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Castle comfort lodge, Aug, 2005, by peter bunce, mo, usa . Report 2918.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
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Comments	November 05 One flight a day in and out of Dominica.Had to spend a night in San Juan each direction. We stayed in Old San Juan( a reasonable cab ride from air port) in La Taverna, a nifty and affordable hotel and found really GOOD places to eat. Arrived early afternoon at Dominica. Met by the hotel's contracted van--an hour drive over the mountain to Castle Comfort. The drive is fun because this is a spectacularly beautiful volcanic island, with still active volcanic action---most notably a boiling lake which takes a day to hike to (we did not do it) and Champaign, a pretty dive spot with warm bubbles percolating from the shallow bottom. Over half of the island is a nature preserve, and it is verdant, mountainous and beautiful. An easy afternoon excursion to Trafalger falls was wonderful. If you go you'll know why. Castle Comfort is a tight little self-contained dive resort; simple pleasant rooms, oriented toward the water around a small grassy courtyard with hot tub and bar . Food is not great but edible. We preferred to eat lunch and dinners elsewhere and found some pleasant simple places within walking or taxi distance. (Dominica is not a gourmet destination). The diving set-up is good and convenient, right at our doorstep. Divemasters are locals, competant and fun. We never were crowded in the boats-- same crew all week. They had fun. So did we. Underwater: No big stuff. lots of great macro--sea horses on every dive, yellow frog fish, black, spotted and snake eels, other good stuff and fairly lush underwater scenery teeming with life. (However a fair amount of bleached coral--which we had not encountered two years ago.)Visibility generally very good. This is a gemultlich destination, and not just for the diving.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	andaman sea. fiji, yap, palau, red sea carribean
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-0°F / 27--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	100-75 Ft/ 30-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]time and depth pretty presticted but not resentd
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	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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Dive Review of Castle comfort lodge in Dominica

Castle comfort lodge, Aug, 2005,

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Dive Review of Castle comfort lodge in
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