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Category Archives: Scuba diving
A Fijian Lovo and more diving
After today’s Fiji diving in the Somosomo straight, we will have the opportunity to enjoy a traditional Fijian Lovo and entertainers from the nearby village. A lovo is an ancient form of cooking in the earth giving the food a … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiji, Lovo, Sau Bay, scuba diving
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The Tuvaluans of Kioa in the Fijian Islands
After two full days of diving in Fiji, we are reducing our number of dives for the day so that we can visit a neighboring island. One of the things I love about traveling with Oceanic Ventures is that they … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiji, Kioa, scuba diving, Tuvalu, Tuvaluans
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Fiji for Diving
I am headed to the South Pacific for scuba diving in Fiji. This is my second visit to this beautiful series of Islands. Both visits have included land and underwater excursions organized by Oceanic Ventures, Inc. Boris joined me on … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiji, Oceanic Ventures, Sau Bay, scuba diving
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Rocky reaches 100 dives and the Elbow at Turneffe Atoll, Belize
Well it can’t always be fabulous. After a terrific day of diving at the Blue Hole and Half Moon Cay, we tried unsuccessfully to reach one of the Atoll’s top dive sites, Lindsey’s Back Porch. Swimming into heavy current for … Continue reading
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Tagged Oceanic Ventures, The Elbow Belize, Turneffe Atoll, Turneffe Flats
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Diving the Blue Hole and Turneffe Atoll, Belize
We started our second day of diving with a “test dive” for the Blue Hole, a controlled 130 ft. dive. (Our recreational limits are normally 110 feet.) For the test dive, we will be going to 115 feet and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Belize, Discovery Channel, Half Moon Cay, The Great Blue Hole, Turneffe Atoll, UNESCO
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Diving in Belize at the Turneffe Atoll
With just a few days of recovery from India and still jet-lagged, Rocky and I are headed to Belize for some post-semester diving. Rocky is just as tired as I am. He finished finals at 10 pm, moved out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Atoll, Belize, Oceanic Ventures, Pederson Shrimp, Spotted Eagle Ray, Turneffe Atoll, Turneffe Flats
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Last Day of diving in the Philippines-Apo Island
This is our last day of diving in the Philippines. In order to meet the time restrictions on flying after diving, we’ll do two long morning dives and come back to the resort for a late lunch. To allow us … Continue reading
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Tagged Apo Island, Atlantis Philippines, Atlantis Philippines Dumaguete
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Diving near Cebu off the Atlantis Titan
Today Atlantis has another adventure for us with an even earlier start. We return to Wuthering Heights in San Jose by jeepney for a departure by boat to Sumilon Island, near Cebu. We are riding on the Atlantis Titan a … Continue reading
Diving in San Jose, Philippines
The Atlantis resort staff worked very hard to find ways for us to dive. What should have been dive day 4 and we are still unable to enter the water near the resort in the morning. The dive staff leader … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmsas tree worms, juvenile sweetlips, Philippines, San Jose
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Our first few days in Dumaguete, Philippines (and the one thing you never want to happen while diving)
In the morning we have our dive orientation and a tour of the dive shop. It is very similar to the set up in Puerto Galera. We unpacked dive gear, but the seas were rough and the morning dives were … Continue reading
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Tagged Dumaguete, Dumaguete City Market, Philippines
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