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The End
I am on my way back to the UK. Whilst I was on the journey back from Campeche we had an email from Head Office to say that they were closing the Mexico base, and giving us two weeks to get everything shut down. Things have gone back and forth since then, decisions made and…
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Conference in Campeche!
One of our partners Kanan Kay were having an AGM in Isla Arena which is in the North of the Yucatan peninsula, and we were invited. I jumped at the opportunity to get to see a bit more of the area, and off I went!! It took nearly 7 hours to get there in the…
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AGRRA Monitoring
I finally finished my training with Healthy Reefs which I started in Punta Allen last year!! This means that I can assist Healthy Reefs when they monitor the Mesoamerican coral reef, going out with other trained people to count fish. Roughly the methodology is you lay a 30m transect and count all of the fish that…
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Return to Cozumel
A few weeks ago I packed a bag and headed off for some diving in Cozumel. Almost one year ago had been my first visit, (the weekend before I did so much damage to my knee), and two dives hadn’t been enough time there, so this time I had planned an afternoon and night dive…
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The New Year
After spending Christmas at home I am back to full pace in Mexico. We have had a few new projects in the pipeline and everything seemed to need attention as soon as we were back on base. Miguel had two weeks in the British Virgin Islands booked, so while he was sailing around getting a…
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I am a Divemaster!!
A previous post on here details what I had to do to qualify, so this is just to tell you that I have finished! It may be the longest Divemaster ever, but I finally made it. I started with Ellie as my instructor, then Kayla took over when Ellie was overwhelmed at work, and then…
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Punta Allen
I was booked onto some training to learn AGRRA monitoring which is the protocol that is used to monitor the health of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. The training does not happen often as there are only a few people who deliver it, and as you can imagine it takes some coordinating to get trainers from…
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Going home….
This year was a big one for my brother Jon who turned 60. Last year we were talking about the party he was going to have and I couldn’t wait to be there and meet all of his friends. It didn’t occur to me until a few weeks before I left for Mexico that I…
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Surgery in Mexico
I had surgery in Mexico! A little while ago I slipped on water on the floor. Floor tiles in Mexico have a finish closer to that of a mirror than something you need to be able to walk on safely, and I went down hard. I twisted my right knee and despite going to bed…
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Creatures great and small.
The marine life is so varied here, and I love all of the different things I get to see underwater, but this is an appreciation post for the variety of things I see on land and in the sky on a day to day basis. There are variations of the birds we have in the…
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