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Tag Archives: scuba diving
Darwin’s Arch
Darwin’s Arch. The photographs of the arch are known across the world. It is also the location of all our dives today. It is renowned for its schools of hammerhead sharks. The divers on the boat are all excited about … Continue reading
Seeking Hammerheads
Today we experience some of the toughest diving we have ever encountered. We dive a number of sites off Wolf Island. We hope to see hammerhead sharks. On one dive we back roll off the panga in calmer waters, descend … Continue reading
Bartolome Island, Galapagos
We are posting 2 posts a day to catch up for when we were in the “no WIFI zone”. Check below for another new post. My sleep in is interrupted by a grinding noise, then a sloshing sound, and the … Continue reading
San Salvador Photos
Our San Salvador photos are finally in the blog. We had a little hiccup with the Photo section and I have had to reconstruct it. Some cosmetic and photo quality work still needs to be done, but the photos are … Continue reading
Homeward Bound
In keeping with the Riding Rock’s excellent service, we are shuttled to the airport to check in for our flights and then returned to the hotel to sit in comfort. After insuring the plane is on time we are given … Continue reading
The Last Day of Diving
It’s our last day of diving. We try to find all our favourite creatures. We are successful at seeing some, not so successful with others. Still haven’t had a good siting of a hammerhead shark. It will have to wait … Continue reading
San Salvador’s Beaches
Saturday is a beach day. The beaches here are amazing. White sand for miles in each direction, same sand 100 metres into the sea, and warm water. We leave The Riding Rock headed south for Long Bay and our first … Continue reading
New Friendships
The first day we dive we are joined by two “older” ladies from New York. They have been coming here for many years. Both are close to retirement and have started building a house on the island so they can … Continue reading
A Comedy of Errors
First dive of the day. We have descended below the boat. B swims over to me and shows me her empty wrist. No dive computer. No problem, we will share mine. I make pantomime motions indicating that we will both … Continue reading
The Day of the Groupers
We swim with the resident groupers today. Two are named Tom and Jerry, with Jerry being the more friendly. Our dive master tells us they like to be petted. I timidly stroke one, not sure if it is Tom or Jerry, … Continue reading