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Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Back in the USA
From here, Dan, Jerry and Kevin will fly commercial back to their respective homes. Jim will be meeting up with Clarence and will make the flight back to California. Route TBD!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Bimini: The Island the Bahamas Forgot
Thursday, August 26, 2010
A few underwater pics
The diving in Grand Turk and the Bahamas has been great. Here are a few photos I took on this trip. They are, hopefully in order: * A nice coral head * Banded coral shrimp * A conch (later to become conch fritters!) * Honeycomb cowfish * Flamingo Tongue shell on a fan coral * Golden spotted moray eel |
Ray and Nurse Shark
Off to Bimini
We've had a fantastic experience here at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club, aside from some difficulty with the neighboring dive shop. Definitely a destination to mark for a re-visit in the future!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Currents, Pigs, and Grottoes
We loaded our boat with dive gear and food and set off for a dive site on the ocean side of Staniel Cay. After realizing the ocean conditions were not suitable for our small boat, we headed towards our next dive site where the water was calmer. After a brief drift dive there in the ripping current, we dove near a small cay and then had lunch on a pristine beach nearby.
After lunch, we did one more dive and then headed off to see the swimming pigs. This group of wild pigs has been conditioned to swim out to visiting boats and beg for scraps. That bunch of floating bacon would not win any beauty contests!
The last stop was Thunderball Grotto, so named because part of the James Bond film was shot there. Full of fish, it was a fun last stop before heading back to the marina.
-Jim
Monday, August 23, 2010
Lightning on approach to Staniel Cay
Staniel Cay
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Goodbye Turks, hello Caicos!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Wind-down after a night dive
Tomorrow we are planning on diving in the morning and then continuing on to Salt Cay where a bartender resides that makes his own moonshine. Should be an interesting trip :)
The water here is fantastic. 84F. It's practically like a bath. Wetsuits optional ;).
There's a live band across the street at the Salt Raker. We may go visit later tonight.
Cheers!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Arrived!
After landing, we cleared customs and immigration, caught a cab to the hotel, and then went directly to the dive shop and the closest bar (priorities!). After a bit of drunken snorkeling, we went to dinner and then called it a night.
No more flying for a few days!
-Jim