December 10, 2003

• Flights are booked & paid for.  We are travelling via Air Canada.  We leave Calgary on Saturday May 1st, at ~4PM.  We leave Maui on Sunday, May 8th at ~ Midnight, and arrive home at about 2PM on Monday.  I believe that both flights have a transfer at Vancouver.
  

• Our condo's are booked.  We are staying at the Koa resort in Kihei (webpage: http://www.mauikoaresort3f.com I think), Tim'll let us know if this is the wrong webpage.  Downpayment has already been made.
  

• Pete has made all of the down payments for us (Thanx Pete).  To total cost of these reservations is $950 per person, minus the $250 you should already have paid, and whatever is in your personal account.  If you have not yet paid Pete please pay him ASAP.  If you do not know how much you own you'll need to phone Pete.
  

• I have been looking into dive shops.  Our best bet for gear rentals appears to be the Maui Dive Shop (http://www.mauidiveshop.com).  It's not that their prices are any better then anyone else's, but they have stores all across Maui (9 in total), so we could buy an air fill card from them and be able to get discounted fills, regardless of where we are on the island.  For boat dives both the Maui Dive Shop and the SCUBA Shack (http://www.scubashack.com) seem to have good deals.  Personally I like the SCUBA shack's deals the best - they have more variability in sites, and more flexibility in time.  I haven't been able to find any info on rental pricing from the Shack.  Apparently the Dales have used both of these places, and Tim said they both were good.  I've contacted both stores asking about group rates on rentals and the possibility/cost of private charters.
  
• Oh, and the SCUBA Shack has a cool on-line map of shore dive sites, check it out: http://www.scubashack.com/map.php3
  

• Passports.  If you do not have one you MUST apply ASAP.  It is nearly impossible these days to fly into the US without proper ID - some of my friends got turned away just last week for not having passports.  It takes a long time to get your passport, and you're down to four months.  Cost is $80 Canadian.  Passport forms are available on-line at: http://www.ppt.gc.ca/online_forms/index_e.asp

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