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In Honduras, Diving & Snorkeling On  10/05/2013  One comment

This was my last dive day in Utila, we went to Raggedy Cay and Black Bird Point dive sites. On the first dive, I saw a turtle swimming into the deep sea. And as some diver friends, Marisa and Jorge, nicknamed me after the turtles I chase, I had to be myself and follow it. Since it was going fast, I descend looking at my diver computer all the time. Right in the beginning I realize an young guy is frenetically following me and the turtle, at the same time I see our divemaster (Suzanne Eggerding, Padi Dive Instructor) pulling him back up. I make an “ok” sign to her and continued. Luckily the turtle did not go too deep and stopped at 32m, so I could get close and take a photo. Afterwards, in the boat I found out that the guy following me was an open water diver and that was why he was not allowed to go deeper with me.

The second dive was the one I liked the most, not for its fauna but for its place, even though I had a great time observing some squids swim and change colors depending of ...

In Honduras, Diving & Snorkeling On  09/05/2013  No comments

On the third day of diving in Utila we went to Paraiso and Sting Ray Point dive sites. Both had beautiful coral formations and great visibility. In this dive day, one of the highlights was a beautiful turtle that was there, just waiting for me and we went for a swim together.

The other highlight was a spotted eagle ray, it was far away but I could get closer and swim with it. As it was its habitat and not mine, so the ray won the race and left me behind. I had seen many rays when diving, but this was the first time I could get close to a spotted eagle ray. And that is what fascinates me in diving, even though you dive a lot, there is always something new to see, a new feeling… The underwater world is full of surprises.

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1st dive: Paraiso: http://www.diveboard.com/karla.brunet/D1qHNAp
Date: 2013-04-25 – 08:46 Max Depth: 21.5m Duration: 56mins

2nd dive: Sti...

In America, Diving & Snorkeling, Venezuela 2012 On  31/07/2012  2 comments

Dos Mosquices and Cayo de Agua are considered the far away islands; they are about one hour by boat from Gran Roque. As the landscape is beautiful, I did not notice the time pass by. The first stop was Dos Mosquices where we visited “their Tamar”, a center for research and turtle preservation. The biologists told us about the turtles in the tanks, the species we can find in the archipelago and about the preservation work they develop.

After, our stop was Cayo de Agua, considered by many the most beautiful of the archipelago (see Carlos Quintana interview). The place is actually beautiful, the paradise. There is two islands linked by thin tripe of white sand and the sea is a bluish green gradient. The day was diving, walking on the sand until the lighthouse and sleeping under the shade. Everything one deserves on vacation. The place radiated tranquility, peace, and silence. It is impossible not to go back reinvigorated after a day around there.

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In Australia, Diving & Snorkeling, Oceania On  16/04/2012  One comment

In order to dive on the Great Barrier Reef I decided to get a 3 day / 2 nights live aboard. Early in the morning we meet at the dive shop (ProDive) and went for a breakfast on the boat before departure. The trip to the Great Barrier Reef was smooth, no storms and no seasickness. It was interesting to notice that during the whole trip nobody got seasick. We were very lucky with the weather. Even so it was rain season, we had sun light every day. There was some rain, but not in the way to damage our dive days.

Our first stop was at Petaj Mooring, a dive site at Milln Reef. The crew of the boat was excellent in doing the dive brief. They showed us a map of the site, explained what we could see and the best way to explore the place. For the ones that did not remember how to use a compass, the give a quick refresh. The importance of using the compass was because we were in our own, there was no divemaster guiding the dive...

In + More..., Karla and animals On  11/05/2001  No comments

200 years old turtle – Galapagos, Ecuador 2001.