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Roatan Part 4: Wreck Diving

08.28.2017 by Tana Henry //

I visited Roatan twice, in 2014 and 2017. In 2014 I wasn’t yet a certified scuba diver, and instead snorkeled. But I caught the diving bug and got certified as an open water scuba diver in 2015. In 2017, I was excited to return to the island and check out what there was to see below the water. In Part 3, I covered my experience scuba diving in Roatan. But in Part 4, I’m covering one specific day of our diving, a Roatan shipwreck. We dove El Aguila or “The Eagle.” Here are a few photos of out experience there.

Roatan Shipwreck — Mike diving alongside El Aguila

Coral Wreck Roatan — Coral growing on the wreck.

Roatan Swim Through — Mike popping out of a swim through.

Roatan wreck diving — Sponge growing on the shipwreck.

Swim Through Roatan — Mike coming out of one of the wreck’s swim throughs.

If you’d like to read more about Roatan, check out the other portions of the series, where we are breaking Roatan down as follows:
Part 1: Travel and General Information
Part 2: Accommodations
Part 3: Scuba Diving
Part 4: Wreck Diving
Part 5: Things to Do

Friday Five 8-25-2017

08.25.2017 by Tana Henry //

Kaaboo Del Mar Passes — My Kaaboo Del Mar passes arrived this week! So excited to go!

This is the thirtieth installment in my weekly series, called the Friday Five. In this series, I’ll tell you about five random things that I love, whether they be books, travel, music, movies…or whatever. So without further ado, 8-25-2017’s Friday Five!

1–Stuff You Missed in History Class–Jane Austen. I really enjoy this podcast, but this episode in particular was a good one. Maybe it’s because I have read pretty much everything Austen has written, but I really liked this episode.

2–Guadeloupe. This article in Scuba Diver magazine takes me back to our wonderful trip to Guadeloupe (which you can read more about here–Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4).

3–Cherry Cheesecake Chocolate Bundt Cake. Oooh! I really, really want to make this.

4–Boston. Our Escape Clause wrote about 39 things to do in Boston. I definitely want to go back, and this will be a great guide when we do. But if you want to see how I spent Twelve Hours in Boston, you can check it out here.

5–New Harry Potter books! Two new books will drop this fall, Harry Potter: A History of Magic – The Book of The Exhibition and Harry Potter – A Journey Through A History of Magic (check out the details here). So excited!!

Roatan Part 3: Scuba Diving

08.24.2017 by Tana Henry //

We dove with Subway Watersports at Turquoise Bay Dive and Beach Resort. They were great to deal with. Our boat captain was Kevin, who is hilarious and I’ve kept in touch with since leaving Roatan. Our divemasters were Maynor and Duven, who were really nice and knowledgeable about the dive sites.

They have several boats, and all appeared to be in really good condition. A locker room was available to store gear (although you can’t lock up your individual gear, so we didn’t leave our dive computers there). The store had the types of items that you’d expect to see in a Caribbean dive shop, as well as a fish identification guide. I’d recommend picking it up, as it has been a tremendous help in identifying nearly every type of fish that I’ve come into contact with in the Caribbean. A locker room was available to store gear (although nothing was locked up, so we didn’t leave our dive computers there).

But I’m sure what most people really want to know about is whether the diving was any good. The diving in Roatan was fanstatic. So without further ado, here are some photos of what I saw.

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