Cliff Diving

... realize that it was extremely windy on the top of the mountain, and we are talking about paragliding, (not to be confused with cliff diving/ free falling), where you can stay in the air for forty five minutes or more, in great weather, as the veteran ...

... the many Moai in the quarry. Brilliant! The afternoon after our quarry tour we got to witness another amazing spectacle - cliff diving. Unbeknown and definitely unplanned, we were on Easter Island for the first round of the Red Bull World Championship ...

... mosquitos and the over-priced vegetarian dinner (with no form of protein to speak of), and really enjoyed the pools, the raging river, cliff diving into deep, clear pools (OK, Erik was jumping off high rocks, not cliffs...), etc. It's a very beautiful, ...

... with Klarissaīs Spanish, itīs not hard to deal with. Evening finds us at the La Quebrada cliffs to watch the sunset and the cliff divers that put on their own sort of show. They have a small shrine at the top of the cliff and pray before plunging ...

James putting the famous cliff divers of Acapulco to ...

... down them and quite a few of them ended up practising their white water swimming. A few hours paddling later and we reached the cliff jump. It was 10 metres and the highest platform I've ever gone off! Back on solid ground we were all feeling shattered ...

... pool steps away from the ocean. A hammock hangs right outside our room, looking out at sparkling blue water. Since we missed the only cliff diving show in the daylight, we opted for the 7:30 one, getting there an hour early for a good spot. At least ...

... . It was awesome.  After that we went out and learned to wakeboard, which was also fun.  After a quick break we then went cliff diving, which was loads of fun.  Nate and I both almost fell off, which was a bit scary. The cliffs were about ...

... . After breakfast we head out for sea kayaking. Kinda bummed its almost over...well this part of the trip at least.  Did some cliff jumping and then back to the boat for lunch and an afternoon beer. We were allowed to drink since we had no more ...

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A few more days to go, we're trying to decide on who packs the hair dryer (girls!!) and whether or not we stop for groceries before we leave or once we get to arnprior. There are so many things to remember, and so little time left to do it all in. I ...

... carried my rucksack to the top. Having ditched the baggage, we headed into town in search of a company offering liveaboard diving safaris. I had done a bit of internet research prior to arriving and there were numerous companies offering 7 day dive trips ...

... transferred by boat to the tiny little resort we had booked right on the Rainbow Reef which has a great reputation for diving. There then followed 4 fantastically unhurried days which consisted of getting up early to go diving (to add some confusion to ...

... 'll fill you in on the highlights... First we headed to the full moon party...then to Phi phi where Kiley got her diving license , she is PADI certified...but off the record.. she hooked up with her diving instructor to get her ...

... young men were taking pictures of them and so did I. We left together and they turned out to be a Canadian diving instructor from Honduras and a Scotish accountant from Bermudas... an interesting combination... Had beers on top of the little watch tower ...

... onto the minibus no time to shower before a very salty Dean and Liz caught the last flight out of Saba.... unlike the diving, the takeoff didn't disappoint. The wheels leave the ground 5 metres before the runway ends at a cliff. Who needs coffee? Landing ...

... found, they generally have air left in their tanks, which means they passively accepted their fate and removed their regulators!  I was diving through caves where when I covered the flashlight, I couldn't see my hand in front of my face.  Keep ...

... bbq. The scenery under the water was not as remarkable as say Goat Island, but the water was so clear and Matt had a blast diving down to the bottom and swimming from rock to rock (so he could always touch the bottom). Troy had some bread and salad to go ...