Question #1:

What are the best things to do in Maui?

I am going on a family vacation to Maui in October and this is my fourth trip to Maui. So I am looking for some new things to do there. I have done all the normal tourist things, biking Haleakala, snorkling and scuba diving Molokini, surf lessons, etc. I am looking for something out of the ordinary, especially something active and adventurous. I'm not big on guided tours I would like to something out of the ordinary. Any suggestions will be helpful.

Question #2:

Rate my essay please?

It's about an enchanting experience I had during summer vacation:


This summer, my family and I spent a week of July in the quaint sea side town of Ningaloo, located in the western extremes of Australia.
One day, a scuba diving session was scheduled for our family. Looking at the calm, cerulean blue surface one wouldn’t expect to see something stupendous underneath it but all my incredulity vanished as the flurry of bubbles which shrouded my vision as a result of diving into the water cleared and revealed to me a colourful underwater metropolis of coral.
I tried to exclaim “wow” but what came instead were a few bubbles through my diving mask as I saw the eerie brain coral, the peculiar table coral and the rainbow of colours which painted these underwater marvels making them look astonishingly beautiful. The striped clownfish, the colour changing cuttlefish, the Yellow Tangs and the little damsel fish increased the beauty tenfold.
All of a sudden, a huge figure loomed up from behind the reef from which I was plucking samples. It was at least 12 metres long and had a black body which was striped and spotted with pale blue. I immediately recognised it as a whale shark and didn’t panic as whale sharks are known to be very docile creatures. The titan serenely floated over to me and gave me a playful nudge. I realised it was a friendly creature so I grabbed onto a fin gently and to my surprise the creature began to swim, pulling me along for a ride. I mounted onto its back, holding onto its fin for support. It was like riding a horse except much more exciting. The shark began to move up and down, twisted its body and swam in loop de loops with such speed it was like an underwater roller coaster! Before I knew it the shark began to swim towards the surface and it actually leaped into the air like a dolphin. It was truly an enchanting experience with the salty sea wind in my hair, a beautiful sunset and riding my new friend (whom I incidentally named _____)!

See the "_____" well I can't think of a name for the whale shark. Any suggestions please? (But not Shamu...)

Question #3:

What was your most memorable beach or seaside vacation?

Surfing, scuba diving, or just plain relaxation on the beach, what is your best beach story? Share stories of your best beach outing with us and tell us what made it a special get-away. The winning story will be featured on our blog.

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Question #4:

Maui or Kauai which island is best for my vacation plans?

I am taking my mom to hawaii and I can't decide between the two Islands my mom likes to sight see, she doesn't like scuba diving or snorkeling. which Island has more to offer. My children 5 yrs and 9yrs are also coming. My mom doesn't like big cities either.

Question #5:

What was your most memorable beach or seaside holiday?

Surfing, scuba diving, or just plain relaxation on the beach, what is your best beach story? Share stories of your best beach outing with us and tell us what made it a special get-away. The winning story will be featured on our blog or even as a Yahoo! Travel article. Read details of this initiative here. Click Here . Got a picture that you took on vacation? Share it here Click Here

Question #6:

How do I stop being so envious of my best friend and resent my wife?

Lately I’ve been starting to feel really down about my life. I’ve been with my wife since I was 21 and married since 22. We had our first child when I was 25. We have total of three children from 3 to 10 years old now. I’ve been working for retail for 8 years as an assistant manager and my wife work part time for a school district. We finally bought a house a bit less than a year ago.
Even with all of that, I can’t help it but feel like my life is extremely dull and that I missed out on so much things. It seems like every month, we’re always wrestling with our budget, every year vacation is just mediocre (usually a trip to one of our relative out of the state or something), and other things.
I also am starting to resent my best friend that I’ve knew since I was sixteen. He’s a year older than me, but he has no children or wife. He and a female friend own a place together. He has been a part time engineering for four years and was a full time engineer for about three years before that. He seems to have everything good.
Everyday when he wake up he’d go to coffee shop and chill for a hour or two before work or go off to do his thing. He drive a jeep and owns a motorcycle, is always dating a new girl, go on vacation two or three times a year, taking classes at college, scuba diving, learning sky diving, and other things.
Also he have been able to accomplished so much, he’s still in amazing shape despite of being in mid 30s, have a black belt in judo, was a prize kickbox fighter at one time, have climbed the tallest mountain in USA and Africa, won a couple spearfishing tournament, and many other things.
He has always been very generous about inviting me and my family to do things with him or letting us borrow his things such as boat, jeep, jet ski and other things. He even helped us find the house and with down payment. He has always been a great friend. But lately I feel so envious of him.
Also it isn’t helping any at all that my wife doesn’t really want to do much. We got opportunity to learn scuba with him but she didn’t want to. I was supposed to go sky diving with him a couple years ago, but she kept me from doing it. She flat out refuse to allow me has a motorcycle or get a tattoo.
I’m getting to the point where I am starting to regret many things. How can I stop this? Is this feeling even normal? I feel like my best friend has it just perfect.
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Question #7:

I feel like I'm a terrible person. How can I stop this?

