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Our trip to Saipan - Guam
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| 3-28-05 to 4-15-05 |
Hey we found " Nemo"
Cool Trigger Fish
Lots of cool fish!
White sandy beaches
Beautiful Mountains
| That's A Moray ....(Eel) |
| This guy was elusive! |
| Aren't they cute?? |
Long-nosed Butterfly
Not sure what this is!
Saturday Morning:
Well, we got to go diving! Yay!
We went off on Saturday morning about 8am and got to the Marina around 8:15 or so. We met our Skipper
Jim, and our dive master Allison, they were very nice, great sense of humor on both of them. We started
our morning with a briefing of the boat, the dive site and emergency plan.............Think "Open Water"
Once everyone was checked in, we started off to the site! We went to a place called "Napoleon cut", it was
a nice relaxing first dive. We saw 2 White tip Sharks! Of course they were so shy and quick we did not get
any photos of them, dang! Maybe next time! We saw a few fishes, some coral. We were a little
discouraged in the colors, as we were expecting a lot of bright colored life, and there were not too many
really vibrant things!.................In all, it was a good dive.
Our next dive of the day was at "Manta Reef", as we took off for the site, a pod of dolphins came towards
our boat! There were about 8-10 of them, they were Spinner dolphins and they were so adorable, they
were playing around the boat doing jumps and almost acting like they wanted to race with us, I wanted so
bad to just leap out of the boat and start swimming with them, but, we were told they are actually quite shy
and would have just swam off, so...I had to watch from a distance! As we got to the site, we were briefed
and in the water we went! We got to see a few more fish, Mark and I had fun experimenting with our
cameras, I took lots of pictures of him, since he was usually the only one with a camera, I never had too
many pictures of him in the water..........until now! It was a fun day in all, very tiring, since we haven't been
in the water for awhile!...................We should sleep well tonight!
Sunday morning:
We head off again to the Marina, where we meet Scott our skipper for today, he is taking us to a site
called "Double reef", where there is an area called clown fish rock.......can't wait to get down there! So, off
we go, I am so excited to see all these fish come at me and start nibbling on my fingers and camera and
wet suit! They are so cute! There are hundreds of them, clowns, angels, triggers and some I am not too
sure of their names, but they are really cute!
Mark has one that is fascinated by his camera lens, it sees it's reflection and is just infatuated by
himself in the lens! That fish is the wall paper of this page! Isn't he cute? We had a wonderful
time, the water was so pretty and very warm, although I still get chilled and have to wear a suit....oh
well, maybe as time goes on I will adjust to the temp.! Our next dive for Sunday was at a place called
"The Tunnel", It was fun, a couple of coral formations that formed a sort of "tunnel" (hence the
name) that we dove down into! It was pretty cool, we saw an Octopus, although at the
time Mark was photographing it, I had no idea what it was! Once we were out of the water, he
told me it was an Octo......ok,ok, I AM NO JACQUES COUSTEAU!.......
In all, it was a great time! We have to wait a whole week to get back in though, since Mark
has to work all day....what is up with that anyway?
Well, I am off to go for a walk, talk to you all again soon, hope you are enjoying our
adventures as much as we are!
Love to all of our friends and family!
We miss you all and can't wait for some
of you to come visit paradise!
Love, Tam and Mark
Saturday, April 9th
Well, We had another fun filled day! We did some diving, some exploring of the island,some
eating! The diving was of course a blast! We started off going to Coco's island, it was very cool.
We got to see a lot of nice fishes, the weather was great, we did have a little rain but, in all it
was a great dive. We got to see Dolphins again too! They love to get in the wake of the boat.
Well, we got to go diving! Yay!
We went off on Saturday morning about 8am and got to the Marina around 8:15 or so. We met our Skipper
Jim, and our dive master Allison, they were very nice, great sense of humor on both of them. We started
our morning with a briefing of the boat, the dive site and emergency plan.............Think "Open Water"
Once everyone was checked in, we started off to the site! We went to a place called "Napoleon cut", it was
a nice relaxing first dive. We saw 2 White tip Sharks! Of course they were so shy and quick we did not get
any photos of them, dang! Maybe next time! We saw a few fishes, some coral. We were a little
discouraged in the colors, as we were expecting a lot of bright colored life, and there were not too many
really vibrant things!.................In all, it was a good dive.
Our next dive of the day was at "Manta Reef", as we took off for the site, a pod of dolphins came towards
our boat! There were about 8-10 of them, they were Spinner dolphins and they were so adorable, they
were playing around the boat doing jumps and almost acting like they wanted to race with us, I wanted so
bad to just leap out of the boat and start swimming with them, but, we were told they are actually quite shy
and would have just swam off, so...I had to watch from a distance! As we got to the site, we were briefed
and in the water we went! We got to see a few more fish, Mark and I had fun experimenting with our
cameras, I took lots of pictures of him, since he was usually the only one with a camera, I never had too
many pictures of him in the water..........until now! It was a fun day in all, very tiring, since we haven't been
in the water for awhile!...................We should sleep well tonight!
Sunday morning:
We head off again to the Marina, where we meet Scott our skipper for today, he is taking us to a site
called "Double reef", where there is an area called clown fish rock.......can't wait to get down there! So, off
we go, I am so excited to see all these fish come at me and start nibbling on my fingers and camera and
wet suit! They are so cute! There are hundreds of them, clowns, angels, triggers and some I am not too
sure of their names, but they are really cute!
Mark has one that is fascinated by his camera lens, it sees it's reflection and is just infatuated by
himself in the lens! That fish is the wall paper of this page! Isn't he cute? We had a wonderful
time, the water was so pretty and very warm, although I still get chilled and have to wear a suit....oh
well, maybe as time goes on I will adjust to the temp.! Our next dive for Sunday was at a place called
"The Tunnel", It was fun, a couple of coral formations that formed a sort of "tunnel" (hence the
name) that we dove down into! It was pretty cool, we saw an Octopus, although at the
time Mark was photographing it, I had no idea what it was! Once we were out of the water, he
told me it was an Octo......ok,ok, I AM NO JACQUES COUSTEAU!.......
In all, it was a great time! We have to wait a whole week to get back in though, since Mark
has to work all day....what is up with that anyway?
Well, I am off to go for a walk, talk to you all again soon, hope you are enjoying our
adventures as much as we are!
Love to all of our friends and family!
We miss you all and can't wait for some
of you to come visit paradise!
Love, Tam and Mark
Saturday, April 9th
Well, We had another fun filled day! We did some diving, some exploring of the island,some
eating! The diving was of course a blast! We started off going to Coco's island, it was very cool.
We got to see a lot of nice fishes, the weather was great, we did have a little rain but, in all it
was a great dive. We got to see Dolphins again too! They love to get in the wake of the boat.