Tiri Villas
Travel Blogs from Pacific Harbour
Catamaran
... for Rob and Todd - I got wet! We dropped Rob off on some random beach (to lighten the load) and Todd took me out, it went a lot faster and he was able to get it up on one side. After picking Rob up again he took us quite far out and we we're riding some really big rolling waves which was a bit scary.because this catamaran isn't that big - but we got back with no sinking which was ...
Shark Week: A Great End To A Great Trip
... on the coral reef (bad!) and watched as the dive master opened a huge trash can full of fish heads to feed to the sharks. And there they were, bull sharks! Very long and very fat! We probably saw three or four bull sharks during the first 15 minutes of the dive and were probably 30 ft away from them. For some reason I wasn't scared! There were fish everywhere but the sharks only went for the fish heads and they didn't seem interested in humans at all. After the bull sharks ...
Uprising
... Uprising about two and a half hours away from the Ecolodge. We've now stated two nights and are leaving today around 1:00pm. To go back to the Ecolodge and start this next week's work. We only have one last week at the Ecolodge before we live in the village for a week. After we return from the village I think wet going to have a day or two to relax before the new people join us for the second leg of my three months abroad. ...
16th July and more
... give your left arm for(rights for drinking) teeth cleaned and head for the eating/relaxing area ready for breakfast, fruit more fruit and more fruit accompanied by scrambled egg mixed with onions and a few slices of toast did I say desert island that's more than I get at home. Haley the lady who hates boat trips also hates all things camping so we are entertained by her sleepless night gecko spotting and the fear of where they have disappeared to when she blinks, she is ...
Shark diving, by Lance
... blew from my tank. They swapped it out for a new full one. Then once in the water we began, almost immediately, our descent... leaving me at the surface....insufficient weights on my belt. Well I got back in the boat, got more ballast on my belt, re-entered the water. But by now, I was not feeling at all good about the dive...were these events omens? But I’m a scientist and therefore not superstitious...my anxiety was looking for an excuse not to join the others on ...