COVER STORY Diving and R&R in the British Virgins Not everyone wants to rock and roll with big fish and rough waters. For an easy liveaboard dive trip, aquarium-like diving, and all the amenities of hotel living, the CUAN LAW in the easy- to get-to British Virgin Islands may be just the ticket. Included is a visit to the wreck of the Rhone, made famous in the 1977 Nick Nolte/Jacqueline Bissett film, The Deep. Accompanying our good tips on land-based operations.     AmEx Insurance Benefits A dead divers widow tries to collect insurance benefits from her AMEX card ... and why the decedent might have just as well left home without it.   Mail Order Law Suit Performance Diver sued PADI and Rodale's Scuba Diving for interfering in their trade. With landmark implications for mailorder dives sales, the court after eight years makes a call.   Environmental Groups Groups like the Coral Reef Alliance and the Reef Environmental Education Fund could raise oodles of money with just a little help from their friends -- like Dive Training, DAN, PADI, and others. But, they're not getting it.   Liveaboards Sea Contacts II in strife-torn Indonesia caught afire and was safely abandoned by passengers and crew. Arson has not been ruled out.   Jetlag Melatonin thought to be a placebo, but some travelers praise a New Zealand herbal remedy. We tell you how to find it.   Necrosis Bone rot uncovered in sportdivers has lead the UK Sport Diving Medical Community to issue a serious warning to amateur divers. We tell you the warning signs.   News From Other Lands British tester thinks little about Biofins; Easter Island may be the next unusual dive destination; if you’re passport expires within six months, you may be refused admittance to some foreign destinations   DACOR Internet rumors have them going out of business. We find that not so and tell you why.   Dive Taveuni Some big thumbs down from our editor for failing to provide the diving it promise to prepaid visitors who arrived expecting the best. What you can do to avoid a mishap yourself.   Left at Sea -- Again and Again It's serious and it's time it stopped Two more divers were left behind by their dive operator in Florida. Maybe it's time the industry adopts something like a system we wrote about last month. Get the full story.   Flotsam & Jetsam Florida diver's feigned death nets him a big bill. One airline is offering an "all-you-can-travel" option from the US to dozens of Asian cities. A downcurrent disaster takes the lives of 3 New Zealand divers.

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