Very well organized crew. Diving focused on having a good time - no worries about anything!
Annieck deVeuch,
Annieck@USA.net
Robert L Mohr, New York, USA
BOBMOHR1@prodigy.net
Mary Nell & Larry Tripp, Texas, USA,
Fax: 214-826-9340
Wow! Each site was better than the one before! This is truly a wonderful way to forge all your troubles and engage in an exciting and relaxing vacation.
Mickey Finn, Kentucky, USA
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Michel van Leeuwen & Yvette Nijhove, Schagen, Netherlands, Fax:+31-224-218-696
Paul & Ruthie Dell, Florida, USA, Fax: 352-395-0659
Thank you Rob and your fantastic crew. We had an exceptional vacation, diving was superb, accommodations perfect! We hope to plan another trip soon!
Sandy Finley, Portland, OR
wac4949@concentric.net
See you next year!
Casey Mahaney & Astrid Witte, Nevada, USA
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This is diving at its best! You have a great crew and wonderful boat. Rusi was great at finding the little critters!! I will be back!
Mike Deckman, CA |
Another fabulous trip on NAI'A
and we'll be back again!
Gary & Pamela Chapman, Oregon, USA
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Another great trip aboard the Nai'a. Found everything I was looking for except a big octopus. Oh well, next time. Thanks to Rob and the crew especially Rusi, the most patient divemaster in the business. Till next time....
Les Fordham, Portland, OR
Excellent trip! Much better than I expected. Each dive was better than the previous dives...lots of variety. Rob and the crew are great! The people here are wonderful and it is beautiful here. I'll be back!
Frank Hoehn, Midland, TX
docfgh@iglobal.net
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Excellent
much better than I expected. Lots of variety.
Frank Gerald Hoehn, Texas, USA
Wow! I marveled that each site was better than the one before. This is truly a wonderful way to forget all your troubles and engage in an exciting yet relaxing vacation. We were all blessed to have been your guests. Vinaka!
Mickey Finn, Owensboro, KT
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November 1997
Rob, Cat, and crew went beyond the call of duty to look after us, pamper us above the water, and arrange the undersea experiences. A great live-aboard dive experience.
Robert Bryzozek, Melbourne, Australia |
As my first dive experience outside of Canadian lakes I had a wonderful time. My next dive locale and boat will have a lot to live up to. Even with two days of no diving (darn ear) I had a great time talking and hanging with the boys. Thanks Rob, Cat and The Boys for a great first dive trip experience.
Jeff Williams, Canada |
Having been aboard boats all over the world, without a doubt the Nai'a ranks as one of the best. A beautifully boat, a fantastic crew and superlative diving has made our second visit to Fiji one we will long remember fondly. Heaps of thanks to Rob, Cat, Rusi and all the other delightful crew for taking such good care of us. We can't wait to return.
Bruce and Janet Smith, Knoxville, TN |
Rob: This was my first dive trip ever. You and your crew and boat have set a standard by which I'll judge all subsequent dive trips. And it's a really high standard! The other guys are in trouble. I just loved your accessibility and forthrightness, and the friendliness of your crew. I really look forward to returning to Nai'a in the future, and be assured that I will recommend Nai'a to every diver I know.
Rich Deglin, San Jose, CA |
A big thank-you to the entire crew of the Nai'a. The diving was incredible, but the crew made this trip an experience to remember.
Tom and Sue Mobley, Wilmington, NC |
Thank you for a unique experience! The boat, crew and diving were exceptional. I had heard many great things about Nai'a but this went well beyond my expectations. I will certainly look forward to my next trip on Nai'a.
Ed Campbell, Phoenix, AZ |
We have looked forward to our first Pacific trip for 18 months. Nai'a and her crew far exceeded our expectations.
Bill and Kay Kilpatrick, Paradise Valley, AZ |
An absolute blast! You have a special place here.
Charlie Smith, Selma, CA
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I love this boat! And to see Fiji for the first time from the Nai'a was a true joy!
Lianna Anderson, LA, CA
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Great crew, great diving...but most of all, thanks for providing such a stable boat for us to enjoy our vacation on. First trip without seasickness! Hooray!
