On Jan 31, 1:12*am, wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:24:02 -0500, Wayne B









wrote:

All of the islands down here are beautiful in their own way, thanks in
large part to the brilliant blue-green colors of the water and the
interesting terrain. *Until you actually see it for yourself it is
almost unbelievable how many different colors the water can assume.
Since the charts here are not always as accurate as you'd like, it
becomes important to learn how to "read the water", or as some would
say, "use eyeball navigation". * There are even little poems and
sayings to help with that:

Green, green - nice and clean * (navigable water)
White, white - what a fright * (white is a shallow sand bar)
Brown, Brown - run agound *(brown spots are rocky shoals)
Black, black - break your back *(black spots are coral heads).

Very true. The water in the islands is simply spectacular. You get a
feel for it in the keys but the islands of the Caribbean and the area
around the Bahamas is a whole other thing.
Diving is not like anything most folks in the US ever see. Visibility
is virtually unlimited
I am a bit disappointed that man is screwing it up as fast as they can
but I think some of these countries are getting a little smarter.

Like Kauai. after they saw what Marriott was building with their
resort, the councils got together that put a kabash to future
development, with their "no buildings taller than a palm tree"
clause. Otherwise the island would be one large chunk of development.