After Semuc Champey in the jungle in central Guatemala, we head on east and ... Sea Caribbean.
few words (yet) on the route, because it seems important to share these moments so different from a trip to France, comfortably seated in a car or by train! (Yes because you might not know, but you can go to 23 in a minibus with 12 seats ...). The some 250 km to Livingstone we have taken the day, and the timing we had to greenhouse allow to board the last lancha item. Indeed, Livingston, Bay bordering the Gulf of Honduras is only accessible by boat ... And about the boat, our long bus ride we had prepared well for this crossing ... projecting the movie ... TITANIC! So leaving Kate and Leonardo on the stern of the boat unsinkable sinking into the Atlantic Ocean at night we embarked on our little makeshift lancha ... We will arrive dry, safe and sound ... and hungry in the city of Garifuna.
But what are the Garifuna?
a / the name given to the pelicans in the bay;
b / the famous dish made of coconut milk Caribbean;
v. Livingston residents, descendants of African slaves.
The correct answer was .... c
The Garifuna are the survivors of a people, rebellious warrior who opposed slavery settlers european (french, English and English). They were deported to the islands off Honduras and abandoned around 1797. They won the ratings of Honduras from Belize, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
outspoken defender of their traditions, they continue to perpetuate their traditions, music, dance, craft, and their daily actions. Thus it is enough to cross despayse many black African headdresses dreads, and practicing a language or mix words from French, English and English!
In Livingston, the music is everywhere ... and dreads too!
These four days pass so close to the Caribbean Sea we will do, however, failed to have a taste!
can not be said of the Gallo cerveza (beer of Guatemala).
Sounds heavenly but ...
we encounter enormous raptors feast on the garbage strewn on the beach here ... Greenpeace's work!
Almost all of the flowing water over his run into the sea, and people have no concept of recycling and preservation of their environment: everything flows down. They go against their many other concerns to be addressed: unemployment, corruption, poverty and civil war relant not yet digested.
We will still perform a march of 16 km round trip along the beaches of the seaside to visit the "siete Altar ", pools of fresh water flowing into the sea
We will still perform a march of 16 km round trip along the beaches of the seaside to visit the "siete Altar ", pools of fresh water flowing into the sea
a little disappointed by the site ... has compared Semuc Champey ( see previous article)
Finally we have local traditions, and enjoying the GIFIT tapado.
The GIFIT is a kind of rum marine roots ... It is very bitter and difficult to drink pure ... The soup is tapado Fish (Yes, yes! fish in the singular) with shrimp and crab all marine coconut milk ... sold excessively dear!
Without nostalgia and with hate, we leave a few days for Honduras, the island of Utila, known for its underwater diving and offers among the cheapest in the world.
Utila is a favorite destination for travelers has little budget.
upon arrival on the island, we are drowned (!) Under the proposed accommodation and dive package. We opt for the Parrot Dive Center where we make six "fun dive (diving pleasure) over three days. each having the elementary patent in this field, a refresher is needed, however, because for one as for the other, our last descent back in the bottle (!) has ten of years!
upon arrival on the island, we are drowned (!) Under the proposed accommodation and dive package. We opt for the Parrot Dive Center where we make six "fun dive (diving pleasure) over three days. each having the elementary patent in this field, a refresher is needed, however, because for one as for the other, our last descent back in the bottle (!) has ten of years!
makes it to hide his new mustache Oliver pretends to revise!
We therefore devote a week after a revision based on the first level (open water dive). For example, here are two common sense questions:
1 / If You Fell Düring discomfort due to air expansion ascent in a body air space
If you feel any discomfort during your ascent due to expansion of air in your air cavities has
/ slow or stop your ascent and Give the trapped air Time to Work Its Way Out;
slow or stop the ascent to allow air to drain;
b / ascending continues: Will the air force a year escape.
continue the ascent, the air force a passage.
2 / After a dive to 18 m for 30 min, Followed by a 30 min surface interval and a repetitive dive to 16 m for 28 minutes, your ending pressure group Would Be:
after diving to 18 m for 30 min, followed by a surface interval of 30 min and then a second dive to 16 meters for 28 minutes, your group will be final pressure:
a / b / R c / d O / T
a / b / R c / d O / T
So? Easy ¿¡?!
be answered 1a / 2 b / (for the second question, using a dive table).
order to link business with pleasure, we decide to update our knowledge on the beach. But along the way, we encounter two problems:
And yes, to preserve the budget, nothing like that to prepare even his own dishes!
Result races the next morning, we were good students, according to Rebecca our dive master (dive master). After the oral interview in English, we were able to reconcile theory and practice to drive a first dive after which Rebecca told us able to perform our six fun dive.
special dedication to Sonia who collects photos of Helene in diving ... (memories, memories!)
Just for the photo ... because it is difficult to get into the boat as well!
become independent we will make three times two consecutive dives (surface interval with), always supervised by a dive master.
the southern stin ray
carb the yellow line and trumpet fish
Cushon sea star and the sand dollar
the parrot fish and angel fish French
flamingo tongue
we could follow a graceful turtle for a few moments ...
And it is these pictures that we let you ... a bientot!
"How not to give you the urge to plunge ... to share that feeling your whole being so close to the state fetal and amniotic fluid
... You are under water , surrounded by a very sweet, your breathing is more innate, automatic and virtually unchecked, it is a sign of survival, it means, can be seen and assessed in breath after breath for the dive lasts.
Your eyes are subjected to a profusion of corals, fish ballets, light rays cotoyant dark depths.
You fly your body and offers you possibilities of moving out of proportion to our good Earth.
Underwater, with of bottles, your mind is employed in this space, and just flash images of dangers, such as "The Jaws", drift nets, giant octopuses, Jules Verne, as well as the craziest discoveries, wreckage, emphores Roman, or encounters with dolphins, whale sharks, rays ... We will return soon
in mind the movie "Le Grand Bleu" and then I say YES, "Enzo, mid Palms!" And I plunged back again and again ... Give yourself the opportunity to enjoy the dive! "Olivier
GOLD
... You are under water , surrounded by a very sweet, your breathing is more innate, automatic and virtually unchecked, it is a sign of survival, it means, can be seen and assessed in breath after breath for the dive lasts.
Your eyes are subjected to a profusion of corals, fish ballets, light rays cotoyant dark depths.
You fly your body and offers you possibilities of moving out of proportion to our good Earth.
Underwater, with of bottles, your mind is employed in this space, and just flash images of dangers, such as "The Jaws", drift nets, giant octopuses, Jules Verne, as well as the craziest discoveries, wreckage, emphores Roman, or encounters with dolphins, whale sharks, rays ... We will return soon
in mind the movie "Le Grand Bleu" and then I say YES, "Enzo, mid Palms!" And I plunged back again and again ... Give yourself the opportunity to enjoy the dive! "Olivier
GOLD
" A Utila, the fact of putting on the combi, fitting the palms reminds me a lot of Egyptian good memories ... The nights at the beautiful star has Ras Mohamed and the chuckle with Marielle when both of us we were found at the middle of a huge school of fish outings Red Sea Hurgada or evening Olivier bartered his costume professor Dechaine for the rocker's ... A big thought for the little mama and canaillou ... "
Helene
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