"Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<br391k$28jbjk$1@ID-101276.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> "Kevin Wayne Williams" <nihongo@paxonet.kom> wrote in message
> news:iz8Bb.389$Mv5.257@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > Most people would consider that pretty close. I've dived Japan (Oshima
> > and Sado), the Sea of Cortez, Australia, Fiji, Tenerife, Aruba, Cozumel,
> > Curacao, and Hawaii. Never done fresh. Some day, I will go to Missouri
> > and dive the Bon Terre Mine. It's the only fresh water dive that has
> > ever sounded interesting to me. Next trip to Japan, I really want to
> > take the time to get down to Ogasawara.
> 
> Interesting to me that Okinawa isn't on that list, yet you don't plan on
> getting down there. Interesting because very few divers seem to come down
> here, even though this supposedly has some of the best diving in the world.
> I assume it can't be the expense in your case, if you are planning on flying
> down to Ogasawara.
> 
> I only snorkel, but I can say without a doubt that after having snorkeled in
> the Florida Keys and Panama, that Okinawa has them beat hands-down in terms
> of clarity of water and number and variety of fish & coral.


Wifey wants to visit Okinawa - guess we`ll have to add that to the
list of places to go.

I live in Florida for 10 years so I spent most of my dive time in the
keys.  And yes, there are large lizards with lots of sharp pointy
teeth - they even kill several people a year on average.