On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 Crusty Russ <[log in to unmask]> replied to us all
with:

>>>>Viv wrote:
>>>>>Does it have to be a liveaboard?  One landbased island I would
>>>>>love to dive off in Malaysia is Pulau Redang. You can jungle
>>>>>trek, boat & canoe to break the boredom :-) There is even an
>>>>>18-hole golf course at Berjaya's hotels.

>>>Bjorn wrote:
>>>>While Redang certainly has better visibility and more potential
>>>>for pelagic encounters than Perhentian next door, it can't hold
>>>>a candle to Anilao or Puerto Galera for lions and nudis. In 10
>>>>dives there, at 5 different sites, I didn't see a single lion,
>>>>and I saw maybe a total of 5 nudis.

>>>Viv wrote:
>>>Well we will have to have a miniNEDfest there to check that out
>>>wont we :-))

>Christian Gerzner wrote:
>>Viv,
>>Woody Mayhew, an American I much respect who sells unnawata
>>photog stuff in the States, goes to Anilao _every_ year in about
>>April. I'm supposed to have caught up with him there for, oh,
>>years now and never have (entirely my fault).

Well, unfortunately we are a bit late for a April trip this year .. and my
leave credits are committed already for my 2002 dive trips ... so this
looks like a 2003 wanna-go dive trip for me :-(

And Crusty Russ informed us:
>Woody is not just an American...he's a Texan, in fact, he's from
>Dallas! :-)  He's a a very talented photographer with a relentless
>passion for perfection and great all around guy.  You'd both enjoy
>meeting and diving with him so don't pass up the opportunity.

Hmmm this sounds like too good an opportunity to miss. Hope he aint toooooo
serious .. as I would like to have a little fun also.

>Christian Gerzner wrote:
>>Maybe we should make it a miniNEDfest as well as a mini u/w photog
>>forum fest.

How about we make it a 2 week NEDfest .. the 1st week for the photo-nuts ..
and the 2nd week just diving with the gang with lots of merriment on land.

>Christian Gerzner wrote:
>>Only problem is that I would _definitely_ go on that one. *:-o

Hmm I think I should take bets on this one ;-) Sure your sure :-))
Viv