Bucear en Honduras - 2007 - Set #1
Quiero el mar y a bucear pero no tengo mucho vocabulario en Espanol sooo I'll type in English. It seems we have a few scuba divers on this site and I am pleasantly surprised. I invite them to watch this little show I put together however I created it mostly for those that never had the overwhelming experience of soaring in our source of life…la agua en el mar. My original intention was to share only a few pictures but as I browsed through my album from Honduras I couldn't refrain myself from uploading muchos y muchos fotos (I took around 850). I felt as if I had discovered a treasure of gold and was sharing it with my friends. Those pictures were taken at Coco View, Roatan, Honduras in January of 2007. January…water temperature 82 degrees. In all (including night dives and up to 5 dives a day) I spent around 36 hours under water in that one week trip. We saw splendors between depths of 30 to 140 feet. One more word before the show, I didn't want to translate my comments in Spanish using an online translator then make you work on reverting it to English. Instead I want you to relax and immerse yourself in the experience. Play some soft music maybe, suppress your body weight (as we have none while diving) and feel the warmth of the environment. Vamanos!
First a look at the window of my room
Then a slow descent...
and we finally rich the wonderful underwater world...
Everything you see here is not seaweeds as we could misinterpret but instead it's coral, it's all alive.
Lemonade anyone?
It is getting late and I must get some rest but let me know if you liked what you saw and I will post the set #2 tomorrow. Es todo para hoy y hasta tarde.
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íQue fotos bonitos!
A mi tambien me gusta bucear.
He buceado en Egipto y en Bélgica.
ps: Seaweed are living organisms too you know 
Just beautiful. I went to Roatan this past Christmas, and it is a true paradise! I don't scuba, but I took a mini-sub tour over the reef. Just too marvellous for words. I really want to go back someday. Thank you for the photos!
Seems like a wonderful experience, Frenchie
...you also took great photos...looking forward to set #2...
Verde de envidia....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
These are beautiful. I've never been scuba diving but I went snorkeling near La Paz, BCS, MX and loved it. I think that I'd like going scuba diving if I could just get over that fear of drowning. Your photography is amazing...makes me want to try it
Gorgeous photos!!! You are a great photographer.
Thanks for sharing.
Great thread Frenchie, you have a good eye for underwater composition. You're absolutely right about taking many shots just to get one good one but it does pay off. I think that is why I like shooting video and editing. I must have miles of videotape that is not worth looking at just to get those few minutes of good stuff. We should get together on Honduras for the Culture in Pictures series.
More space here to respond to Alba and others as I am sure many of you thought of trying scuba dinving but, but, but! I am not in your shoes and can only talk for myself when it comes to comfort in the water; I was born a fish (and Pisces too LOL.) If you are claustrophobic then forget about it until you win that battle. For anyone else there is no valid reason (except illness) to no try scuba diving. All kind of people dive that are more handicapped than by fear such as elderly, amputated both legs, etc. If you are interested in trying without investing much do a Google search on the closest diving facility, most of them own nearby lakes and most of them offer in summer one or two sessions called "Initiation to scuba diving". If I remember correctly it will cost you around $40 all included (1-hour class/video, equipment, divemaster, etc.) And what a fun day you will spend. Apprehension is good too, it sharpens your senses; Artist have it before going on stage so no shame with that. Plus chances are there will be in the group someone even less comfy than you and it will make you fill so much more confident about your abilities. If you get hooked and want to pursue in this hobby your 1st step will be to get your certification, the next step is open water certification and that opens the doors to diving charters all over the world. It really is an easy goal to rich for anyone. It's kind of like your permit then your driver's license. You can stop there and dive for the rest of your life or you can pursue and obtain either specialty certifications (photography, topography, search and rescue, etc.) or you can go the way I did and become first a rescue diver and that has nothing to do with coast guards, professional rescuers or anything of the kind. it's merely preparing a diver to be the first assistant in case of anything, from a simple cut to an accident. In other words we learn to be cold minded and think straight, plan and prepare for the random problems. I sooo love that course, my big favorite. Second, I got my divemaster certification, it allows me to assist an instructor during courses. My buddy and I decide to not opt for becoming instructors for conflicts of ideas with the organization we belong to. I sure hope I gave you all the fever and you'll give it a try.
Gracias por compartir sus fotos con nosotros. ¿Qué tipo de cámara utilizaste?
It makes me wish I could swim!
Se ven bonitas las fotos.
Gary, in response to your comment...exactly plus the fact that my buddy and I made the decision that we would not sign potential death certificates, in other words certification for people that are not ready to be send out as "ready to dive".
Gary (and others), this is a link to a short video my buddy Demian and I put together to demonstrate to beginners the dangers of carelessness. The visibility isn't so good since we shot in the quarry (Blue Dolphin dive center). We have done it all in those waters, from PADI exercises to our personal training to prepare for the unthinkable…included but not limited to entangling each other inside a 4 or 5 foot diameter pipe in complete darkness and filled with silt. We are prepared…not to a freak accident but to react to it with a calm mind (hopefully). Dive safe. link text
Also here is our 1st video, attempt to gear exchange. I'm still laughing watching it link text And another one...succesful this time link text