Alan and Bonnie Carl, CA
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I've been on a lot of live-aboards and few have come close to what I experienced aboard NAI'A. Definitely a first class operation. On my recent Tonga/Fiji trip with them I got to scuba dive with humpbacks, dive on an active volcanic island and take some of the most outstanding underwater photos I've ever taken anywhere in the world. I would have never been able to find some of those macro-critters without Cat's fantastic slide presentation. The crew is fantastic and I wish I were there with them right now.
Bonnie Pelnar, Irvine, CA, USA
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This has been a great trip! I appreciated all the guidance to find little creatures and interesting sites. The soft and hard coral were spectacular. The crew was outstanding in every detail and always available.
Mel Butler, Claremont, CA
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- Sandy Finley
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Paul Himmelmann
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Bridget & Alan Thomas
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Janelle Sanda
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Frank Hoehn
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Jim Larkins
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Bob LeMay
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Liana Anderson
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But wait, there's more ...
- As usual - the best!
- John Hill, Minneapolis, MN
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- You're right. The diving's better than Palau!
- Victoria Gilbert, Los Altos
- vpg@xs.com
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- Couldn't ask for a better crew! Manasa's fantastic meals, Rusi's critters, Rob & Cat's open
arms hospitality, Peni's constant smiling, Sereana's sweet attentiveness, Rusi #2's voice and all "the boys" for teaching me how to drink grog and play the last card.
- Julie & Mike Irving, Hudson, WI
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- Did someone say "sperm whale"? Grey reef sharks, hammerheads, silvertips, white tips, mantas and a pod of pilot whales! Who says Fiji isn't a big animal place? I'm not a sentimental guy, but I will miss this place very much.
- Jerry Wattenberg, London via NYC
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- Great diving, great boat, great food, great staff.
- James & Betty Kasson, Menlo Park, CA
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- Fantastic. Magnificent. Excellent. Say no more.
- Cindi La Raia,San Rafael, CA
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- Best live-aboard I've ever been on.
- Michael O'Brien, Corvallis, OR
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- Excellent value!
- John Kenny,Tuckerton, NJ
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- NAI'A is an adventure from all aspects. Beyond her visual sensuality, she takes her pampered guests elegantly to a wonderland of color and motion. She is that favorite little restaurant we all feel is 'our own private place'. NAI'A is our boat. It's why we've come here again and will return in the future. Fiji is the grand theatre, NAI'A is the stage. The reefs, the fish and the NAI'A crew are the actors. And it's a wonderful show!
- Bill & Penny Kasdorf, Louisiana
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- Bula NAI'A crew - you wonderful people! What a great experience John and I had aboard your floating home! 'A total package!' Great accommodations, food, comfort, spirit, humor, creature comforts, knowledge, a nice balance of diving and doing nothing in an awesome place: Fiji! Rob, you've taken care of every detail without ever looking like you tried at all. Great job!
- John and Marilyn Sterling, Illinois
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- I saw lots of firsts - ghost pipefish, spotted eagle rays, cuttlefish, pleurobranchs, moon snail, schooling bannerfish...
- Larisa Stephan, Los Angeles, CA
- Larisa@tcville.es.hac.com
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- Without Rusi I wouldn't have seen nearly as much - I really enjoyed his underwater science class. Drinking Kava with "the boys" made the trip cultural.
- Felice Schonbrun, Chicago, IL
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- Again, the spectre of scurvy hung over us like a bucket of dung. Crewmen were seen whispering by the mast, fingering their knives. Mutiny on this hell ship permeates the atmosphere like evil vapor. HELP!
- Stan Waterman, Lawrenceville, NJ
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- We've always been reluctant to go on live-aboards because of the confined space and the same people for a week. Well, I can assure you and every guest that NAI'A has broken the dam. Tremendous!
- Michel & Yvette van Leeuwen, Holland
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- Rob & Cat are quite a team. Their exuberance is refreshing to be around. It's not just a "job" for them..
