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San Salvador’s Beaches

Posted on July 8, 2014 by debbie

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 →

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New Friendships

Posted on July 6, 2014 by murray

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 →

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A Comedy of Errors

Posted on July 4, 2014 by debbie

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 →

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The Day of the Groupers

Posted on July 3, 2014 by debbie

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 →

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The Aquarium

Posted on July 2, 2014 by debbie

We enter the aquarium today. Kersplash! A giant stride off the back of the boat brings us into the aquarium. We descend over sand, where the boat is tied up, make our way over to the wall and drop over … Continue reading →

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Scuba Diving off Virgin Gorda

Posted on April 22, 2014 by debbie

We are diving this week off Virgin Gorda with Dive BVI. They are a valet dive service, which means they do everything for us divers, excluding putting on our fins and BCD. They assist us into the water and help … Continue reading →

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Dive Dive Dive

Posted on April 21, 2014 by debbie

We have sorted out our equipment challenges and it is peace and tranquility under the waves. The “Snail Team” made up of S, K, V, P, Murray and me plus B, dive master extraordinaire, inch along peering under ledges, inside … Continue reading →

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The Surge in Virgin Gorda

Posted on April 19, 2014 by debbie

Friday The folks from New York show up today. Travel mode. The plane is over loaded and some of the bags had to remain in San Juan, K and S have their passports in a bag that stayed and they … Continue reading →

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The Experiment of Diving

Posted on April 17, 2014 by debbie

No matter how long someone has been scuba diving for, day one of a dive trip is always an experiment. Haven’t gone diving for months, wetsuit is super dried out, wetsuit is new, gear is supposed to work as it … Continue reading →

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Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands

Posted on April 17, 2014 by debbie

My legs are failing, my lungs ready to explode, my side is ripping apart. I am running like an impala being hunted by a cheetah down a moving sidewalk in Miami’s International Airport. My heavy pack is bouncing around on … Continue reading →

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