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That will be some trip, I am jealous as hell!! I dived Truk Lagoon in = 1991 when we were filming the two Ghost Ships of Truk Lagoon videos.=A0 To = me as a dedicated wreck diver Truk was the most fantastic dive location in the world. Things may have changed since then but for such a famous = location, when I got there I was surprised to see how poor the dive facilities = were. I dived with Blue Lagoon who were the biggest at the time. Their Dive = Shop was small, stocked for the basics only and their boats small=A0 15 - 20 = feet marine ply jobs. Truk is a protected underwater site and a guide had to accompany us. They were very passive and just hung around in the = background, watching. That said each dive was epic. I have never been in engine = rooms as big as some of the cavernous ones in these huge Jap freighters. Because = Truk is a protected site and guides watch what is going on, nobody takes = anything from the wrecks - as a result everything is still there. You go into a galley and the crockery, sake glasses etc are still all there. In the bridges you will see helms, compass binnacles, telegraphs etc. Each = porthole is still in place, as is a lot of serious ordnance, eg the holds full = of 16inch shells for the big Jap battleships. There are Zero's, Betty = bombers etc to vary the diving.=A0=20 Most of the wrecks there were sub 40msw and we just dived air - there = were no technical facilities then, the guides were not keen on much deeper. = There were only a few occasions we went deeper than that eg, in the bowels of = an engine room and on the Nippo Maru,=A0 famous for the small 2 man Jap = tank on its main deck that still looks as tho' it would drive. No doubt they = have got nitrox by now, it would be sensible given the depths but trimix.......... I don't know. There are perhaps some deeper wrecks in the Lagoon which people just = weren't diving then. There were also a few floating gin palace liveaboards = which may offer mix now. You can check out this sort of stuff on the net. If you = want to see the Truk videos by way of background=A0 you can get them through = the UK Diver magazine which is online.=20 We combined a week in Truk with a week in Palau. Although less well = known, Palau has as many wrecks as Truk and more varied diving, eg 1,000 foot walls, lots of sharks, small caves etc.=20 I have always hankered to go back to Truk, I thought seriously about it = for this year but it didn't work out. If you need bodies then let me know = what you are planning.=20 Regards Rod Macdonald =A0 =A0 -----Original Message----- From: gordonjr [mailto:jrgordonsenior@em*.ms*.co*] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 02:14 To: techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: Truk or Bikini? List, =A0 Is there anyone out there who has dove at both Truk and Bikini Is.? I'm trying to plan week long trip next=A0June and I would appreciate any = and all advise on these=A0destinations including any experience with obtaining = gas and related costs.=20 =A0 Thanks in advance. =A0 Sincerely, =A0 JR Gordon -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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