Thanks for the comments guys, it was truly a memorable experience and I can't wait to get back out there again.
For those interested you would need to budget on around £ 1800 for flights and £ 1300 for a week on Odyssey. We are aiming to do a second week on Odyssey, for which you get a 20% discount - so say an extra grand for the 2nd week.
Odyssey is all inclusive but budget on around £50 to £100 in tips and £ 80 for various bollox dive and airport leaving taxes !!
So £ 3300 ish for 1 week or £ 4300 ish for 2 weeks
A few YD'ers have pm'ed me asking when we're planning going again and expressed an interest in joining us. We're aiming for around the Xmas/New Year 2009/10 period (exact dates subject to availability) and all you would need to stump up if you wanted to join us would be a deposit to Odyssey of $700 (I think thats per week) with the balance not due until 60 days before departure !! Flights obviously can be booked in a year or so!! So - not a huge committment up front.
We probably need to give our bank balance a few weeks/ months off before we will be confirming our own booking so if you fancy joining what has the potential for a mini YD adventure you can give your finances a good old look at before committing.
We'll be taking our Inspo's and lime and O2 are easy to arrange. Helium can be sorted too but on 99% of the dives not really worth it due to the easy depths 20 - 40 metres, just pick your depth, plenty to see ! Manifolded twinsets (Ali 80's) and stages (30 cu ft Ali) are readily available, as are the usual single Ali 80's for bcd wearers - so every flavour is catered for and every level of experience.
Feel free to ask away if you have any q's.
MarkP - thanks for the heads up on the feather star, the photo isn't all that great and to be honest they didn't thrill me but Nic seemed to love them !!
Tassie Devil - re: naked women. Captain Mike (very funny guy btw) was recounting a story of 4 Dutch ladies that were onboard a few weeks back that sunbathed nude on the top deck all week. Mike said that he lost count of the times he went up there to fix the radar or some piece of equipment the boat doesn't actually have !!
