BARBADOS 1/14&21/2012

NOW PLAYING: THAT'S A MORAY (AMORE)

What's that gleam in a da reef?
With the bright shiny teef?
That's a moray.

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DAY FIVE:
BACK IN THE WATER
WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2012

I got it sorted out on the dive interval;
there were some great eels & turtles on the second dive,
Round Bar Reef and the Friar's Craig shipwreck off
Asta Hotel - 30'-90 - A 70' long freighter, sunk on 2 July 1985
after ten years at anchor in Carlisle Bay.
This wreck has lots of bottom growth and
has broken into three pieces due to a lot of surge.

Round Bar right at the drop-in -
a spotted moray eel

Same eel, a little closer

The Friar's Craig

Mike Weiss looking inside the wreck to see if he can swim through

What wood looks like after 27 years in salt water

Steve Rovik alongside the Friar's Craig

Friar's Craig deck overgrown with 27 years worth of coral.
This wreck is just off the beach in front of our hotel

This little moray thinks he's found the perfect hiding spot.

Yes, that's a toilet off the wreck in the sand.

This moray was very shy; he'd pop back into his burrow if I got too close.

In fact, the first time I saw him he dug the burrow deeper
and sand was just a-flyin' out of the hole.

We are adding two dives to our package for Friday
because we don't fly out on Saturday until 4 p.m.
We are going to take a short tour of the Island
(not the whole thing - about four hours),
then eat lunch and go directly to the airport.

TEAM MANTA, Barbados (minus three sleeping beauties).
On the beach in front of Coconut Court Hotel
[Back, l to r]: Neal Mr Scuba Skrenes
(also known as VetteMan, CairnDaddy, MACHead, or My Hubby,
depending on the circumstances), Mike Miller, Mike Bain, Phil Hardin
[Front, l to r]: Patricia Berry, Lisa Bain, Liz Boomer

Sunset in front of Coconut Court Beach Hotel

DAY SIX: LAST DIVE WITH BARBADOS BLUE HERE

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DAY FIVE: BACK IN THE WATER WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2012
I got it sorted out on the dive interval; there were some great eels & turtles on the second dive, Round Bar Reef and the Friar's Craig shipwreck off Asta Hotel - 30'-90 - A 70' long freighter, sunk on 2 July 1985 after ten years at anchor in Carlisle Bay. This wreck has lots of bottom growth and has broken into three pieces due to a lot of surge.
Round Bar right at the drop-in - a spotted moray eel	Same eel, a little closer
The Friar's Craig Mike Weiss looking inside the wreck to see if he can swim through What wood looks like after 27 years in salt water Steve Rovik alongside the Friar's Craig Friar's Craig deck overgrown with 27 years worth of coral. This wreck is just off the beach in front of our hotel This little moray thinks he's found the perfect hiding spot.

Yes, that's a toilet off the wreck in the sand. This moray was very shy; he'd pop back into his burrow if I got too close. In fact, the first time I saw him he dug the burrow deeper and sand was just a-flyin' out of the hole. We are adding two dives to our package for Friday because we don't fly out on Saturday until 4 p.m. We are going to take a short tour of the Island (not the whole thing - about four hours), then eat lunch and go directly to the airport. TEAM MANTA, Barbados (minus three sleeping beauties). On the beach in front of Coconut Court Hotel [Back, l to r]: Neal Mr Scuba Skrenes (also known as VetteMan, CairnDaddy, MACHead, or My Hubby, depending on the circumstances), Mike Miller, Mike Bain, Phil Hardin [Front, l to r]: Patricia Berry, Lisa Bain, Liz Boomer Sunset in front of Coconut Court Beach Hotel