Just a side thought, for me diving is more than just being underwater, it has been a great way to meet people with similar intrest. An Instructor friend of mine recently stated, that All his friends are divers. He is into alot of diffrent things and has varied interest, yet he finds that the people he spends his free time with are divers.

So having a social enviroment as well as some diving would be the best of both worlds. Just my 2psi...

I could careless if this event was held in PNG or at a quarry I would try to get there. Depending on my fianaces...