Diving in Vietnam

I'm planning a short 1 week dive vacation around end of July or early
August. Places that have been suggested to me are Nha Trang, Whale island
and Hoi An.
Has anybody dived these areas before. Any ideas, comments or views would be
appreciated.

Van

Van Weng Koon wrote:
> I'm planning a short 1 week dive vacation around end of July or early
> August. Places that have been suggested to me are Nha Trang, Whale island
> and Hoi An.
> Has anybody dived these areas before. Any ideas, comments or views would be
> appreciated.
>
> Van
>
>

If you hear anything, please share it, or if anyone replies, please do
so publicly.

I have long wanted to go back to Vietnam and see the places I knew 36
years ago now that they're not being bombed. And while I'm there I'd
love to check out the reefs.

Beaches on the S. China Sea were beautiful. You'd think the reefs would
be, too, but I have heard otherwise. Apparently the preferred fishing
tackle there is dynamite, followed closely by cyanide. If that's true,
the diving probably sucks.

There are dive operators around Nha Trang. I too would like to hear
someone's personal experiences.

gc

"Alan Street" wrote in message
news:170520052249045732%agstreet@nonono_san.rr.com ...
> Why do you think they were worth killing the first time?

Well, we were over there to kill 'em, right? Must have been worth it... The
concept of, "Gee, we were trying to kill each other 35 years ago, let's just
shake hands and be friends" is rather alien to me...

> It's not like they invaded *your* country

Yeah, if they invaded Texas, we would put them on the shrimp boats where
they belong... Uhhhh... That's where many of them ended up, come to think of
it... Never mind...

In article <170520052249045732%agstreet@nonono_san.rr.com>, Alan Street
<agstreet@nonono_san.rr.com> wrote:

€ In article <vgxie.3492$V2.1125@attbi_s72>, Grumman-581
€ <grumman###@gmail.com> wrote:
€
€ € "George Cathcart" wrote in message
€ € news:d6dg12$kk4$1@grapevine.wam.umd.edu...
€ € > I have long wanted to go back to Vietnam and see the places I knew 36
€ € > years ago now that they're not being bombed.
€ €

Having started to swerve the conversation off-topic, I'd like to add
that I'm also very interested in information about diving in Vietnam
and Cambodia.

Alan

Do Vienam or Cambodia have reefs? Not every country that borders an ocean has
reefs. I found that out on two trips to India.

And as to France -- heading to Paris on Saturday and looking forward to having
"asperge blanc" or white asparagus (now in season) which I will dip in
Hollandaise -- and down the gullet -- with a nice glass of dry French Chablis!

One never gets food like this on a dive charter! I've always wanted to combine
great dining with great diving -- but more or less have given up on the
prospect.

Daniel Arrepas wrote:

> "Grumman-581" <grumman###@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:tOAie.4267$z_.741@attbi_s71...
>
> > "Gee, we were trying to kill each other 35 years ago, let's just
> > shake hands and be friends" is rather alien to me...
>
> I understand bitterness, and I don't know your history, so I wouldn't
> presume to judge your comments on this subject.
>
> To me, one of the best things about United States (and actually I find this
> a North American trait, not just an US one) is our belief in second chance,
> and the notion that second chance extends far beyond the simplicity of
> personal economics or character rebirth. I don't see why friendships between
> former combatants shouldn't get whatever number of chances required to make
> peace beyond the silence of guns and bombs.
>
> Upon this very moment, I would consider a fair swath of
> Western Europe our enemy before I would assign that moniker to Vietnam. If
> your people hate my people, it is a distinctly more real condition than when
> only your government hates ours. Yet there is little doubt that should those
> same Europeans ever wish to be friends again, Americans would not spurn an
> opportunity to engage in a friendlier course of relationships.
>
> Chirac must love us though....without the US he wouldn't have much of a
> limelight to dance in :^)

"Daniel Kessler" <dkessler@pop.cybernex.net> wrote in message
news:428BEC01.512361F2@pop.cybernex.net...

> And as to France -- heading to Paris on Saturday

How convenient :^)

"nitespark" wrote in message news:ioEie.23408$sy6.3099@lakeread04...
> How about Germany,Japan, and Great Britian?

I'd already considered that... For some reasons, I don't hold a grudge over
the War of 1812... I do know some guys who fought in WWII and refuse to buy
Japanese products even now... It was before my time, so I don't have strong
feelings on the subject...

Greg Mossman wrote:
> "nitespark" <nitespark@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:ioEie.23408$sy6.3099@lakeread04...
>
>
>>>I'm not sure that is what my attitude would be... I would be more
>>>inclined
>>>to think of it as an opportunity to kill the people I didn't get a chance
>>>to
>>>kill the first time... Maybe I hold a grudge, but I figure that if they
>>>were
>>>worth killing the first time, they are also worth killing the second
>>>time...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>How about Germany,Japan, and Great Britian?
>
>
> For that matter, how about the North and the South? Fortunately I'm a
> laid-back Californian and not a true Yankee or I would have been forced to
> duel over dinner against my sworn Virginian enemy.
>
>
Well certainly we can find SOME aspect to unleash some mutual animosity.

Might I suggest those with hair and those that are follicularly
challenged??

--
I have never met a liberal street cop.

"nitespark" <nitespark@cox.net> wrote in message
news:1SKie.9871$cf5.8870@lakeread07...

> Might I suggest those with hair and those that are follicularly
> challenged??

Rules of Engagement:

Our copious flowing locks get in our eyes, handicapping us, so we demand a
headstart. Also, you "shinier" types are more streamlined and create less
drag just like unbungied wings. So we demand an even bigger head start or
require that you wear bananas on your heads.

Scott wrote:
> "nitespark" <nitespark@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:gNMie.9950$cf5.9504@lakeread07...
>
>
>>Rick Simms wrote:
>
>
>>>You - do not - bring bananas to a gun fight!
>>>
>>>It's not dignified.
>>
>>What if the opponent has a potato gun?
>
>
> http://rjdudley.com/media/squirrel_launcher.wmv
>
>
"Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat"

"Aw Bullwinkle, that trick never works"

--
I have never met a liberal street cop.