As a recreational divers, I have enjoyed our shallow offshore reef dives, having an amazing experience viewing a large variety of sea life and coral. The shallow diving around Ambergris is spur-and-groove with some deep canyons, swim throughs and reef cuts. Night diving is also popular. On our 2 dives today (Tuffey’s Canyon and Esmeraldo), we witnessed: 2 Ancient Loggerhead…
After a complete day of pure adrenaline, flight and fancy, I was in desperate need of grounding and connecting with myself. To find stillness in the gentle breeze which shape-shifts around and through me, my state of calm quiet solitude spiked with epiphanies of glee from yesterday’s adventures. It’s interesting to return from a place…
The Great Blue Hole is a stunning circular jewel surrounded by a ring of shallow luminous coral reef in the Lighthouse Reef Atoll. Measuring 1000 feet across and more than 400 feet deep, this ocean-floor limestone sinkhole is believed to be the world’s largest blue hole, made famous by Jacques Cousteau. Atolls are characterized by a large,…
I’m hung over and quite drained from yesterday’s and last nights escapades. Today would be a good day to rest, veg by the pool, contemplate the enormity of our day tomorrow {I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited / nervous / scared / exhilarated at the the thought of skydiving and then scuba diving in to the vast ocean…
I feel completely and utterly privileged each time I make a jump here in Belize. The views are breathtaking beyond imagination and description. The blues, turquoises, greens and coral whites of the Belizean ocean (Caribbean Sea) depict an oil painter’s palate that moulds, shifts and changes, fluidity of colours enmeshed together. Photographs can barely do…