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Category Archives: Travels
Fish of the Day – French Angelfish
The French Angel is one of our favourite fishes. It looks stunning, with its yellow highlights. Not as flashy as the Queen Angel, but more of a classic look. They can be as big as a dinner plate or larger … Continue reading
Utopia it is not
Bonaire, the sleepy little dive island is changing. It has only been a couple of years since we were here last and the change is very visible and is happening very rapidly. There is new construction everywhere. Seems like the … Continue reading
Creature of the Day – Pederson Cleaner Shrimp
This little guy is a Pederson Cleaner Shrimp, and he loves to….clean! Fish, that is! They have brilliant blue and purple markings that makes them stand out on the reef, or in an anemone. They will set up a cleaning … Continue reading
Creature of the Day – Seahorse
As we are standing at the dive site called Red Slave, a Belgian lady starts chatting with us and we find out that there is a seahorse at this dive site. It is in 4 m of water on the … Continue reading
Creature of the Day – Lettuce Sea Slug
The Latin name for the Lettuce Sea Slug is Elysia Crispata, a much nice sounding moniker. This tiny critter looks like a bunch of lettuce, thus the name. I always thought it was a nudibranch, but, in fact, it is … Continue reading
Fish of the Day – Spotted Drum
The Spotted Drum is found all across the Caribbean Sea. During the day it swims in patterns under a ledge, sticking to one area. At night, it will leave the ledge to feed on worms and crustaceans. The juveniles have … Continue reading
First Dive
The last time we went scuba diving was October 1, 2019. It was in Lembeh, Indonesia and it was muck diving. Every diver needs to experience muck diving as the creatures encounter are sometimes beyond explanation. I have great memories … Continue reading
South to Bonaire
We arrive in Calgary at 10:30 after a three hour drive door to door. A couple of times during the drive I say, I can’t believe we are actually doing this. We are early for our appointment at Numi Health … Continue reading
One Week Out and Counting
We are a week out from flying the coop. I, all of a sudden, feel unprepared. We haven’t travelled internationally for 19 months and I am not sure I remember what and how to pack. And that is why we … Continue reading
Breakin’ Out
We have been planning our freedom from about the four week mark of our prison term. The parole board has not been too cooperative so we have engineered our own escape. Last week the virtual hacksaw blade in the birthday … Continue reading