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9 viewsI assure you I have not been paid for this photo. Yet. Cheap Coke...
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9 viewsSurprise!
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9 viewsReading about Outliers as a boy watches on the bus to Santa Catalina.
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10 viewsIt's like being back in Asia all over again. So cute.
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12 viewsThe beach road to Santa Cata.
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20 viewsWelcome to Santa Catalina.
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15 viewsWaterfront cabins near Blue Zone Hostal, where I was staying.
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17 viewsMy first dive in the Pacific started with somebody cutting the gas line.
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10 viewsAt last we're underway and putting Santa Catalina in the distance as we blast off for Coiba Island.
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11 viewsWelcome to my first Pacific dive site.
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12 viewsBetween dives you need to spend some time on the surface to let the nitrogen out of your blood. This is one heck of a surface interval.
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10 viewsOur boat sits waiting for us as we have lunch on our own private beach.
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11 viewsA panoramic shot of our surface interval.
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12 viewsWell, the beach wasn't exactly private. After all, there were quite a few locals like this guy.
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12 viewsAnd a more sea-centric view of our little beach.
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15 viewsGoodbye paradise beach.
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12 viewsThe whole coast is littered with little islands like this.
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12 viewsI believe this is some sort of whale skeleton.
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12 viewsWhen we made landfall, several of us were interviewed (multiple times) in our bad Spanish about why we were here.
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10 viewsI think my fourth interview for the day. I think the Panamanians are considering changing the island's status as a protected area. I hope not.
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