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Old 10-23-2009, 05:31 PM
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Well im back sadly. It was the best vacation I have ever had!! I wold recommend it to anyone that is looking for a nice relaxing cheap vacation. Here are a few of my favorite pics from the dives/snorkel's (it was really hard to pick out of the several hundred that I have)

Me with a brain for size comparison.


Parrot fish about 16"


Underwater smoke ring


School of tangs

Some more tangs




A couple 4' Barracuda that were hunting us....
















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Old 10-23-2009, 05:36 PM
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I had to put this one in. This is the Air traffic control tower on the island of Los Rocas



















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Great pics, thanks for sharing! What is the story behind that massive pile of conch shells?
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That's awesome !! Sooo jealous.

What are the bags of at the control tower? Garbage?
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Thanks for sharing I love these kinds of posts!

And I'm glad you didn't land a few feet to your left here:

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Thanks for sharing I love these kinds of posts!

And I'm glad you didn't land a few feet to your left here:
Ya me too.... ouch!

Its an underwater statue of mother Mary at about 60'. all the locals that dive and take you under say a prayer there before the continue on the dive.
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That's awesome !! Sooo jealous.

What are the bags of at the control tower? Garbage?
not sure never got that close to them. but more than likely it is as they only get the garbage picked up once a week
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Great pics! Thanks for showing them. 3 more months and I'm off to the Caribbean myself. Can't wait!
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How do you get a video on here?
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hey...didnt know you were going......Carrie and I were in Venezuela just over 4 years ago....stayed on Margarita Island....loved it....thinking about going back in January....thanks for the pics....looks great
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