The ultracivilized island everyone thinks is in the Caribbean is actually a self-gov- erning British dependency that lies 600 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. A two-hour plane ride (US$500-550) will take you to this place a world apart in attitude and ideology from New York City. In fact, Mark Twain called Bermuda "the right country for a jaded man to loaf in." So grab your passport, trade in your wingtips for Bermuda shorts and head off to paradise. Don't forget your log- book because you'll want to detail the diving among the northernmost corals in Atlantic waters, where hordes of tropical and temperate fish species are housed by some of the best wrecks and reefs in this ocean. For more information, contact Scuba Look, 011-441-2921717, www.diveguide.comlscubaluklindex.htm.
