My husband and I are going to try the Blackbeard's Cruises http://www.blackbeard-cruises.com/ sometime either late this year or in early 2008. We've heard so many good things about them and they are much less expensive then many of the other liveaboard's currently out on the market. Certainly the price points are a big draw, but one thing that's particulary interesting is that they take you out on a shark feeding dive at one point during the week. You get to be close up to the nurse and reef sharks in a controlled environment while they feed them.
This sounds exhilerating, if not just a little scary. But that's part of the excitement.
We've been certified for a year and a half now. Our first real open water dive was in Lake Mead, NV when the water temp. was 58 degrees! That will shrink everything up in a hurry. Since then, we've done dives in Roatan, Honduras, the Santa Rosa Wall in Cozumel, Playa Maroma, Playa del Carmen, Beaver Lake, Arkansas, and I did a dive off Elbow Beach, Bermuda last year and got to see the shipwreck Pollockshields with one of those cool James Bond scooter things. The picture on my blog is of Elbow Beach. Bermuda is absolutely incredible!
Now I want to do even more wreck diving. The Bermuda IV http://www.bermudaiv.com offers 5 day liveaboard diving and you see nothing but wrecks. Wow! However, this one will require a bit more positive cash flow, so that will have to wait.
A whole new world of underwater adventure awaits us and adds an exciting dimension to our travel lifestyle. I just hope when I'm 75 I can still strap on a tank and weights!
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