuk wrote:


> I like Little Cayman.
> and Fiji
> and Galapagos
> and Cozumel
> and Palau

Is this a ranking?

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:44:50 -0500, Dan Bracuk wrote:


> I like Little Cayman.
> and Fiji
> and Galapagos
> and Cozumel
> and Palau

Is this a ranking?

Cpt. Dale Bennett wrote:
> The problem with such lists is that they almost always end up containing the
> most popular destinations, not the best.

There's some truth to that statement; and a LOT of truth to it if the
voters are readers of Rodale's rag. Rodale's lists of Top 10 or Top
100 or Top whatever tend to be the popular destinations of the
Clueless. I think they voted Molasses Reef in Key Largo the best
dive site in the USA or the World.

But if the voters are seasoned divers who had plenty of exposure to
the best dives sites in the world, then their list, would be, de facto,
a list of the BEST, according to whatever criteria that made them
to make such selections.

When I dived Coco's Island in 1992, one of the divers was a renowned
Japanese UW photog and dive magazine editor who had been diving
in the "best locations" in the world for 30 years. When asked what
he thought was the best location in the world, "French Polynesia" was
his answer.

That statement didn't make sense until I've dived in about 20 of the
French Polynesian islands 12 years later.

In that respect, French Polynesia will NEVER be voted best by the
Rodale readership or this readership, because not enough of you
have EVER dived there, and even if you did a few in one of two of
the islands such as Moorea and Bora Bora, you would not have a
wide enough view, nor a wide enough other world class locations to
do your comparison.


> When a destination makes the list
> it will, almost by definition, no longer deserve to be there. To find the
> best destination you have to go where no one else is going. In other words,
> you have to find it yourself.
>
> Safe diving,
> Cpt. Dale

Cpt, I venture to guess that you haven't been to many top dives
locations in the world. You don't need to re-invent the wheel every
time you need to use a wheel, because most of the wheels have
already been found or created by others. But you have to have the
EXPERIENCE of being able to say, "Been thar. Done dat" before
your vote is credible to anyone but the most gullible.

For these reasons, I think the present "poll" is an exercise in
futility
and lack of utility, not much different from the votes in Rodale's mag,
whose readership are primarily local Floridians who think Key Largo
is God's gift to the scuba divers in the world.

-- Bob.

P.S. By Cpt Dale's misguided notion, he wouldn't have anything to
go by if I said the greatest location is Easter Island, because I am
quite sure nobody else in the group ever dived there.

Cpt. Dale Bennett wrote:
> The problem with such lists is that they almost always end up containing the
> most popular destinations, not the best.

There's some truth to that statement; and a LOT of truth to it if the
voters are readers of Rodale's rag. Rodale's lists of Top 10 or Top
100 or Top whatever tend to be the popular destinations of the
Clueless. I think they voted Molasses Reef in Key Largo the best
dive site in the USA or the World.

But if the voters are seasoned divers who had plenty of exposure to
the best dives sites in the world, then their list, would be, de facto,
a list of the BEST, according to whatever criteria that made them
to make such selections.

When I dived Coco's Island in 1992, one of the divers was a renowned
Japanese UW photog and dive magazine editor who had been diving
in the "best locations" in the world for 30 years. When asked what
he thought was the best location in the world, "French Polynesia" was
his answer.

That statement didn't make sense until I've dived in about 20 of the
French Polynesian islands 12 years later.

In that respect, French Polynesia will NEVER be voted best by the
Rodale readership or this readership, because not enough of you
have EVER dived there, and even if you did a few in one of two of
the islands such as Moorea and Bora Bora, you would not have a
wide enough view, nor a wide enough other world class locations to
do your comparison.


> When a destination makes the list
> it will, almost by definition, no longer deserve to be there. To find the
> best destination you have to go where no one else is going. In other words,
> you have to find it yourself.
>
> Safe diving,
> Cpt. Dale

Cpt, I venture to guess that you haven't been to many top dives
locations in the world. You don't need to re-invent the wheel every
time you need to use a wheel, because most of the wheels have
already been found or created by others. But you have to have the
EXPERIENCE of being able to say, "Been thar. Done dat" before
your vote is credible to anyone but the most gullible.

For these reasons, I think the present "poll" is an exercise in
futility
and lack of utility, not much different from the votes in Rodale's mag,
whose readership are primarily local Floridians who think Key Largo
is God's gift to the scuba divers in the world.

-- Bob.

P.S. By Cpt Dale's misguided notion, he wouldn't have anything to
go by if I said the greatest location is Easter Island, because I am
quite sure nobody else in the group ever dived there.