Your Questions About Scuba Diving Trips Cheap
James asks…
Belize. SCUBA. Recommendations?
Planning a dive trip for new year’s week. Belize looks good/cheap/easy to get to, etc. Need suggestions as to where to go, where NOT to go, and how to not get killed there. Thanks!
Tom Trindell answers:
Amrbergris Caye in Belize is a good place to go. You would fly into Belize City and take a puddle jumper over to the island. Turneffe Caye is another option. Don’t expect wild nightlife on either island but they are great for relaxation and diving. Most of the diving off Ambergris Caye is done around the Hol Chan Marine park. The Blue Hole is a good dive to say that you have done it but definitely watch out for nitrogen narcosis if you decide to do it. Deep dive training should be considered a must for that dive. The marine life is more established and you will see larger versions on parrot fish and if you are lucky pods of dolphins. Been to Belize several times and loved it.
Main mode of transportation on Ambergris Caye is golf carts by the way.
Betty asks…
Two 21 year-old guys in Costa Rica?
My buddy and me want to go to Costa Rica this January. Where should we stay? City? Hotel? What should we do? Please give us as many details as possible. We are interested in just about anything. Drinking, clubs, girls, scuba diving, snorkeling, rainforests, etc. We want this trip to be somewhat cheap too (no more than $1500 [each] for the entire trip)
Tom Trindell answers:
$1500 for the entire trip should be fairly easy to accomplish…
You can fly there for around $230 round trip from either Miami or Orlando. Other cities may be more. Check out Jet Blue, TACA, and Spirit Airlines.
This being your first trip, you may just want to go to Jaco. It is a very touresty town, but it can be fun. If you find someone touching your balls in the Beatle Bar, it’s a prostitute, and you should probably not indulge in that… Unless you want to be robbed.
The beach is fairly nice in Jaco, and there is good night life.
Generally, you need to be away from the clubs, girls, and night life if you want good experiences with scuba diving (carribean coast) rainforrests (south), etc. There is a zip line about 2 hours south of Jaco.
Just go, rent a car, and experience CR first hand…. Drive to Jaco, spend a few days there, then drive either North or South along the coast… You will see lots of different things to do.
Plane ticket: $250 round trip
Car rental: $200/week per person for a 4×4
Hotel: $10/night pp (sleeping cheap)
Food: $10 per day (eating cheap)
Mandy asks…
Where to draw the line with child support?
First of all, let me say straight up, I’m all in favour of fathers taking responsibility and paying child support for their children. Thats not the issue. My Question is: Where to draw the line? How much is too much?
My ex pays so much child support to his ex-wife and 4 children, that he doesnt have enough money to buy himself a cup of coffee. He struggles to contribute his share of our own living expenses, and often I am left to pay all the rent, food, bills etc, which is seriously impacting on my own financial stability. We live precariously, from pay to pay… Meanwhile, his ex enrols his kids in ballet, numerous sports, scuba diving, piano lessons, go-cart racing, holiday to England, now planning holiday to Bali… the list goes on and on. But he cant afford to take me on a date to the movies, or out for a cheap meal, or even away for the weekend… I always pay! But he’s happy to conrtibute to a holiday to Bali for his ex and 4 kids! Its just not fair!
Yes, I knew he had kids, and yes I expected he would pay child support… but this much? voluntarily? (there is no set amount by the courts, his ex-wife and kids live in another country).
When we first met, he was penniless, after his wife had taken him to the cleaners in divorce court, took the house, family business, car, everything. He was unemployed, and not paying child support. I supported him and helped him get back on his feet, and now he pays every spare cent to his ex. She just keeps demanding, and he gives in, out of guilt for leaving his kids I suppose.
But my generosity and support for him are being taken for granted, and Im not happy with the situation at all. I’ve tried to talk to him, tell him I’m broke and can’t afford to keep paying, and Im tired of never being able to go out together unless I pay for it. But he just gets defensive and angry at me, like Im trying to say his kids arent important. Of course they are! But is the ballet, scuba diving, motor car sports, trip to Bali really an essential requirement for them?
Add: And when we fly to their country (usually budged and saved by me) so he can see his kids, I have to stay in the hotel, whilst he takes his ex and kids out for dinner, because SHE wont allow me to be around them!
To The Mrs – my ex is not taking me on dates. lol. Im saying MY HUSBAND cannot afford to take me on a date, for dinner or even a cup of coffee!
to Kiss This… yes I know he has to pay child support. like i said earlier, thats not the issue. The issue is that his kids are TOTALLY SPOILT with expensive hobbies, toys, overseas holidays etc, much much more than the average child gets. And his greedy ex-wife just keeps on demanding more. And.. she’s already rich! She’s got the house, cars, business etc. Whilst my husband and I are totally struggling to keep up with it. All I want is for my husband to see reason.. and to not bankrupt us by his generosity to his kids.
Tom Trindell answers:
This is not an issue with child support, it’s an issue with your HUSBAND. Maybe you know this but it wasn’t clear until halfway through your question. If he’s not legally mandated to pay that much child support then you absolutely need to draw the line. I’d say it’s ultimatum time. Yes kids are important, but so are you. Clearly there is a happy balance, he just needs help to find it.
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