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My wife Kelly and I (Charlie) will be on the same trip. When we did the Kona Aggressor the toilets were just that, the same as the ones you have at home. We're getting on Island 4 days early to spend a few days drinking beers at Grace Beach. See ya on the boat.

If you are staying at Allwest there is an Octopus den in the shallows just left ( standing on the beach looking out ) right up near the shore just past the rock that juts out and then it cut's back in. Look for the big flat rock his/her hole is at the far end. Snorkle out at dusk and it...

Right now I'm sitting at the airport in Newark ( ewwww, no offense to you New York folks but it's buttcrack hot here right now ), waiting for our flight back to California . We stayed at Allwest Apartments. Completely serviceable place, tanks and cars. Louis had some problems with his wifi...

Glad you liked the bread Sunshine. Well today was our last diving day, went out and got one more in, wanted to see the garden eels in the sand at the bottom of the first reef in front of all west, it puts you just a hair under 90 feet. Had a few minutes extra to look around a bit and it...

No problem, I have some more pics to put up yet but my cinnamon/brown sugar beer bread is out of the oven in about ten minutes and I'm going to run it over to Sunshine as my gift to her for the island notes she gave us when we got here ( handy things they were ). Today is our last full day and...

Yes we were told of the requirement for a dive flag after our third day of diving, you do occasionally see someone using one ( I'd say less than 2% of the divers I have seen ). It doesn't appear to be enforced and I've seen most of the dive ops not using them either. It might be a...

One more diving day to go. did a repeat of Playa Morti again today, that double reef is just so cool, and we've see more of a variety of life there than anywhere else so far. Saw a Tarpon today, a few Barracuda ( including one really large friendly fellow ) and a nice little battle between...

I think we have this place figured out, load the truck up in the morning with 4 tanks, gear, some water and snacks. I have a little otterbox model 1000 that I throw in my front pocket, with about 40$ and some ID and we are good to go. Find a little Playa beach something or other with a...

More pictures.[:D] Yesterday we took I day off and went into town to get some new sandals for Kelly, had some lunch. Also toured the Liquor place, and then hit the caves for a tour too. Nice day We were off to Playa Marti, that's a nice place, cool little double reef. The guy that...

The vids, ‪freeswimee‬‏ - YouTube ‪snakeeel‬‏ - YouTube Pair of stone fish, On the swim out, 92 year old guy across has a dog, and the wife has been feeding him treats ( to my objection ) That juvi Spotted drum, ( after 15 pics that was the best one...

Knee is feeling much better today after some ice, elevation and pharmaceuticals. Thanks for the tips on two more places to check out, they are on now on the list. Did a dive out front ( Allwest ) this morning and saw a nice spotted moray free swimming ( I have video :D ) Waiting for those...

Been a couple of days, have some time to sit down a write some stuff down as I wrenched my knee pretty good today and will need to take the rest of the day off. A couple of sites we have been to have been very nice with some jewels thrown in, don't get me wrong the house reefs in from of...

Didn't do any diving yesterday, went to the Aquarium ( hint if you come here save your cash ), booked a couple of dives with the Dive Bus folks for some insider info on diving that area of the island with it's rocky entries ( very nice folks ) and I did a few snorkels in the afternoon. Went...

Wife just wanted to go out front and we just got back in so some new ones, Sorry this is turning out to be more of a pic post than a trip report if that's what you were looking for.

Got two dives in this morning at Jeremy and Lagun, both nice sites and quite a bit better than the house reef in front of Allwest. Me being a moron forgot to put fresh batteries in the camera and only got a few shots before it pooped out. There's a turtle in there trying to take a nap...

The rotary dial is set to TV then I use the bottom 4 combo for macro and the top one for flash on/off that's all I ever change.

<br><br>there was a thread a few years back in the Canon corner about how to make it work pretty well. The gal that wrote it up suggested the CHDK hack ( google it ) aperture priority, 1/125 second exposure, underwater WB if using flash for macro, manual WB when doing wide angle or open shots...

Just got back from a dusk/night dive from right in front of Allwest apt, saw a nice octopus in about 10 feet of water on the way in and counted 51:( Lion fish on one dive.

Got here on Saturday after a marathon day and a half, up for 39 hours straight. It's so much easier to get anywhere in the Pacific for us left coasters. Our flight from SFO left from gate 87 to Newark then on to Curacao. A topside shot from Sol, you know the place. Awesome pizza. The...

The stupid, it burns here ( the Curacao .gov ). I've only been here two days and made five dives so far, the very first dive straight off Allwest apts I counted 15 Lion fish, haven't seen any less than 6 on any dive yet, even the ones right in front of the dive shop. Only the folks...