Barbados – Part 13 – Below Sea Level

And now for the diving. When I go to dive destinations, whether or not we go back is ALWAYS determined by the quality of the diving. Most of the time, my answer is “YES”, I will go back, though there a couple of places that the answer is “NO”. Barbados is a DEFINTE YES!!!!!! The diving was great. The water was the brightest turquoise I’ve ever seen. It was so clear and warm, and so full of life too. Always good signs. We saw large turtles, both green and hawksbills and southern stingrays on almost every dive, if not every dive. We even saw a bat ray flying at the surface one day. So yes, Barbados is a definite DO-OVER, again, and again and again. 🙂 🙂 🙂

We dived with Roger’s Scuba Shack all week. I highly recommend Roger’s too. Roger is a lot of fun and has a great personality. We immediately felt like family with Roger and Shanikah, our dive master. They were both fantastic. 🙂 Roger and Shanikah are on both ends.

Roger was having his front repainted while we were there, so this is all brand new, just for you.

This type of mask I will gladly wear at all times. 🙂

We did not dive with Seth, but next time I hope we get to dive with him as well. He too has a great personality and is a lot of fun, as well as being a wealth of knowledge and information.

Sean is a newbie dive master and still has a lot to learn, but he is a lot of fun. We dived with him a couple of times towards the end.

Roger and Sean hamming it up for the camera.

And now for the real stars of the trip …. Sadly, I don’t have an underwater camera at the moment, so none of these are my shots. They are much better than what I could take anyway though. 🙂

Green turtles

Hawksbills turtles. They tend to be a little friendlier to visitors than green turtles. Green turtles are little more shy and reserved.

Talk to the flipper.

Southern stingrays.

Bat rays.

I will dive anytime, all the time, every time given the opportunity to do so. Larry doesn’t dive as much as I do anymore, so I do cut back on SOME of my diving to do other things with Larry. My preference is definitely to dive, though I do also enjoy all the other activities and adventures on our trips as well. 🙂