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Utopia Dive Village is described as an “off the beaten path vacation retreat” and that it definitely is. Getting there was almost as much fun as the stay. I was a little nervous about having to take a “puddle jumper”, meet a van and get on a boat, but everyone was all set and waiting for me. Not once did I worry about not knowing where to go or which bus to take, etc.

The final hop of my journey was on the Miss U, which is also the dive boat we used every day. It is very well taken care of and a very nice boat. We were greeted by Roxanne on the boat, one of the owners. How many resort owners do you ever have come out and meet you to help you get to their resort? I have never had any. When we arrived we had a welcome drink and then were shown to our rooms. The rooms were spacious and very open air feeling. Very tastefully decorated. Our view was incredible as we had a large picture window that looked right out onto the water. When the sky was clear we could even see the mountains on the mainland.

There were only a total of 12 guests in the entire resort the week we were there and it felt like we owned the place. All of the staff was extremely friendly and accommodating. We ate gourmet meals every evening and the chef was very accommodating when I mentioned that I didn’t like coconut one night, he made my meal special; spicy just the way I like it.

The diving was wonderful, we did 2 boat dives every day and usually a shore dive every afternoon. The reef was right in front of the resort, so the shore was rocky, but going a few steps down to the dock took care of that problem. Tanks and our gear were left out whenever we wanted them to be and were waiting for us to do as many shore dives as we wanted. Ju-ca was very helpful and made us feel very relaxed, even though we still consider ourselves new at diving and started out a little nervous. The night dive was wonderful, we even saw an octopus. We unfortunately did not get to see any whale sharks, but from talking to others on the island, it does not sound like anyone did that week. A couple of days on our surface intervals we spent time in town and also went over to one of the cays to visit a quaint fishing village and have lunch.
by Scubagirl, Columbus, Ohio