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

"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.

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...

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.
€
€ 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...
€
€

Why do you think they were worth killing the first time? It's not like
they invaded *your* country

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

Grumman-581 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.
>
>
> 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?

--
I have never met a liberal street cop.

"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...

"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...

"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.

"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.