Re: The "Official" 7 Days in Paradise Dive Vactati

[JohnnyCastaway]

ATTENTION COZUMEL GROUP!
 
 Ok, now that I have your attention, i just got some images hot off the press from the Iberostar from a client who got back last night.
 
 Divers, check out the water in the boat pictures...  *sigh*  4 more weeks.
 
 http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=u4jwpel.adqc2yhl&x=0&y=-mr79y8
 
 
 here's also a commentary:
 
   

Dressel divers was really great.
 Easy to schedule/change dive schedules
 Dive masters were great
 Diving boats were the best I saw out there
 Equipment was a-1
 Be sure to do Palancaar Gardens – that was our favourite dive
 Night dive was great, and hearing the croak of the ‘splendid toad fish’ at 25 feet deep in the complete darkness has to be one of the coolest things ever.
 
 
 *The only bad thing is that they are very expensive compared to other dive shops. Be sure to haggle.
 
 
 
 Resort is fantastic, food was great
 Be sure to ask for a room near the ocean. We were building 84 (room 8403) I think we had the best room in the entire place. There was some construction near our room, but it was only noisey during the day – when we weren’t in our rooms anyways.
 The rooms around the exterior weren’t that great, as they look out over the empty lots beside the resort.
 The ‘Rum Runner’ was my favourite drink
 
 
 Avoid the jeep tour
 Jeep tour is $85 US per person and a complete rip off. They didn’t take us anywhere that we couldn’t have gone to on our own, and the guy giving the tour said shit all about where we were stopping and interesting facts about the island etc. A complete sham.
 For $65 US you can rent your own jeep for 24 hours. They give you a map with all the places to stop, and its not like mainland mexico as its very safe.
 
 
 Snorkling at the resort
 The beach is pretty crappy for swimming
 We took out a two person kayak, paddled out to the reef, then snorkeled there.
 
 
 

[bellagio]

Thanks for the link John and the photos.
 
 Not too much info though for the non diving types like me.
 
 Still the company will be good, and I'm sure we will have plenty of laughs.

[Bulldog]

Motto;
 
   :D    :D    :D    :D

[Bulldog]

I may need more then the Bubba    :D  
 
    :D
 
   ;)

Thanks JC, there are some great pictures of the resort, and the colour of the ocean, it looks fantastic.
 
 I think Dressel Divers do appear a little expensive first of all, but if you can get free EAN 32 then this will really be a huge benefit. I have paid for 24 dives in advance with Dressel, which gave me 15% discount, which works out £14.50 per dive. I would expect to pay £6 for a EAN 32 fill, plus with the quality boats that Dressel seem to operate from, overall I don't think it is too bad.
 I will book some additional dives with someone else as well when I am out there so I'll be able to compare. Good to see they do night dives as well.

[millybess]

Originally posted by Wossa:
  I have paid for 24 dives in advance...
 
 I will book some additional dives with someone else as well when I am out there....
 
 Good to see they do night dives as well.

:p

[JohnnyCastaway]

24 Dives Wossa??  I'm jealous!  the most I can hope for is between 12-15.  I'll probably end up with 12.  I think that we should definitely book at least 1 night dive.   :D

[JohnnyCastaway]

How many dives do you do in one day????
 
 johnnyC He doesn't need to sign a 'confidentiality agreement'.
 
 "Nightlife of the fishies" is not what I had in mind.
 

well, you never know Millybess... you never know.
   :p

[Gambitt]

Wow!!!
 
 I see I'm really going to be busy in the water!  It's going to be fun trying to keep up with you guys.
 
   

Bearing in mind Mr B and I are there for 14 nights, ideally about 35 or so dives I would plan on doing.
 Also I will be 'wifey free', so just myself to entertain ! Can life get any better ?

[millybess]

Originally posted by Wossa:
  Bearing in mind Mr B and I are there for 14 nights, ideally about 35 or so dives I would plan on doing.
 Also I will be 'wifey free', so just myself to entertain ! Can life get any better ?

Isn't there a restriction on how many you can do a day?  My son did 2 a day in the "bees knees" last month, and I thought that was a lot!     :confused:

If there is no restriction, wouldn't you be totally exhausted after two?
   

Exhausted after two! Are we talking about the same thing here, I'm a happily married man Millybess!
 
 There will be a restriction regarding the surface interval between each dive to allow you to 'de-fizz'. Plus each consecutive dive will evetually reduce your bottom time or push you into completing deco dives as the week goes on.
 
 Hopefully, this will be relaxing, slow paced leisure dives, probably lasting no more than 45 /50 mins per dive. With the bonus of breathing 32% EAN, this will help to decrease your overall nitrogen in-take which will allow you to reduce your surface interval & deco time.
 
 I still have the Madonna tickets, so it looks like the live-aboard to the Maldives remains a distant dream !

[bellagio]

Warren I have just PM'd you re. car parking at the airport.

[millybess]

Originally posted by Wossa:
 
 I'm a happily married man

THAT IS A VERY GOOD THING!!!!   :D  
 
 
 

Originally posted by Wossa:
 
 
 There will be a restriction regarding the surface interval between each dive to allow you to 'de-fizz'. Plus each consecutive dive will evetually reduce your bottom time or push you into completing deco dives as the week goes on.
 
 Hopefully, this will be relaxing, slow paced leisure dives, probably lasting no more than 45 /50 mins per dive. With the bonus of breathing 32% EAN, this will help to decrease your overall nitrogen in-take which will allow you to reduce your surface interval & deco time.
 

I understand everything you've said here except the part about "deco" dives.

[Bulldog]

I have been lost for a couple post   :rof: