Dive Review of Paradise in
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Paradise, Sep, 2012, by Kim Lachman, IL, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 6737.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Air Pacific was a pleasure to fly. My only complaint was their weight limitations on our luggage. I'd like to explain it, but I can't. They can't. However, they are quite certain that the penalties for going over are very punitive indeed! There is conflicting information within their own web site, our travel agent gave us yet a third set of restrictions. We flew down there with each of us having a bag of a bit less than 50 pounds (we left our octopuses and BCs at home) and breezed through. On the way back after leaving and consuming many pounds they then said we exceeded the weight limit. We showed them a print out from their own web site, the man shrugged and let us through without paying. Anyway, Paradise was BEATUTIFUL! The bures (think Gilligan's Island style huts) were spacious and well decorated. There's an outdoor Jacuzzi and shower that was heavenly. I've never met a more friendly and accommodating group of people in my life. They know you by first name upon your arrival and are constantly looking for ways to make your trip more pleasurable. You are first greeted by the owners Terri and Allan with a warm cloth to wipe your face, given a brief tour of the place, then a foot massage with a fruit plate and drink on the deck of your bure. The food was as the locals eat and I was thankful for that experience even though much of it was not to my liking. It was all very fresh, but not as seasoned. The drinks were...stick with the beer. Bitters was my beer of choice. There was not much of a night life. However, we really enjoyed reading talking and decompressing from life's stresses. The diving on the reef that was 10 minutes from the resort was extremely nice. Lots to see and the best I've ever seen if it weren't for Rainbow Reef that we went to every other day. The diving at Rainbow was unreal. The colors of the soft corals highlighted by so many fish that it almost obliterated the reef was like a Peter Max dream on acid. Simply crazy!
Websites	Paradise
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Up until now, all Caribbean and Florida.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	76-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Come up with 300-500 pounds of air.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Paradise in Fiji and Tuvalu/Taveuni

Paradise, Sep, 2012,

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Dive Review of Paradise in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Taveuni