The U.S.A. is a truly great holiday destination. It offers almost unlimited choice of holiday activities and styles and at prices that are just downright reasonable in comparison to Brits used to high prices at home. Whether you want to shop till you drop and party till dawn in one of the major cities like New York or Miami, hike the forests in North Carolina or Virginia, raft the Colorado River, take a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon, lose or win a fortune in Los Vegas, become a cowboy for a week in Montana or Colorado, you can do it here.
Or maybe you want to take a slow ride up the Mississippi on a riverboat, immerse yourself in world class museums in Chicago, gorge yourself on Cajun shrimp whilst listening to jazz in New Orleans, visit a certain Mouse in Florida, go surfing in California or Hawaii, pan for gold in Arizona, you can do it here. How about driving Route 66, living our shared history at Colonial Williamsburg, overdosing with lobster in Cape Cod, climbing a volcano in Hawaii.
With a whole continent to choose from, of course the diving is great! All states will have some sort of diving location, even Arizona has lakes and reservoirs. Florida is riddled with diving opportunities of every kind. The diving here is superb - don't underestimate it - and of course it is an unparallelled destination for a family holiday. California has a huge, rugged, beautiful coastline with offshore islands, kelp forests and exciting fishlife. The Great Lakes play host to hundreds of shipwrecks which have been perfectly preserved in its icy fresh waters - wreck divers heaven. The North East (New Jersey through New England) is another prime area for wreck diving. Hawaii is of course a fully fledged State of the Union - all the way out there in the Pacific. Many people believe that it offers the perfect holiday destination whatever the season - the diving is excellent. Finally, there is the Pacific North West, land of hundreds of islands, the giant octopi and squid and of course that great adventure destination, Alaska. Lonely
