Dive Day #4
Back on track today, set an alarm, no more waking in a panic and realising that we should be at breakfast.
“Set an alarm” she said.
“As early as you like” she said.
Alarm set, 05.45, worked well. Now I’ve got plenty of time to sort out batteries, beverages and general Relaxation before the onslaught of breakfast.
I had some gear failure Yesterday explained the issues I was having with one of my strobes. The end dropped off one of my fibre optic sync cables. Or, to be more precise, being that the end was firmly plugged into the strobe, the cable actually fell off the end.
It can be pushed back on and works just fine but it does need attention.
Disappointingly, I do not carry a spare (blunder #1) and equally dissappointingly, I did not pack superglue (blunder #2).
Good news however, Dave Santos (resort manager at Buceo, our home for the last two weeks of our trip) has picked me up a spare from Manilla and all will be good. For now I’ll just manage my pushing the thing back in if I see it dangling under water!
After an awesome breakfast which included fresh fruit, doughnuts, pancake and bacon we went diving.
Dive #10 Boulders.
Does what it says on the tin, lots of massive boulders in the first 15m giving way to fewer and fewer in the 15m to 30m area and culminating in a visit to a sea fan where the usually elusive pygmy sea horse hangs out.
This time it was captured!
Upon entry, Jo managed to find herself sufficiently distant from the boat (Windage on the boat) that one of the guides went and fetched her camera (which is normally handed down after entry)
After the dive we head back to the cove for the surface interval before a muck dive.
Dive #11????
A most excellent dive over the sea bed where many critters were lurking including many nudi’s, shrimps and an ornate ghost pipe fish.
We head back to base for a quick dip in the pool and a lunch of Grilled fish steak, rice and salad, yum!
Wet have arranged to dive this afternoon at 2.30pm, it’s just gone 1.33pm and I’ve not ordered dessert yet!!!
Dive #12 White Beach
We head back to the room for a quick rest before turning up nice and early due the 2.30pm.dive turns out to be a 3.00pm dive as Matt and Bennie are joining us.
We head off for a dive at White Beach such turns out to be another corker.
Towards the end of the dive, I’m busy taking pictures of an oculate blue ring octopus whilst Jo had discovered a whole family of flamboyant cuttlefish, what a result!
A long bob in the pool follows, chased down with a mango daquiri and a negrone, yum.
A short trip to the room to offload pictures and hang up the wet stuff and it’s back out to dinner which tonight consisted of:
Breads with olive oil and balsamic, spaghetti carbonara/bolognase and super tender steak with salad and mash, very nice indeed.
There is a slight risk that this will be followed by mango and ice cream!
… Which turned out to be fruit salad, lovely.
We head back to the room, full of good intentuons of editing photos etc.
ZZzz……