LMG's [abridged] Trip Report... finally!
Great report! I also saw a nurse shark at Waterlemon, but it was sitting on the bottom and once a few people gathered around, it swam off. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of it.
Everytime I see that palm tree at the Trunk Bay beach entrance, it's a little lower. I suppose it'll end up looking like the ones at Soloman before long
Everytime I see that palm tree at the Trunk Bay beach entrance, it's a little lower. I suppose it'll end up looking like the ones at Soloman before long
Thank you for a fantastic trip report and beautiful pictures. Even if I am a cat woman, I love the sleeping dog pictures. And all the beautiful beaches of course.
I'm sorry about the shark experience. You handled it well. I do feel more exposed when I snorkel than when I scuba dive and then I have seen several sharks, without being scared. But when I snorkeled outside Marina Cay in BVI last May, I met a shark in shallow water and it was between me and the beach and I was 150 meters/yards from the boat and freaked out. I guess I made a speed record back to the boat without even take a look underwater anymore. I still don't know what kind of shark it was, but it was large (about 6 feet). Felt really stupid afterwards
Thanks again, made me wonder if we have decided the right thing, when we chosed to go to just Virgin Gorda this year in April/May. Maybe we should split and take a few days in STJ as it's so very beautiful there.
I'm sorry about the shark experience. You handled it well. I do feel more exposed when I snorkel than when I scuba dive and then I have seen several sharks, without being scared. But when I snorkeled outside Marina Cay in BVI last May, I met a shark in shallow water and it was between me and the beach and I was 150 meters/yards from the boat and freaked out. I guess I made a speed record back to the boat without even take a look underwater anymore. I still don't know what kind of shark it was, but it was large (about 6 feet). Felt really stupid afterwards
Thanks again, made me wonder if we have decided the right thing, when we chosed to go to just Virgin Gorda this year in April/May. Maybe we should split and take a few days in STJ as it's so very beautiful there.
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Thanks, everyone. It is sure nice to relive it again here.
I have to wait until I get home to see the order of the pictures (blocked at work- shhhhh) but I think they've all been guessed correctly. I even got some PM's- wow, I didn't think it would be a contest. Does this mean I have to offer a prize?
I have to wait until I get home to see the order of the pictures (blocked at work- shhhhh) but I think they've all been guessed correctly. I even got some PM's- wow, I didn't think it would be a contest. Does this mean I have to offer a prize?
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Is it just me, or are there way more sharks around now? Like Ruth said, is this a sign of global warming?
When we first started going to the Islands in '97 we never saw sharks. Now it seems like people are seeing them everywhere, and not just nurse sharks. I love to snorkle and love to dive even more, but I get really scared when I see anything other than a nurse shark, now maybe I should be afraid of them to. This past December we saw a reef shark at Waterlemon.
Great Trip report and amazing pictures!
Sydney
When we first started going to the Islands in '97 we never saw sharks. Now it seems like people are seeing them everywhere, and not just nurse sharks. I love to snorkle and love to dive even more, but I get really scared when I see anything other than a nurse shark, now maybe I should be afraid of them to. This past December we saw a reef shark at Waterlemon.
Great Trip report and amazing pictures!
Sydney