Anneversary trip ideas

[Proteus]

I'm def into that. I'll talk to the boss. All she wants is sand and rum. Lol

Thanks for that. I'm interested now

[Myka]

You're welcome!

I'm into gardening too, not as much as reefing, but I really enjoy gardens and garden tours. I really enjoyed checking out all the many Orchids growing "wild" (outside is wild to me haha) in the botanical gardens. Kauai is a perfect destination for a garden lover.

Let me know if you go there, I will give you contact info for the snorkel tour, and give you the low down on the different areas to visit. The island is small enough you can do a pretty good job exploring it by the seat of your pants too.

PLUS, you can go to Snorkel Bob's and berate him for trying to shut down the aquarium fish collectors.

[saltcreep]

You will find that Fiji is a bit cheaper than French Polynesia. Most nice places are all-inclusive where with FP meals will generally be an addition. I haven't been to FP, but I have been to Fiji. My honeymoon was there and both places were in the running.

A lot depends on what your budget is and what you are wanting to do. There are great places in Fiji in both the Yasawa Island group and the Mamanuca Island group. Both island groups are off the main island of Viti Levu where you fly into (Nadi). The northern island, Vanau Levu, is where the majority of the great diving is. It'll be more expensive and takes a little more effort to get there.

There are lots of great places and things to do.

[Delphinus]

Kauai is great, I really loved it there. Very much less developed than the other islands and not many people. I found it much cooler though than other islands, they do have a bit of seasonal variation more so than the others (mostly on account of the rain). The rain itself is actually pretty neat: it rained every day while I was there but usually not more than 20 minutes at a time in a raging torrent and then the sun would come out. You can't have all that green without some way to keep it green. But when I was there (in February/March) I think the warmest it ever got was around 23-24. It is warmer in the summer months.

Going back to the Big Island this year though. I've now been to Maui, Kauai and the Big Island and they are all great places and each has their own unique character and charm - but I found that 2 weeks was nowhere near enough to explore the Big Island and so I'm going back. Plus the diving was nothing short of spectacular off the Kona coast. Just to give you an idea, one of the guys I dove with, ran his own dive shop in Oahu and for his own dive vacations he chooses to dive at Kona.

[MarkoD]

My parents are going on the oasis of the seas next week for their 25th

[Proteus]

Well we are going to see a agent on sat. I also asked the wife about Costa Rica but she's worried about crap she sees on tv ( locked up abroad) haha. There no govt warning there

Apparently there rain forest is untouched and the sea is calmer than the gulf

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Titus99

Well we are going to see a agent on sat. I also asked the wife about Costa Rica but she's worried about crap she sees on tv ( locked up abroad) haha. There no govt warning there

Apparently there rain forest is untouched and the sea is calmer than the gulf

I have nothing but great things to say about Costa Rica. If all goes well, I'll be moving there when I retire.

[Snaz]

Bahamas is an excellent adventure, Eluthera or Paradise islands are great and accessible. The snorkeling in the early nineties was great, can't say how it is now.

French Guadeloupe was fantastic for a couple but the one reef we checked out was 99% dead when we visited last year. Shame.

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by Titus99

Well we are going to see a agent on sat. I also asked the wife about Costa Rica but she's worried about crap she sees on tv ( locked up abroad) haha. There no govt warning there

Apparently there rain forest is untouched and the sea is calmer than the gulf

I haven't been to Costa Rica myself but a good friend of mine who has been just about everywhere on the planet really loved the place. He and his wife especially liked the canopy tours (zip line across the jungle from the top of the forest). He felt the country was a safe place and never had any problems. Everyone he met was friendly. Lots of ground level jungle and photography tours as well. My next trip will either be Costa Rica or Cuba.

We went to Oahu at the end of May a couple of yars ago and it was a great trip. It wasn't crowded at all and even after 11 days we still didn't get to see and do everything we wanted to. I would go back in a heart beat but next time I would want to stay longer and try and visit the big island, Kauai and Maui as well.

[MarkoD]

I spent 3 weeks in Costa Rica and it was fantastic