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Apartment Hunting

12 May 2013

11.05.2013 85 °F

I loved this crab checking out a new apartment on our dive today!
time for a new house

time for a new house

crab apartment hunting

Posted by ErinDriver 17:23 Archived in Cuba Comments (0)

Saturday at the Slot

11 May 2013

11.05.2013 85 °F

I did have to work this morning so my reward is a dive at the slot afterward.

The Slot

dont know but it looked neat

anemone always perform for photos

again i have no idea but it looked neat

Posted by ErinDriver 13:26 Archived in Cuba Comments (0)

Cuban wildlife

8 May 2013

07.05.2013 85 °F

Tonight I was on the way to a scuba dive and saw almost every brand of wildlife Guantanamo Bay has to offer.
Cuban deer

Cuban deer

I heard a rumor of the small deer on the island but only seen them once or twice and then without a camera. This time I caught one out in the open. They are very small deer and one of the rumors is that one of the initial inhabitants of the island looked to hunt so he had deer brought here and released. No one is hunting them now

banana rat snacking

I had been trying to figure out how to get a photo of the banana rats who spend most of their time roaming around at night. We see them at the outdoor movie theater but at that point we aren't generally thinking about taking photos. Today this one was out early and didn't seem to mind when I came close for a photo. They are not named for their dietary preference, but because their feces look like small versions of the fruit. They are also called Desmarest's hutias.

banana rat

Last but not least of course is Iggy. You are never far from an iguana here in GTMO!

Iggy says stay back

I didn't have my camera for the dive but we saw a few grouper and I saw two gray spotted eels.

Posted by ErinDriver 17:52 Archived in Cuba Comments (0)

Sea Cucumber Dive

5 May2013

05.05.2013 85 °F

I know - you are thinking I must have had another hard week here in Cuba! Another two dives in and this is all I have to show for it....

sea cucumber

new coral

Fish peeking out of coral

diving uphill

corals

Colorful fish

Another anemone

Iggy on the way to the beach

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Bay Swim

4 May 2013

04.05.2013 85 °F

The Bay Swim is sort of like a legend around here. I had heard about it being scheduled, then canceled and delayed due to weather ever since I got here four months ago. But today was the lucky day, the weather gave us perfectly calm seas with barely a current.

About 40 swimmers met at girl scout beach, got on pontoon boats and were taken to the Leeward side of the island. Between the two sides there is 1.7 miles of bay that we now had to conquer. Swimmers fought a gauntlet of stinging plants, beas and hydra but everyone made it! Some will have proof of the event in the form of rashes and bites for several days afterward.
medical people before bay swim