Friday, May 19, 2006

Gone Diving...


Approximately 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Belize City, the almost perfectly circular Blue Hole is more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) across and some 400 feet (123 meters) deep. The hole is the opening to what was a dry cave system during the Ice Age. When the ice melted and the sea level rose, the caves were flooded, creating what is now a magnet for intrepid divers. Today the Blue Hole is famed for its sponges, barracuda, corals, angelfish—and a school of sharks often seen patrolling the hole’s edge.

Hubby and I are headed to Belize for four days of SCUBA on the barrier reef and three days of hiking in the rainforest. I bought a marine casing for my digital camera, so I hope to return with quality pictures of sharks in the Blue Hole.

There is no internet access at the the resort, so have a great week!

9 Comments:

At 11:43 PM, May 19, 2006 , Blogger pappy said...

Waiting to see the pictures. Have a nice time

 
At 1:55 PM, May 20, 2006 , Blogger d nova said...

wait a sec!

shdn't u scuba in cuba?

 
At 5:22 AM, May 22, 2006 , Blogger bombsoverbaghdad said...

I dunno about swimming in THAT hole. . .

 
At 8:02 AM, May 22, 2006 , Blogger Sodium Pentothal said...

Looks more like a comet strike to me.

 
At 5:52 PM, May 22, 2006 , Blogger Birdy said...

No way!
That is so cool.

 
At 4:35 PM, May 23, 2006 , Blogger mrsleep said...

mebbe she'll find the hidden WMD's down in that rat hole. definitely looks like a comet or meteor strike.

If she dives deep enough she may just find dubya's popularity ratings :)

 
At 8:04 AM, May 25, 2006 , Blogger Stalin the Shark said...

I don't know if you should be hanging out with the members of my extended shark family down there; they feed on scuba divers.

 
At 10:56 AM, May 26, 2006 , Blogger Odysseus said...

That hole is Clinton's fault. :)

 
At 12:34 PM, May 26, 2006 , Blogger Stalin the Shark said...

Hillary Clinton's, to be precise.

:-), StS

 

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