For beginners

The obsession for sport of scuba diving has encouraged almost all tourist destinations to play, practice and teach it. However, those who are naïve to scuba diving should make a judicious start by trying it in resorts. These scuba diving resorts have special instructors that guide you to develop some basic skills of sport. It is best way to learn without casting your life to danger. Many good resorts offer a certification program on completion of which you are awarded by certificate. This certificate is deemed to be legal in some countries before making your first dive. So it is better to get certified rather than feeding others with opportunity to impede your most cherished dream.

Scuba diving camps too are good training spots. The coaching is available there for all those who want it. They not only gat newcomers acquainted with game but also learned divers can go there to enhance their diving skills.

For skilled and professionals For those who are perfect at sport, journey is never ending. It is because there is no scarcity of scuba diving destinations.

·The foremost in this regard are Caribbean and Bahamas. Both places have a volley of beaches that keep divers busy throughout year.

·Not to be overlooked are crystal blue beaches of Florida and Hawaii that are vibrant especially during winters.

·Besides these, American area from Latin to South America is a perfect host for scuba diving. For most part of year water is warm that makes experience all more majestic.

·Amongst coveted destinations to dive are also ‘The Great Barrier Reef’ and ‘The Coral Sea’. The threat of damage of all-embracing coral here makes it most often mandatory to be assisted by a guide.

·The islands of Mediterranean Sea namely Manijin Island at Cyprus, Maze and Greek island Crete are excellent scuba diving spots.

By Victor Siu

When traveling to another country, there are several key ways to get most out of your money. Among most effective methods is timing your travel right: taking advantage of a favorable exchange rate can considerably enhance your buying power. In real world, though, a plethora of arrangements to be made and tickets to be bought may inhibit luxury of planning travel months in advance. But even if you’re planning your travel just a month or even a week in advance, there are still ways to be smart about your money. To minimize losses when converting to another currency, finding a good place to change your money is key.

Long-Term Planning

Plan to travel when your money is worth relatively more in country you are visiting. Every country has a fluctuating exchange rate so that there is balance in supply and demand of currency. Timing your travel correctly, therefore, can make a significant difference in amount of spending you do.

A clear example of a fluctuating market is euro to US dollar exchange rate. In year 2002, each euro was worth $.83. Now, in July of 2005, each euro is worth an upwards of $1.2059, meaning euro increased more than 31% in three years. This favorable rate of exchange for euros makes traveling to US a much more favorable deal in 2005.

Two ways to see if traveling to another country is a good deal, then, are to look at historical data and anticipate future. You can easily check historical rate of a currency pair by visiting a foreign exchange news site and pulling up a yearly chart. A good website for this is DailyFX (www.dailyfx.com). Having an inkling about future direction of exchange rate may prove more challenging, but it is not impossible. DailyFX has fundamental and technical news reports to guide you in this respect.

Short-Term Planning

When travel plans are made in short term, key to maximizing buying power is finding right place to change your money – that is, getting best rate for time that you are traveling. It is essential to do research in advance, namely, checking rates at domestic banks, credit cards, foreign banks, and ATMs.