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Alexander in Cozumel: June 2009
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What the Future Holds. Been a while since I've posted, but not because I haven't been diving. During May I took a planned-at-the-last-minute trip to St. Croix for a week and had some fantastic shore dives at Cane Bay and the Frederiksted pier. In July, I will be going first to south Florida to visit Kathleen and Gianni, our wonderful friends in Ft Lauterdale. We'll tour around some of the Florida Keys and maybe do some diving there as well as hang out at their beautiful villa in Plantation. I absolutely ...
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Alexander in Cozumel: Kicked Off the Team
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Kicked Off the Team. I am rarely pushed to such measures, but where safety is concerned such actions are necessary. One of the divers with us this week is what I'd call "below par." Not in terms of equipment or fitness or even training. but in technique and safety awareness. I was not the only one with this feeling, but I was "voted" to be the Bad Cop: the one to talk to Connie about it. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What I Dive With and Why. Picture from The Chapel. Tux Kubaxa and Minotauro.
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Alexander in Cozumel: December 2008
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Damn, it's awfully dark in here! When tourists or passers by see me in dive gear with double tanks, they naturally get curious. Questions I often get are: is there really a cave in there? Is it dark in the cave? How far back does it go? Do you need any special kind of training? Is it salt water or fresh? How long do you dive in there? The answers are: Yes, yes, thousands of feet, yes, both, a long time. Above: A blind cave shrimp. Sorry its not well in focus, I was in a rush to take the picture as it...
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Alexander in Cozumel: November 2009
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I'm just hours away from my next trip. departing to Cozumel, Mexico for a stay of a little over two months! Camera is ready, dive gear (including a whole lotta cave gear) is packed, everything looks good to go. BUT. While packing my desiccant I noticed I hadn't dried it in a while. Probably not since last year's Cozumel trip. Here's some notes on when you should dry your desiccant and how to do it. To recharge, follow these directions:. Set oven temperature to 275 F (135 C). The reason you use cardboard ...
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Alexander in Cozumel: January 2008
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One Last Blast in Coz. OK, mostly packed and almost ready to leave Cozumel on Monday. but wait! It's Sunday night and this means there's a party in the Plaza. There's always a party in the Plaza on Sunday. But what I forgot is that Cozumel is now in the throes of one of its most flamboyant celebrations: Carnaval! The show was mostly entertaining. In my opinion there was one clear winner. This girl (top and bottom photos) came on stage with the best presentation, the best posturing, the best dance mov...
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Alexander in Cozumel: July 2009
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Well not much time to write today so I'll summarize by saying the week in Cozumel diving Aerolito was a lot of fun! With 3 aluminum 80's filled with nitrox, you can really go pretty far in there. So far I have exhausted only a few of the many lines. And the further you go back beyond Wonderland the more amazingly beautiful it is. These two pictures will give you an idea of some of the rooms found there. Both pictures are (C) 2009 Brad Reynolds and published here with permission. We were back into town by...
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Alexander in Cozumel: March 2007
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Turks and Caicos Explorer. Well our time in Cozumel had ended for this year. It was 100 glorious days on the beautiful "Island of the Swallows" with scuba diving galore. I think my final tally was 95 dives making my total dives to date around 303. But Wait. there's more! Read on to find out. We arrived a day early, partly to give time to decompress after a day of travel and partly to add assurance that we wouldn't miss our boat departure. Four others on this trip did miss the first day because of wea...
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Alexander in Cozumel: February 2008
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Hit that, hit that snare. What a beautiful day aboard the Roseway! She is a two-masted schooner built in 1917 and currently used as a tour ship and sailing education vessel. I neglected to bring my camera on this trip so my only photo memories come from friends and from my iPhone. The photo to the right was courtesy of Lisa Greenleaf. Thanks, Lisa! If you are ever in St. Croix during the winter months, do spend the $45 and take a tour. It is well worth the experience! St Croix - Diving, Dancing, Dreaming.
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Alexander in Cozumel: Picture from The Chapel
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Picture from The Chapel. The picture is of me floating on my back in the The Chapel Room of Ponderosa, as we'd surfaced for a 20-minute break. I really enjoyed drifting slowly, watching stalactites slip by like inverted skyscrapers. Sandra Haars gave me permission to post this picture on my blog; it is one of very few that I have of myself cave diving. Labels: garden of eden. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What I Dive With and Why. Picture from The Chapel. Tux Kubaxa and Minotauro. We dont make it to.
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Alexander in Cozumel: Tux Kubaxa and Minotauro
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Tux Kubaxa and Minotauro. Originally Connie planned for us to go to Tux Kubaxa for two dives, the most remote cenote of all the sites she normally visits during her cave weeks. Tux Kubaxa is what she calls a Power Cave. When we visit this cave. On to the cave dive report! The passageway was so entrancingly beautiful! Colours in the salt water layer. LED's still have a way to go before I will want to replace my HID primary. About 200-300 feet before one reaches cenote Estrella, there is a bedding plane re...