Lately I’ve been starting to feel really down about my life. I’ve been with my wife since I was 21 and married since 22. We had our first child when I was 25. We have total of three children from 3 to 10 years old now. I’ve been working for retail for 8 years as an assistant manager and my wife work part time for a school district. We finally bought a house a bit less than a year ago.
Even with all of that, I can’t help it but feel like my life is extremely dull and that I missed out on so much things. It seems like every month, we’re always wrestling with our budget, every year vacation is just mediocre (usually a trip to one of our relative out of the state or something), and other things.
I also am starting to resent my best friend that I’ve knew since I was sixteen. He’s a year older than me, but he has no children or wife. He and a female friend own a place together. He has been a part time engineering for four years and was a full time engineer for about three years before that. He seems to have everything good.
Everyday when he wake up he’d go to coffee shop and chill for a hour or two before work or go off to do his thing. He drive a jeep and owns a motorcycle, is always dating a new girl, go on vacation two or three times a year, taking classes at college, scuba diving, learning sky diving, and other things.
Also he have been able to accomplished so much, he’s still in amazing shape despite of being in mid 30s, have a black belt in judo, was a prize kickbox fighter at one time, have climbed the tallest mountain in USA and Africa, won a couple spearfishing tournament, and many other things.
He has always been very generous about inviting me and my family to do things with him or letting us borrow his things such as boat, jeep, jet ski and other things. He even helped us find the house and with down payment. He has always been a great friend. But lately I feel so envious of him.
Also it isn’t helping any at all that my wife doesn’t really want to do much. We got opportunity to learn scuba with him but she didn’t want to. I was supposed to go sky diving with him a couple years ago, but she kept me from doing it. She flat out refuse to allow me has a motorcycle or get a tattoo.
I’m getting to the point where I am starting to regret many things. How can I stop this? Is this feeling even normal? I feel like my best friend has it just perfect.

Question #8:

Where can i scuba dive for sunken treasure?

HI i want to go on vacation and scuba dive for sunken treasure, most likely found in old sunken ships or maybe just coins/objects laying on the ground floor. where can i go that i would be most likely to find something?

Question #9:

Are all-inclusive resorts worth the price?

My family (2 adults, 2 teenage boys), are considering Beaches in Jamaica for our first-ever real vacation. We have only done weekend camping and weekend beach trips over the years. Beaches is expensive, but with the activities they offer (like scuba diving, water park) and the food and drinks being included, it might actually be a better deal than paying for all those things separately. Has anyone been to Beaches? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Question #10:

Is he an inconsiderate jerk, or is this all in my head? 10 points for any help :( ?

My boyfriend and I are in a long distance relationship since we both went back to our home states after meeting on vacation. I am deeply in love with him.

Okay, here is the problem. Firstly, he always blows me off when I want to talk on the phone or skype. Always without fail. We talk on the phone maybe once every 6 weeks. Seriously. The rest of the time it's texts and facebook.

I have not seen him for almost a year. I work constantly, but I always make time to talk to him. I never go out or get to have fun because I am working to save money to move for college, and also to visit him. He tells me he can't visit me because he has no money. We have been fighting a lot because of the distance, so I would say seeing one another is pretty important.

So, following his speech to me about how he is mean to me (one thing we argue about) because he's under so much stress from not being able to afford school and not having the money to see me. Of course, I understand. Two weeks later, he enrolls in a $1,000 scuba driving course.

I would understand this if perhaps scuba diving was a lifelong dream of his. But in the 4 years I have known him, he has never said anything about it. Never been to a body of water, hasn't even been in a pool. I take it in stride and I don't say anything. A month goes by, he is going to the swim shop every week buying gear and all kinds of stuff. He also buys concert tickets and things like that. I still say nothing.

Then he and his friends go on a 2 day trip to some diving spot. I get peeved, say nothing.

He just had a 4 day weekend off and spent 3 of those days on vacation 4 hours from his house (I live 8 hours from him) at another dive spot.

I am mad and upset and I tell him everything I feel. He gets mad and defensive (like usual) and the conversation ends with him saying he will change. He doesn't. 3 days later, he has blown off another phone call, and as I just find out- he's going on an $800 dive trip to the Bahamas in October.

Also- we were supposed to go to a concert together last year, and he promised he wouldnt go without me, but when I couldnt make it- he ignored me all day and then 5 minutes before it started he sent me a text that he went with his friend. He also once left me for his ex girlfriend. The list goes on and on.

