jasonjue.com | home | itinerary | photo albums | movies next >>  Diving Glover's Reef and exploring the island Skip to:  Day 1 - 04.22  Day 2 - 04.23    Dangriga    Dangriga to Isla Marisol    Kayaks to snorkeling    Evening at the bar  Day 3 - 04.24    Dive 1 at Glover's Reef    Dive 2 at Glover's Reef    Around Isla Marisol    Dive 3 at Glover's Reef    Evening on Isla Marisol  Day 4 - 04.25    Dive 4 at Glover's Reef    Dive 5 at Glover's Reef    Evening at Isla Marisol    Night dive  Day 5 - 04.26    Dive at Gladden's Split  Day 6 - 04.27    Leaving Isla Marisol    Caves Branch  Day 7 - 04.28    Hiking in jungle    300 ft repel    Hike to Actun Loch Tunich    Getting water in the cave  Day 8 - 04.29    Hiking around cave    Getting out of the jungle  Day 9 - 04.30    Gladden's Spit - Dive 1    Gladden's Spit - Dive 2  Day 10 - 05.01    The drive to San Ignacio    Caracol ruins    Leaving Caracol  Day 11 - 05.02    Roaming San Ignacio    Arriving in Los Angeles Day 3 Woke up at 7am. We ate breakfast and then prepared to dive at 9am. Chad, one of the divemasters on the island, led dives for our group which included several other people - Shannon, Dave, George, Andy, Al and his wife. Everyone in our group were very nice and fun to hang out with. During our dives that day we saw - a spotted eagle ray, porcupine fish (which inflated itself), angelfish, triggerfish, a large black grouper, a 5' baracuda, a sea turtle, 2 spotted moray eels, lobster, and several other fish and coral. It was nice diving in 82°F water with over 80 feet visibility. Between dives, we walked around the island or hung out at the bar. Boat rides out to most of the dive sites were only about 5-10 minutes away. Rusty, the friendliest rottweiler I know of, is pretty much the same as before but older and a little less energetic. Jeremy managed to find a dead lobster in an old tire in the water on the beach. I used my new underwater digital camera setup for the first time on these dives. It takes some time to get used to the controls and finding out what works underwater and what doesn't. I discovered you really need excellent underwater control in order not to scare fish away or run into coral. Unlike above water, the underwater photographer can't as easily sneak up to animals or have a long lense to shoot from afar. I have a new appreciation for underwater photographs. See the colors... Copyright © 2005, Jason Jue