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La Paz—Sunday 12/1/19

On Sunday we woke up during the dark hours for our trip to La Paz for whale shark snorkeling and diving with sea lions in the Sea of Cortez!

We arrived at the diveshop before 6:00 am to meet our fellow explorers, a Canadian couple with French accents, and Dave, who we discovered is also staying at The Bungalows Hotel. Our fearless leader for the day was Julio.

The three of us were somehow under the impression it was a two hour boat ride to La Paz, so we were pleasantly surprised to find out it was a two hour car ride. And we were in a cozy van. No school bus business this time.Read More →

Hol Chan, dive 43

Dive: 43
Belize Dive: 1
Date: 11/25/10
Site: Hol Chan
Avg/Max Depth: 17/26
Temp: 81
TBT/CBT: 0:48/34:04
Buddies: Ted (Nick, Curtis, Kristen, Cindy, Ellie)

Today we did our first dive here in Belize. Rudy, one of our favorite Divemasters from 2007, took us to Hol Chan. It was Cindy and Ellie’s first salt water dive, too! We saw lots of fish and some different rays. It was an easy, shallow dive, but the current was kind of crazy toward the end. Curtis was srs bzns with his underwater camera and an HD video camera.

After our dive, we went to Shark Ray Alley for a bit of snorkeling. When I jumped in the water, the first thing I did was take a deep breath thinking my reg was in. Woops. Fortunately the water only went into my mouth and not my lungs! Rudy and Martín, the captain, were feeding the fish. They got a kick out of throwing the food toward us so the fish would pummel us trying to get to it. Very awesome. True to its name, there were plenty of rays and nurse sharks. And the nurse sharks were huuuuuge! I don’t remember seeing so many that big last time.

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