And, now, the saddest photo a diver can have.
That’s the last one on my new-to-me SeaLife camera, which has performed well this week. There’s tons of video, most of the good stuff you’ve seen, and many photos to share. Not bad for a used and older digital camera, though I suspect I need to upgrade the battery. My lovely bride, meanwhile, was shooting on our GoPro this week, and she has been putting up some of her highlights on social media. Be sure to check those out.
One gentlemen we dove with had a special SeaLife iPhone case, and the top-of-the-line phone inside. The rig itself cost about $600. So he’s just floating around with two grand in his hands, and that’s too much risk for me. Of course, at one point he swam alongside a ray and his camera was showing the individual muscles on the fish. It was amazing, but I could never forgive myself for spending that much money on a hobby accessory, or for messing it all up. It was impressive, though. But you’ll just have to content yourself here with my 2014-quality imagery.
That’d be a strange thing to feel inferior about, no? Here are the 1080p videos and 13 GB photos I’m taking at 85 feet.
Because you can’t safely dive and then fly in a 24-hour period — more of that chemistry stuff — we had our last two dives of this trip today. (We fly back tomorrow afternoon.) You can see some footage here.
We were supposed to have 20 dives on this vacation. We got in 13, including that excellent add-on night dive.
I ran into a wall in our condo and managed to sprain my wrist. I’m allergic to something in the flower beds or the forest nearby. As we sail away from the shore I get better. When we get back to the beach I start closing up again. My descents and ascents were slow and slightly painful because of all of that. We spent two days in Dallas. But the local food has been good. The diving has been great!
If you go to Cozumel, stay at Residencias Reef. Dive with Scuba Tony. Every diver we met on their boats was a repeat customer, and it’s easy to see why. That repeat customer word-of-mouth means a great deal when you’re talking about something as important as your safety. If we ever go back to Cozumel, we will definitely dive with Scuba Tony again.
But now, sadly, we must return to the regular world. Sort of.
(And I’ll get around to posting photos after the next little adventure, which takes place next week.)
