Adventures in dive organizing: Vietnam edition

[kumimonster]

So I'm learning that the resort I'm staying at outside of Nha Trang is pretty damn remote. Or it might not be. But I do know that getting out of the resort and into town at odd hours will set you back $150 - each way

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my cleaned up version i posted to scubaboard. edited & ammended.

[kumimonster]

So far, attempting to book my dives in Nha Trang has so far been quite a memorable experience - and it's not been very positive so far. There have been glimmers of success and then it all comes crashing down. I'm sure in the end, it'll all work out. And if not, I'll just post about it, eh

[kumimonster]

At the same time I did my own bit of online research by looking up operators via this board, tripadvisor, etc. I then prepared a basic e-mail mentioning my arrival date in town, my desire to dive for at least 2 days, and asking about the availability of 3-tank dive excursions. I also included my dive certs and that of my buddy, and asked some other general questions regarding gear rental (I'm leaving my cold water stuff at home

[kumimonster]

There's another dive site called Electric Nose that I've read about - some short, single line reviews say it's not worth the journey while other divers say they really enjoyed their time there. Anyone here have an opinion

[kumimonster]

Now here's the wrench in the works: when I asked the resort about getting a boat to the mainland they said sure it was possible

[wrayb]

Hope you got the visa delivered or replaced. Good grief too bad to have that distraction as you ready to leave.

[kumimonster]

that gets its own blog post!!