We flew from Miami on Chalk's Airlines in a small seaplane taking off from and landing in the water, a great experience! There is a 30lb. bag limit so be prepared to pay a little extra for all your dive gear. It is known as the "BIG GAME FISHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" but the diving is great.

We stayed at the Big Game Club (49 roooms) - clean, modern rooms, the largest hotel on the island, a nice pool and bar overlooking the harbor, and about a 5 minute walk to the boat. Other places include:

• The Compleat Angler - 12 rooms - ph.# 242-347-3122
• Bimini Blue water Resort Anchorage 12 rooms - ph# 242-347-3166
• Ellis Cottages - 4 rooms - ph# 242-347-2258

We dove with Bimini Undersea Adventures and were treated very well by Melanie and Heather who helped us with our gear on the boat, knew the dive sites very well, and had lots of stories about the magic of Bimini - Atlantis ; the Fountain of Youth ; the Bermuda triangle. Three dives a day - two in the morning..leaving promptly at 8:30am, back for lunch 45mins-1hr. and off again for the afternoon dive.

It was dive, dive, eat, dive, eat, dive, dive, eat....for a week. Our favorite sites were:

• South Turtle Rocks - swim through corals, moray eels, lobster, about 40'
• Little Caverns - described by our crew as a big aquarium tank, large coral heads 15-20' tall, about 80' depth, large sandy flat bottom and tons of fish.
• The Strip - A nice day dive and wonderful night dive, a long (50 yards or so) and narrow (10 yards) reef surrounded by sandy flats. At night lots of shrimp, eels, a sleeping puffer and parrotfish. The water glowed green while diving and on deck Hale Bopp hung low in the sky! A fine way to wrap up 19 dives for the week.

I wonder what the weather is today in the Bahamas.

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