- Kandy Kendall, Scottsdale, AZ
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- The diving was fantastic, the sharks, my first manta ray sighting and all the macro critters. You and the crew were wonderful hosts and hostesses. By far, this was the best dive trip I've been on.
- Darlene Frederick, Colorado
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- What a super trip!! The diving was the best I've had in 15 years of diving - big stuff and little stuff. The boat is very comfortable. The real stars are the crew - especially Rob & Cat.
- Jan and Terry Johnson. Illinois
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- Thank you for sharing your knowledge, not only of the sites, but also of the ecology and bio-diversity of the area. This was an anniversary trip that will long be remembered and hopefully be repeated!
- Carol & John Hollinshead, California
- jncdive@aol.com
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- A fantastic week full of firsts - and this is our 15th live-aboard! Every dive log was a full page of "stuff" thanks to Cat and Rusi. THE FOOD WAS SUPERB!
- Henry & Marsha Chiles, Nashville, TN
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- We all agree - it can't get any better. This was a graduation present for Jason and he has really started his live-aboard career at the top!
- Rod & Jacqui Stanley, Houston, TX
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- What a wonderful bit of paradise you've created on NAI'A. We very much enjoyed sharing it.
- Lance & Chim Carlson, Niwot, CO
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- I'm sure we only came on board yesterday. How come we have to leave already? An amazing week!
- Richard Green & Alison Thomas, Hong Kong
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- Back for the second time on the NAI'A. Our group of 18 are old salts of the South Pacific and not easily impressed. We again are impressed with the NAI'A management, crew, ship, diving, etc. As Arnold might say: "WE'LL BE BACK!
- Tom Mays, Illinois
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- 'Merci' to Rusi who found us all those little beauties. Jean-Claude's slide collection suddenly expanded!
- Malika Meddahi & Jean
Claude Tarle, France
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- Your chef is the best in over ten years of live-aboards.
- Diana Beardsley, Illinois
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- Besides great shark action and the most stunning soft corals we've seen anywhere, we found some great critters! Courting dragonets, flame hawkfish, algae crabs, endemic rabbitfish, yellownose gobies, ghost pipefish and more that we've not yet identified!
- Capt. Casey Mahaney & Astrid Witte, Kona, HI
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- For a couple of weeks I was part of the South Pacific and your very special lives. A very special thanks to Rusi whose patience, knowledge and understanding of people and diving was an integral part of my experience. I have learned so very much.
- Iris Harris, New York, NY
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- Thanks, Cat, for taking such pains to make sure Rosemary was comfortable in the water and a safe diver. Thank you for making this honeymoon very special
we will cherish these memories.
- Walter & Rosemary Stober, Long Valley, NJ
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- I felt at one with the sea and its creatures on this dive adventure thanks to the relaxed dive ambience
I learned to appreciate the small critters as well as the large. An excellent 'stress
decompression' trip.
- Laura Dzierzynski & Chris Berry, Santiago, Chile
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- The best live
aboard experience I've had. But my pants are now too tight from all this great food! I'll have to come back because the NAI'A crew has stolen a piece of my heart.
- Tamra & Rob Nowak, Kalispell, MT
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- We've dived on many sites throughout the world and we've seen more on NAI'A in one week than can be experienced anywhere else. Words cannot express the emotions generated by our village visit.
- Alaska/Seattle "Good Guys"
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- Thanks for such a wonderful trip. This by far is the best dive boat we have been on and the diving is fantastic! We'll be back again.
- Dinah and Don Wagner, Illinois
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- Your comfortable casual ways left the impression we were staying in a happy home with an extended family - and the diving was incredible!
- Greg & Leslie Wilemon, Texas
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- Thank you for a week in Seventh Heaven! I could tell you about the diving extravaganza, the beautiful coral walls, swimming with dolphins, the hammerheads, mantas, barracudas and turtles - and the shark feed. And I could also tell of the many small creatures I would have missed were it not for the help of dive guides Rusi, Cat and Rob. But even more fantastic than this submerged rainforest was the entire NAI'A crew. They were extremely friendly and helpful in a week, I made good friends among them. Thanks a lot, you will never be forgotten.
