We’ve become scuba snobs
17-Febrero-2020 Lunes, Cozumel.
Eric http://ChallengeDiving.com what’s holding up the show? The lines about 9 vehicles deep. (New officer at the gate.)
Hey you! You stole that cart from Bodega Aurrera. That’s either one hell of a walk with the cart or you put it in a pickup truck. I know it wasn’t on your scooter. Mr Aurrera probably hasn’t been down here for a while.
Siphoning gas to fill the tank. I was wondering how he was going to pour the gas in when he walked by with the container. Icky
Once again I have lied in this blog. You ARE going to get more scuba pictures. It’s just too cool. We went through some giant coral formations at Planacar Caves. My poor camera just can manage pictures of the big stuff. Todays pictures are from a different section of Cedar Pass reef. More small coral and different fish. Thanks Eric Jr for the pictures.
ghost fish
Small coral formations https://youtu.be/bUtTNHl27Dg You can really see how strong the current is.
honeycomb cowfish and an i don’t know what 
sea anemone
Sea Anemone https://youtu.be/-MKQLuyziGs
flat, small coral reef 
un-puffed pufferfish (porcupinefish)
Un-puffed puffer fish (porcupinefish) https://youtu.be/IgqYtQqBM6Q
barracuda 
big barracuda
School of Barracuda https://youtu.be/B74QTHfXw1c
sleeping shark 
waking up shark
Sleeping Shark https://youtu.be/xXOFKx_0iqw
coral 
eel mouth 
filefish 
filefish
Filefish https://youtu.be/AJO6Cxv03f4
queen angelfish – she even has a little crown! 
queen angelfish
Queen Angelfish https://youtu.be/UQr35vsy5Ck
gray angel – love the white lips 
he came out to defend his turf 
flounder 
flounder
Flounder https://youtu.be/6qifzWAEj7w
conch 
conch eyeballs 
group selfie – Dale, Mary and Eric Jr (divemaster)
If Sunsets restaurant wasn’t along the way home we would make it home faster. It’s hard to pass up 2 4 1 happy hour when we are walking home mid-day in the heat.
We’ve become scuba snobs.
Sand Dollar Sports is right next door to Sunsets. They share patio access to a little reef. Sand Dollar Sports offers snorkeling, snuba and scuba access to the reef. Below is a group of people from one of the cruise lines gearing up for I’m guessing a ‘discover scuba’ class.
old style weight belts – not bcd integrated weights. ugh 
huh? they have to carry their own equipment? scuba tanks and weights are heavy. 
getting fins on – only two dive masters! good thing the reef is fairly shallow and small! 
snuba group exiting the water with their 20 foot air hoses. too limiting
Buenas noches
She’s baaaack! Just in time for Carnaval. You can’t even tell where she broke her arm.
Hechos Graciosos (Fun facts)
Termites which build these arboreal nests are called Nasutitermes walkeri and Microcerotermes. The arboreal nest is generally connected to another part of the colony in the root crown of the tree. These termites have mud tunnels to connect from the ground to the upper tree canopy. They can also have a maze of tunnels underground.