I want to dump him but I feel bad, because I love him so much, I feel a huge sense of loss about what might have been. What do I do?

Question #11:

Any precautions I should take while vacationing in Mexico this summer (in case I am newly pregnant)?

During my vacation to Mexico next month, I should either be gearing up for my period or 1 1/2 - 2 weeks pregnant. Is it OK to scuba dive? Also, is there anything I should avoid or be careful about during my vacation?

Question #12:

Solo Travel to Zanzibar?

Hi. I'm planning a solo vacation to Zanzibar and I'm hoping to find people on here who have
a) traveled to Zanzibar and b) who have traveled solo in Africa and of course Zanzibar.

Any information you have would be so greatly appreciated. I'm really interested in where you stayed (hotel etc) and if you liked it, did you have enough activities to do or were you bored and also I'm reeeaaalllyyy interested in amenities and stuff like massages and stuff. Finally, were these extras (massage, scuba diving etc) super expensive, expensive, reasonable etc etc

Please share any info you'd like to; the good, the bad and the ugly. Thanks

Question #13:

Help, I might be having my period!?

I'm going on a vacation in 1 week where we will be swimming almost everyday I'm going to Arizon at sliderock state park and then to Catlina Island and will be scuba diving and snorkeling. But my period will probably be coming i'm hoping I'll get it before or after but not likely. I've never used a tampon and I don't really know if it will hurt or not. I am 13 and please don't say talk to your mom. What should I do? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I will try a tampon of you help! Thanks you so much!

Question #14:

Good place for a tropical vacation?

I'm looking for a place for a family of 6 to vacation. The youngest is 15. We want somewhere tropical, on the Caribbean or in latin america. We would like to be able to relax on a resort and beach as well as do a little shopping and maybe scuba diving and hiking. The plan is to go on christmas break, around the dates Dec.23-28, so it has to be hot. Also, we would like white sand beaches with that turquoise water like in Jamaica. i know that's a lot of standards, but they're just ideas. Thank you very much (:

Question #15:

atlantis,bahamas questions?!10 points!?

iam trying to decide how much my vacation will cost..but i have no idea how to find out because in order to find out, i need to put in the exact dates i will be coming!
i just want an average price of what it would be.so would u estimate for me?iam aware of the deals now.
-2 adults, 2 kids (ages 14 and 17)
-cheapest hotel room, it really doesnt matter to us
-would like to take the casual meal dinning plan
-want to to some activites like the dolphin interaction and the scuba diving

basically, what im asking is how much is the least amount of taking an atlantis vacation?the LEAST amount(cheapest hotel) with SOME activities.

thanks so much!

Question #16:

Place to vacation with good surfing & scuba diving/?

My family and I are starting to plan a three week trip to somewhere warm during December. We all are voting on our choices of vacation spots. I want to go somewhere, where I can surf beginner-intermediate waves, scuba dive in various locations and snorkel off the shore. Lot's of stuff to do would be nice as well. It can be anywhere in the world!

Thanks.

Question #17:

Where is THE best vacation spot in mexico?

My boyfriend and I are twenty-one and want to go to Mexico next winter, but have no idea where to go. We don't like to party so that rules out Cancun and Puerto Vallarta. We'd like to scuba dive (maybe), beach it up on an exceptionally nice beach, and maybe see some history in a bigger city. Annnnyyy suggestions?? :)

Question #18:

I am thinking about going on a cruise and have never been but not sure.Can you give me any hints?

I am not really one that is much of a sightseer and dont enjoy being stuck in one spot all the time as I get bored very easily.When we normally go on vacation we go to interactice museums,sports games,theme parks,mini golfing,go cart tracks etc. The point is that I am always on the go. I am afriad that a cruise I would get very bored very easily and feel as though I wasted my money. I swim just well enough to get by and typically dont enjoy the beaches much. So scuba diving is out of the question for me and anything of that sort.I also have a 5 year old daughter and my girlfriend that would be coming with me so I want to include them into any activities that we do and it seems that there are no true family excursions or activities.Am I looking at this all wrong or would there really be things there that can keep me occupied and busy enough to not be bored? Any help would be appreciated.

Question #19:

i want adventure! and recommendations?

so basically i just want to travel somewhere amazing this summer! im still trying to decide, but i want a place with really good scuba diving, beatuiful beaches, a good adventure type thing (hiking to ruins?) , great restaurants, amazing hotel, and just over all pleasent environment. so what is the best vacation you've ever been on? you dont have to fit the description above only if you want to!

Question #20:

Where should i go for my summer vacation?

My dad has free plane tickets, and told me and my mom we can go anywhere in the United States for our family vacation this year except Hawaii. Where should we go? Someplace with pretty views, if it's on the beach like my mom and i want, we want it to have pretty reefs so we can go scuba diving. Any suggestions? Places inland are good too.





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