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RE: Scuba Scribe Diving the Red Sea – Chasing the mermaid #3
Amazing how close you got to that turtle. Thats a rarity...they normaly bugger off...and everyone has this idea that turtles are slow...but they can move fast in these underwater dreamscapes!
I know right! The way I got so close was to settle to the bottom on to the sand gently and to the side of the turtle. Then use my fingers to creep along the sand forward very slowly until I was right in front of her. I just wish I had a better underwater camera but needs must! I recently snorkeled in Mexico in a place called akumal bay with green turtles and they were very flighty you're right they nearly always shoot off if you disturb their grazing.
Not the best scuba here in Lake Atitlan...though there are a few wrecks and pretty neat walls of mini vent volcanoes. If you ever find yourself in guatemala...look me up raj808. Actually there is an underwater city...but you can get heavy fines for scubaing there.
If I make it to guatemala it would be great to have a scuba buddy to hang with :) I have dived Cozumel in mexico and will be doing a blog post about that trip soon. Sunken city sounds fascinating!
i've been told it is possible to dive to the sunken city...but that you need to go through many permission hoops. i also talked to some one who did it...he said visually its not so great...kind like mud mounds and walls...but that you can fish around in the mud and find pottery and other artifacts.
Hey, if I ever make it over there I will see if I can get permissions ..... maybe the closest cities university might have archeology department that would help for divers to excavate for them. With artifacts going to a museum etc this would be more beneficial to Guatemala society. Although I would love to go treasure hunting in real life not if it means jail :-)
funny kwinky dink today. the exact guy that i know who has dove the underwater city came to the hostal today. he is a friend from guate city. i asked him more in depth. he said that there is way to much bureaucracy around doing the dive legit. but that he knows the exact spot and he has done several clandestine dives there. you just have to have the boat guy drive away and get in quick.
he also told me about these jungle senotes he goes diving in...said there some of his favorite here in guate...
Haha. Some call it a coincidence some synchronicity, whichever, it happens so much in life. Interesting that it's possible to do a cheeky dive with the help of a friendly local fisherman. I'm too much of a wimp for cave/cenote diving, to be honest. When I was in Mexico I went to a few and sneaked my dive fins in and just free-dived down to the bottom holding my breath and grabbing onto rocks to try and get pics from the bottom. Didn't get many good shots as my underwater camera broke on that trip 😡 This is about the best one:
Did not go anywhere where I couldn't see the surface, it just doesn't appeal to me. I get a little claustrophobic when scuba diving inside a wreck in the open ocean, so cave diving is definitely not for me. weird as I have dived with lots of different sharks, saw banded sea snake swimming in Thailand got right up to a Lion's Mane Jellyfish in UK waters. I only feel wonder not fear on all of these dive experiences but cave diving fills me with dread lol
Hi @buttcoins, part #4 of the Scuba Scribe series is now out all about diving with Seals in the UK, 💦 https://steemit.com/blog/@raj808/scuba-scribe-diving-the-farnes-isles-a-seal-of-approval-4
Hi @buttcoins - Scuba scribe #5, Just Beneath the Surface is now out. This time it’s an underwater adventure in poetry form, featuring sharks, Jacks and parrotfish but no whales as yet. Check it out if you have a minute. Many thanks 💦 🐠 https://steemit.com/poetry/@raj808/just-beneath-the-surface
yeah...i actually upvoted it last night...just didnt comment yet. I was learning about curie. I tried to submit just beneath the surface to curie...as it fit all the parameters of quality and time, and under upvoted. i understood that anyone could submit something to the curators...who would decide. turns out you cant even make a suggestion if not a curator.
ill be by with a comment on your post later this evening.
Don't worry about it m8. I just missed seeing that you had already voted. I always promote Scuba Scribe posts to people who commented on the Scuba Scribe Diving the Red Sea – Chasing the mermaid #3 post. Because it was such a big payout post I got loads of comments from people saying they liked the journey under the sea, so I remind them of the new one each time. Lol
P.s. Shame about Curie we could have submitted each others posts lol I just took a look at it and it wasn't clear anywhere what the rules were.