- Marc Willemsen, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Marc.Willemsen@aachen.netsurf.de
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- I am speechless! There are other places, like Fiji, that are blessed by nature's generosity. But in 25 years, I've met only a handful of superb operations and only one NAI'A. Enthusiasm, excitement and friendly smiles. An outstanding world class operation.
- Amos Nachoum, California, USA
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- Your cruise is special! The energy and genuine excitement for this environment is contagious. I know I'll return.
- Patrick Kelly, Illinois, USA
- PatrickKelly@MSN.com
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- Thank you for the most incredible experience of my life. I'll never forget the pilot whales and E6!
- Darcy Charlier, Eaglewood, CO
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- Mantas, morays, dolphins and sharks! Diving 20 years - this is the BEST live-aboard. A must repeat.
- Connie & Bill Ehler, Helotes, TX
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- Great boat, great diving, great crew!
- Uwe Christensen, Eschborn, Germany
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- I recommend you go and take lots of film.
- Wayne Hanna, Lions Bay, BC, Canada
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- Awesome!!!
- David McMorine, Portland, OR
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- Best in the world.
- Jacqueline Bolz, Bremeton, WA
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- A great diving and cultural experience.
- Alan and Barbara Golden, Wilmette, IL
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- A beautiful ship with a very helpful, friendly crew.
- Leonard & Laverne Talbott, Tacoma, WA
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- Excellent, highly recommended.
- Richard Friedman, Phoenix , AZ
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- The Caribbean pales in comparison to this!
- David & Patty Braclan, Charlotte, NC
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- Come aboard and leave reality behind newspapers, TV, work and worries don't exist. We sleep, eat, dive and all our needs are met with a smile and a helping hand. The closest we'll come to being children again.
- Susan Mills, Erlanger, KY
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- Just as great as the last time and with many new adventures. Thank goodness we have the videotape to prove it especially when we thought we'd died and gone to manta heaven!
- Charlene & Derry Kabcenell, Portola Valley, CA
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- We couldn't have chosen a better honeymoon place!
- Jack Hosier & Linda Valenzuela, Long Beach CA
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- Thank you all for a wonderful birthday!
- Billy MacLaughlin, Sacramento, CA
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- Too many fish!
- Jane Titley, Tucson, AZ
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- Clearly, NAI'A is a cut above the rest.
- JB & Julie, Portage, WI
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- A unique experience on a fine boat.
- Roger Foreman , Phoenix City, AZ
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- Fantastic, Super, Wonderful. The best!
- John & Virginia McClain, Dallas, TX
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- The best aspect was a crew that cares to make our experience great!
- Lynn Williamson, Madison, WC
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- Surprised by all the critters, the beautiful soft coral, the very friendly people especially the staff.
- Penny & Bill Kasdorf, Frisco, TX
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- Thanks for the mantas, sharks, lovely coral and the very nice village visit. I'm available for adoption!
- Jan Burns, Malibu, CA
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- Best dive week we've ever had! We said it before and we'll say it again. We'll be back with chocolate!
- Wayne & Judy Burger, Anchorage, AK
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- Well conceived. Best dive boat I've sailed.
- Melanie Ali, San Francisco, CA
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- Beautiful NAI'A spoiled me for other trips.
- Joy Covey, San Mateo, CA
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- A fun week of diving and learning. Fred especially appreciated perfecting the use of his new video camera. Your flexibility and responsiveness to the passengers was excellent.
- Meg & Fred Heiman, Los Gatos, CA
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- Thanks for sharing your underwater fantasy myriad lionfish, blue ribbon eels, soft corals, nudibranchs, flashlightfish, leaf scorpionfish and giant clams! Thanks for keeping up with all our E6 film processing.
- Maria Lopez, Miami, FL
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- Fantastic! Beautiful boat, wonderful crew. Twelve days with whales was a deeply moving and profound experience. Rob continues to run a first class operation in every way.
- Rita Gaples, Deerfield, IL
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- Fine ship, extraordinary crew and great diving ghost pipefish to mantas, PLUS those dental shrimp! Thanks for all the grog it's the first time Ned has danced since college What a hoot!
