Coral Tower

... at the Fathoms restaurant. The Royal Towers is where the action is but we stayed at the Coral. Cheaper rooms but you have to walk a bit to get to the big attractions. I found it too crowded there and I prefer the quieter Coral Tower pool and beach areas

... to have a fun dive while we were having lunch. I convinced the dive master to take us on a 30m wreck dive called Gilligans tower, visibility was great, approx 20m. We dived the wreck for approx 10-15mins then headed up to Gilligans tower, a pinnacle of ...

... Superbowl (and the half-time incident!) we walked down from Punchbowl and into a sightseeing tour of Honolulu. This included the Aloha tower, where part of the views were dominated by a huge cruise ship, full of people with precisely six hours to spend ...

... on the beach and the fact that you had to pay to get in that there wouldnt be too many petty theives around. Found that the coral was mostly white (guess due to all the people, sand and low tides) so not much life or colour there. On the otherhand ...

... .Captivated by the green turtles,leather back turtles,rock painted crabs as well giant groupers.The aquarium has dugongs,a collection of coral reefs and shells too.While we were there,came 2 groups of pupils with their teachers on exercursion to learn ...

... a chance to relax since the Nile Cruise (I suppose we didn't really need it...) We started at 1 of 6 pools available in the Anbar Tower complex. Really not much to tell, the water was warm, the sun was warm, the weather was perfect. It is easy to tan in ...

... the sea being a bit lumpy. We only got an hour but we saw a sea-snake, a moray, some clownfish and loads of lovely coral formations, as well as huge schools of colourful fish.   Lunch at a restaurant on the island was the usual fare, then we ...

... was cloudy and bit rainy on our last day on the islands, but I did get to dive a shipwreck just offshore and see the coral reef. Our last nights entertainment on South Sea even included a snail race - where ours came third! We were planning to stay on ...

... through caves, through trenches like 10 metres high 20 metres under the surface, swam in between the stepping stones...... some of the coral.....its not all bright and colourful like you would expect *coughs-nemo* buts most likely cos of the ...

... 've been told this is where the manta rays are. Turns out to be just a learner's snorkelling group, some on hookas, at some coral bombies, which aren't anything special. Continue on for a few kms till we get to Motu Piti Uu Uta, which has the coral garden ...

... the day before but Michael convinced me to come along and he was quite right in nagging me to go. We first visited a coral reef which surrounded a light tower in the middle of coral bay. I swam amongst Nemo fish (clown fish) and chilled on the light ...

... , and head out in all our snorkeling kit.    There is a lot of sea grass in close, changing to isolated coral outcrops further out, and then continuous lumpy bottom coral and weed. We pass the marker indicating the Marine Park, where there is ...

... , though not spectacular, mountains, which we skirted to the west before reaching the coast and heading east. The coastline has a coral rock fringe dropping straight into deep water, with only the occasional beach where a river runs in. The water didn't ...

... reef for snorkeling. The water was deep, so Tina watched from the boat, but Lou saw many beautiful fish and very colorful coral. In the afternoon, we headed over to Motu Tapu Island, which the Captain had rented for the day for all of the guests. We ...

... . We then headed into town which was about an hours walk, through the city walls and into the centre where the huge Bell Tower stands. A very impressive sight. For dinner we decided to avoid Chinese and went for a pizza at Pizza Hut, and then wandered ...

... air was cool. After donning our wetsuits, snorkel masks, and fins, we jumped into the water and immediately saw gorgeous coral and equally beautiful fish. I'm sure the colors are even more spectacular when it's sunny, but we weren't complaining about ...

... out to see the Great Barrier Reef that it has taken and continues to take its toll. The other cause, indirect, is environmental. Coral is a symbiotic relationship between two organisms, an animal (polyp) and a plant (algae). Coral is very sensitive to ...

... trip there in October (see blog no.3 for more...). Stopped to take a photo of a well-preserved sugar plantation tower (reminded us of those in Barbados when we honeymooned there in 1975!!).  "Come on in...open the gate...I haven`t talked ...

... , the main attraction is the rainforest walk and canopy tower.  Through a series of catwalks, ground trails and a massive tower with tiered platforms rising to the top of the canopy, it provides unique vantage points of different parts of ...