We had a full day of fun today. We started out by loading up our truck with tanks and joining in the convoy of vehicles up the coast road to our first dive site - Tolo. This was a great site with lots to see. We dove with Nitrox for the first time to extend our ability to say under longer and reduce the risks of decompression illness. We also both took our cameras today so check out the photo page for the still shots. Not sure exactly what we’re going do to with all the video yet...so stay tuned for that :-). The tricky part of both morning dives was the entry/exit from the water. Very rocky / broken coral ground and crashing waves...not the easiest conditions to get in and get your fins on while juggling cameras and the rest of the gear! As a good buddy should, Wade helped me get my fins on / off as I was floundering around on my back giggling my head off. I payed him back by taking his legs out from under him when the waves crashed us together :-).
The second dive site was Karpata, again great things to see although my battery ran out the in the camera part of the way through so I didn’t get as many photos as I would have liked...but I did get some neat shots of Flamingo Tongues and Fire Worms!
After the second dive Wade and I decided to get a head start back to the resort and packed our gear into the truck and headed out. Well...even though Bonaire is a tiny island...that doesn’t mean you can’t get lost right? The conversation went something like this....
“We’re going south right?”
“Yep, the sun in on my right”
“But isn’t that the ocean over there on the left?
“Um....yep....crap....how did we get on the opposite side of the island????”
It was an interesting detour though, we saw lots of very cute goats...everywhere, we saw some of the resident donkeys and a group of pigs...all running loose. Good thing they are savvy about traffic!
After a quick lunch I grabbed my camera to get some shots of the abundance of lizards that were running around today. Before long I turned around to see Wade standing there giving me the ‘come on we’re late’ look. It was time for dive #3!
The third dive was off of our resort dock and we fought some current to see the local wreck. I took my camera but had some issues with my dive mask flooding so was fighting with it for quite some time before Wade and Monica came to my rescue! On the up side my sinuses got a really nice saline flush! We got some neat photos and video on this dive.
A few of the group did a night dive today, but after the workout we got on dive 3 we opted for cheering them on from the shore :-).
The second dive site was Karpata, again great things to see although my battery ran out the in the camera part of the way through so I didn’t get as many photos as I would have liked...but I did get some neat shots of Flamingo Tongues and Fire Worms!
After the second dive Wade and I decided to get a head start back to the resort and packed our gear into the truck and headed out. Well...even though Bonaire is a tiny island...that doesn’t mean you can’t get lost right? The conversation went something like this....
“We’re going south right?”
“Yep, the sun in on my right”
“But isn’t that the ocean over there on the left?
“Um....yep....crap....how did we get on the opposite side of the island????”
It was an interesting detour though, we saw lots of very cute goats...everywhere, we saw some of the resident donkeys and a group of pigs...all running loose. Good thing they are savvy about traffic!
After a quick lunch I grabbed my camera to get some shots of the abundance of lizards that were running around today. Before long I turned around to see Wade standing there giving me the ‘come on we’re late’ look. It was time for dive #3!
The third dive was off of our resort dock and we fought some current to see the local wreck. I took my camera but had some issues with my dive mask flooding so was fighting with it for quite some time before Wade and Monica came to my rescue! On the up side my sinuses got a really nice saline flush! We got some neat photos and video on this dive.
A few of the group did a night dive today, but after the workout we got on dive 3 we opted for cheering them on from the shore :-).
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