- Anna and Ned DeLoach, Jacksonville, FL
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- Don't know what date it is - it doesn't seem to matter. Life on-board blends into one blissful adventure.
- Judy Inmon, Aloha, OR
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- The sea mount E6 is the Bloody Bay Wall of the Pacific. I feel like NAI'A's crew is my family in Fiji.
- Jack Drafahl, Hillsboro, OR
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- First Class!
- Jett & Rita Britnell, Coquitlam, BC, Canada
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- The crew is so friendly and great - fantastic!
- April Foreman, North Hollywood, CA
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- The best! Worth the time and the money.
- Bob McCorkle, Alameda, CA
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- Exciting, wonderful experience....
- Gundrun Goebel, Windhoel, Namibia
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- Super!!! Worth experiencing.
- Helmond Kohler, Capetown, South Africa
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- The attitude of the crew is excellent and very helpful.
- Ann Worthy, Carrolton, TX
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- Best live-aboard experience yet! You've spoiled us with your winning ways. Mast at full furl is majestic.
- Jane & Steven Silk, Del Mar, CA
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- It doesn't get any better than this! Magnificent reefs, scads of fish, cute critters etc...
- Paul Humann, Ft Lauderdale, FL
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- A wonderful blend of challenge, excitement, relaxation and education -but most of all good humor, thoughfulness and camaraderie.
- Dean & Earlene Hogan, Balboa, CA
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- Peter threw an underwater fit yesterday when I signaled that our last minute underwater in Fiji had arrived. We go home much richer in spirit.
- Alana Bisonette & Peter Dwork, Denver, CO
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- TOP TEN REASONS TO DIVE NAI'A
- Lisa & Barry Peters, Doylestown, PA
- 1.Jack
- 2. Mo
- 3. Peni
- 4. Samu
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- 5. Ravai
- 6. Manasa
- 7. Sereana
- 8. Rusi #1
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- 9. Rusi #2
- 10. Eroni
- 11. Cat
- 12. Rob
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- There are many live-aboard dive boats, but only NAI'A provides an 'experience'. Immersion not only in the ocean but also in the culture of Fiji. A rare opportunity to leave with more than underwater images. Rather, to leave with a good understanding of what drives the entire crew to expend tremendous effort on our behalf.
- Dick & Judy Spann, Carlisle, MA
- 76460.3225@CompuServe.com
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- An excellent time, friendly, comfortable, relaxing, easy & exciting diving.
- Melissa Weintraub, Staten Island, NY
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- Great trip! Beautiful boat with a great lot of people who really love what they're doing.
- Keith & Brenda Nelson, Rockford, IL
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- The beauty of the diving was exquisite. First live-aboard where the captain hasn't complained about fresh water usage.
- Neal Shields, Fort Worth, TX
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- The crew on NAI'A were wonderful. The cultural experience of the Fijian people that we had access to through Rob made this a unique and rich trip.
- Jane and Ed Orlowski. Salem, OR
- LargestO@aol.com
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- The dive sites are out of this world.
- David Porter, Baltimore, MD
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- Wonderful indeed, the trip of a lifetime.
- Ralph & Lillian McGrew, Mt Horeb, WC
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And finally...
- Early in 1996, I thought I would do some divin'
- So, April 17th at Nadi my airplane was arrivin'
- Picked up by Rob in his car
- The NAI'A was docked not so far
- Then started a trip that was a true sensation
- Far better than my greatest expectation
- Sailing through the Fiji Isles
- Covering many many miles
- Sharks, invertebrates, living reef
- World class diving beyond belief
- The food was great, the crew even better
- Granting our every wish to the letter
- Gathering 'round in the evening to have a
- Fijian song with a bowl of kava
- Enjoy camaraderie with each new friend
- On a trip that we wished might never end
- Topping it off with a trip into town
- I'm certainly looking to the next time around
- I'd like to thank you one and all
- For the comfort of NAI'A with her mast so tall
- You really have "made my day"
- Sincerely best wishes, from your friend Jay
- Jay Sivitz, Jenkintown, PA
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