Our hectic schedule was making all of us pretty tired but Samuel and I had one more day of adventure booked: diving. I’d booked a day with Dive Zone in Tauranga without knowing much more about what we’d do. Samuel’s priority was to see different things, and we certainly did that. I hadn’t thought aboutContinue reading “NZ Day 10: SCUBA Diving in the Bay of Plenty”
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Hawaii – Day 5
SCUBA day! Samuel and I had picked up some rental gear from a dive shop and we were ready to go. We’d brought our own basic gear including my Go Pro, it’s photos have taken me extra time to process this day’s blog. We wanted an early start to avoid the crowds and get aContinue reading “Hawaii – Day 5”
Diving Mexican Cenotes in May 2021
During a family trip to Cancun, Samuel and I very much wanted to dive cenotes. Cenotes are a form of cave in which you are always able to see some daylight so the qualification required is less than cave diving. We chose Wetset divers who were very responsible, and we had to do a dayContinue reading “Diving Mexican Cenotes in May 2021”
The British Virgin Islands by Sailboat in 2020
We had booked a dream holiday for March 2020. Over the previous year, I had taken courses to qualify as a yacht skipper and Samuel had qualified as crew. We were bareboat chartering a yacht from Sunsail in the British Virgin Islands. When we left Houston in mid-March, there remained some uncertainty about where thisContinue reading “The British Virgin Islands by Sailboat in 2020”
Diving at Sea Base in March 2019
The catalyst for Samuel to learn how to dive was a trip to Florida’s Seabase with scouts in March 2019. These were his first dives after qualifying the previous year. Seabase’s setup was very good for new divers. Our instructor, Dale Davis, a former air traffic controller with the air force, was fantastic both asContinue reading “Diving at Sea Base in March 2019”
Belize with Coral Cay Conservation in April 1995
In my passion project of writing up adventurous activities from my past, the time that I spent in Belize has the fewest records and dimmest memories. I have ten photos, the logs of 27 dives between 3rd and 26th April, and a faded scar on my forearm (it wasn’t a shark!). It was still aContinue reading “Belize with Coral Cay Conservation in April 1995”
Gulf of Suez Reef Survey 1989
This is another catch-up post, written in July 2022, to describe the first post-worthy adventure in my life. In July and August 1989, a team of six SCUBA divers, based at Cambridge University, set out to investigate the effects of oil pollution on the coral reefs of the Gulf of Suez. The results were presentedContinue reading “Gulf of Suez Reef Survey 1989”
The Adventures of the Cajunlimeys 