I’m thinking of taking a few months off, maybe in Taiwan maybe overseas.
I need:
Hot and sunny
Beach
Good food
High speed internet availability
Diving and/or sailing
And, of course, I don’t want to spend more than I have to. I plan to be mostly in one place, not much exploring. Travel June-August.
Suggestions please.
Thanks
Thailand
Philippines
Bali
All are great!
ps. Can’t find good food in Taiwan!
edit: Expecpt at Alleycat’s! 
[quote=“Steeevieboy”]
Bali[/quote]
And Lombok. Gilley Islands.
Do they have high speed internet? I have some projects I want to work on.
And non-urban, I should have mentioned that although I think you figured it out anyway.
[quote]ps. Can’t find good food in Taiwan![/quote]Don’t I know it!
What sort of budget are you thinking of?
IL, I have never budgeted in my life and don’t intend to start now.
I generally avoid big fancy hotels, but that’s not a hard and fast rule. I don’t do cheap and nasty any more. Basically I want reasonable comfort and don’t mind paying more if I don’t feel like I’m paying too much for it.
I’m 90% certain I’ll be away for the last two weeks of May. I’m 90% certain that I’ll come back too. It’s the unexpected 10% that makes life interesting, don’t you think?
Has anyone been to Guam? Palau?
Maybe I’ll just go to Yonaguni and camp out so’s I can explore those underwater ruins?
If you want to dive, Go to Palau!
Have been there three times and the diving is out of this world! Sharks, Giant Groupers, every kind of pelagic fish you can think of rises out of the deep to get in on the reef-top food chain. It ain’t cheap though, two dives will run you around 95.00US a day, but worth every penny! Koror is pretty modern, and I believe they have an internet cafe on the island.
A fair hotel in Koror will run about 35-40 dollars a night. I do all my diving through Sams dive tours. Very well run and they have won many awards in the diving community for having the best all around dive center in the entire pacific… check them out at www.samstours.com
There is another option there which is to camp out on one of the deserted rock islands. This could well be some of the best camping you’ll EVER do. The dive boats cruise by in the morning and pick you up for your dives. They will also provide food and drink on a daily basis. Once the dive day is over, you’ll have the entire island to yourself…A micronesian sunset while drinking a cold beer and watching the baby reef sharks feed in the shallows at your feet…Doesn’t get any better than that!
Palau is awesome!
[quote=“stragbasher”]I’m thinking of taking a few months off, maybe in Taiwan maybe overseas.
I need:
Hot and sunny
Beach
Good food
High speed internet availability
Diving and/or sailing
And, of course, I don’t want to spend more than I have to. I plan to be mostly in one place, not much exploring. Travel June-August.
Suggestions please.
Thanks[/quote]
How’s this? High speed internet…good beach…diving…
Blueface, sounds great except for the “Managed by Taiwanese” bit. I can stay here, as has been suggested, for that.
Palau sounds kinda cool. But I might not come back.
Decisions, decisions. Isn’t it awful that this is the biggest problem I face right now?
Before you go diving anywhere, I think you should see this:
Open Water movie trailer 