Several spots left on our Truk Odyssey trip
The boat is almost full. We've got two spots left on our trip
to Truk Lagoon aboard the magnificent Truk Odyssey (another
one of my wonderful clients). This is a digital underwater
photography workshop, so if you got a new camera for Christmas
and want to learn how to use it, this is the perfect trip
for you. For details please contact Donna at South
Pacific Island Travel.
Thank you! You've made my day...
When I posted this
photo, my goal was to put Roca Partida
on the map when Google Earth developed its alliance with
Panoramio.com. My
ulterior
motive
was to find another place online to tell people about one
of my wonderful clients, the Solmar V. At the time I didn't
know people could comment on the photos. Now I receive
a message every couple of weeks telling me that someone has.
I didn't think this was such a great photo, but sure do
appreciate
the comments people have left about it. Since I took this
picture I've been back to Roca Partida on the Solmar V
four more times. I guess the place is magical like one of the
comments suggests. It keeps drawing me back.
Just Back From A Socorro Trip Aboard Solmar V
We just got back from my sixth trip
aboard Solmar V, the fifth time to Socorro. We had an AMAZING
trip,
as always with giant
mantas on every dive, 20-30 dolphins at Cabo Pearce, lots
of sharks, big schools of skipjack & yellowtail, whale
song underwater that was so loud it rattled our eardrums,
and
whale tail all the way home. To wrap up the trip we spent
the last night dancing on the tables and pole dancing in
the cage at El Squid Roe. We've got several of the photos posted
on the Scuba & Underwater Photographers Meeup Group and
have just posted a
trip report on this site.
Galapagos / Amazon Trip Photos
We've just returned from the most
AMAZING Galapagos trip ever! This was my fourth trip to the islands
and it was better than the other three combined. We were fortunate
to be aboard the Peter
Hughes
Sky Dancer on one of the last 10-day Galapagos trips
allowed
to any dive live-aboard there. We spent one day at Cousin's Rock
and Bartolome where we found seahorse colonies, many turtles,
sealions
and
schools
of snappers. The penguins at Bartolome were out in force and
performed for all the snorkelers. In two days at Wolf Island
we had Galapagos
sharks, schools of barracuda, 10 eagle rays that stayed with
us through
two dives,
dolphins
literally
jumping into our panga, hundreds of hammerheads, and turtles
lining up to be photographed.
In four days at Darwin we enjoyed 36 whaleshark sightings, thousands of hammerheads, friendly dolphins, thousands of the fattest tuna I've ever seen, and golden rays. Cabo Marshall delivered colder water, marbled rays and manta rays. The St. James land tour was full of marine iguanas, birds, sealions and too many other tourists. Our last day at Gordon Rocks satisfied the needs of the macro shooters with lots of colorful juveniles, nudibranchs, octopus and other critters.
Several of the group continued on to the Ecuadorian Amazon to visit the Napo Wildlife Center for a couple more days. This place was an unexpected surprise. The resort sits on Añangu Lake inside the Yasuní National Park and is owned and operated by local Quechua Indians who ensure that visitors have an outstanding wildlife and cultural experience while causing as little impact to the environment as possible.
Our complete trip report will be online someday. For now you can enjoy the photos.
More Underwater Photography
Workshops Coming in 2008
We've added several new trips
to our Digital Underwater Workshop schedule.
Solmar V to the Socorro Islands - Jan. 24-Feb 1, 2008 - SORRY, SOLD OUT with a short waiting list!
Scuba Club Cozumel - March 2-March 7, 2008 - Sponsored by Inon. Free to all guests of SCC this week.
Solmar V to the Socorro Islands - April 22-30, 2008. Dive With The Mantas! Socorro Trip With Marty Snyderman & Bonnie Pelnar. This is the third workshop Marty and I are doing together aboard the Solmar V. This workshop is free to guests on board this week.
Truk Lagoon Aboard the Truk Odyssey - Sponsored by South Pacific Island Travel - May 4 through May 11, 2008. 7 nights accommodations, 5 1/2 days diving, all meals, Nitrox fills for Nitrox certified divers, roundtrip transfers & taxes. Starting at $2695 per person (airfare, port & fuel surcharges not included). This trip is filling up fast! 2 spots left!!
Papua New Guinea Aboard the Spirit of Niugini - Sponsored by South Pacific Island Travel - September 18–27, 2008. 9 night cruise - $3034.00 per person. We've also added a pre-cruise trip to the PNG highlands. Trip is filling up fast so sign up early to reserve your spot.
