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Caicos Adventures/Comfort Inn, Dec, 2005, by Jack Hall, CA, USA . Report 2944.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Caicos Adventures Turks and Caicos December 2005 I felt really ambivalent about this trip . The diving was terrific and the boat that Caicos Adventures uses is unquestionably one of the best laid-out and best maintained that I have seen, but we felt like they pulled a fast one on us for the pricing. Nitrox was advertised on their web site as being $9.00 per tank and yet they charged us $12 per tank. When we told them about it being on the web site, they said “Oh- that was changed- I guess they didn’t get it changed on the web site” and they proceeded to charge us the $12.00 per tank. This was after they had consulted with “Mrs Fifi” (the owners wife who runs the store operation and collects the money). Fifi insists on no shoes on his boat, but the deck has a knobby rubber surface which can hurt your feet. If you plan on going to the Turks and Caicos- do it soon- it will soon be the most overbuilt island in the Caribbean. There was construction everywhere, and a fine layer of dust from the construction overlays all of the vegetation and cars. There are six and eight story condo’s and hotels going up all over the island. The locals are understandably not real happy about it all, and the general attitude towards tourists is one of mild distrust and aloofness. Food prices are quite high (we spent $100 for dinner for two with one beer and no dessert), but you can get around that by going to the local store and getting food in the deli section- they have lots of variety and the prices are only about 25% higher than in the US. We stayed in The Comfort Inn, and the room was quite nice and the staff were helpful. Continental breakfast was included with the room which made it handy because we could grab a quick banana, sweet roll and coffee before leaving for the day’s diving- much handier than going to a restaurant and waiting for service and cooking time. Also convenient was the dive operation- about 100 feet away from our room. But that wouldn’t really matter much because Fifi (really Philippe, but he goes by Fifi) has a 12 passenger bus that he drives around to any hotel that has people who are diving with him that day. The whole pickup operation takes about 30 minutes. Most of the diving was deep- the top of the wall was often at 80 feet, so the dives tended to be well under 60 minutes. We were told that we are adults- we should dive our own profile and observe reasonable safety precautions- return with 500 pounds and stay above 130 feet but no one will ne checking computers. There was always a divemaster or two to show us around if we wished, but there was no “romper room “ diving where we all had to hold hands and stay together (as has been true at other islands). Visibility was awesome, and water temperatures were in the low 80’s. I am glad to have gone, and I would advise it for anyone who has not gone, but I think once will be enough for me.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	60-150 Ft/ 18-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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