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Various selection of pictures from 2008 in Belize. Click on pictures for medium view. Right-click/save to save and/or view different resolutions.

		Almost there! Enroute KDFW - KBZE!!! Somewhere over Mexico save file:    small    medium    large
		The mandatory safety drill to make sure everyone knows where the kid's life vests are. Doh! Belize City, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Chilling for breakfast, getting ready for the first dive of the trip! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		So we tried to get some of our friends to go on the trip. Perhaps we should have played up the 'talent' factor. This is Aaron, one of the divemasters. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Scenic shot of the free from over the lip of the wall. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Turtle time!!!! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		John, a local doing DM this dive, saw everything. This is a short neck crab, one of those decorator crabs that puts on a gillie-suit and hides... very well... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Two Queen Angel fish doing a dance (or trying to get away from me) Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Another scenic shot above the wall, taken by one of the girls w/ the underwater mode to remove the blue tint. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Some fish swirling around, Aaron hovering, and me in the background ruining a picture of something cool. This being my first few dives w/ the camera+strobes i botched quite a few opportunities : ) Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Standard Barrel Sponge. They're everywhere but i still think they're way cool. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		More sponges, there guys are everywhere too. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Schools of fish would hang out under the boat looking for stuff to eat. Usually Horse Eyed Jacks (in this case), but often Tarpon and Chub. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Yeah buddy! One of the things Peter Hughes is known for is having the safety stop bar. As the boat drifts in the current it takes you for a nice ride, it makes it easy to do your 3 minutes too! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Kathy at the edge of the wall keeping an eye out for cool pelagics! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Remora cruising out in the open looking for something to mooch off of. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		The Sun Dancer II moving, that's the emer outboard rig being towed. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		DM Elsie pointing out something cool. For you fellas that didn't want to go- your loss! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A pregnant banded shrimp hanging around... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Green Moray trying to get away from us. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A school of Tang, the non-orange kind. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Some more scenery. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Another fishie trying to get away. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Throughout all the the dives we were shadowed by Tarpon and other fish higher up on the food chain trying to see if we'd kill anything they can mooch on. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		All the ladies on the trip. It reminds me of the Cingular commercial, or that fish-to-caveman pictorial...sorta. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		So i saw this ray in the distance. No, it was a shark. No, a swordfish... uh.. a trashbag... drifting in the current. Doh. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Hi itty bitty fishie! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Another banded shrimp trying to be careful around something big enough to eat it. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Here's the wall.... with a haze a foot or two off it. But the haze is alive. Something must be spawning so we're going thru coral spooge or something. You can see the little specs move in front of your facemask... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Barracuda that's been assigned to me for this dive. No worries, they're not after us. We're way bigger than they are. But they can sure as hell freak you out at night! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Some crew hijinks. Capt Mike was dinking around on the surface when Aaron swam up w/ a tank of air and a spare reg... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		That's a big shell that hermit crab has. And he lugged it up that sponge! Not that there was much up there for him except a balancing act... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A squid i lit up w/ my twin strobes and flashlight. Not only did i blind him for a bit, i advertised his presence to the barracuda, groupers, and everything else that eats other things. But he got off lucky this time and i got a nice shot. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Little bugger.. these octopi like to hide. They constantly change color and shape... at lease when pursued by photog divers : ) Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A group chilling... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Another octopi trying to get away... LighthouseReef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A medium sized nurse shark just sitting there all innocent like. I came along and shined a few lights in his face and he tried to get away.. right at me because he couldn't see where he was going. I had to bop him (gently) on the nose to make him go away! How cool is that!!!!! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		That's me swimming about with my tarpon buddy in front of me. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Me again going through a break between coral heads... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Checking the sand for things to eat... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A nurse shark getting away from us. I plopped down a foot or so in front of him and bugged him enough that he wanted to leave : ( Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Everyone going through the coral (or about to). Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A stingray cruising, they normally don't fly so high... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Triggerfish passing by... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A couple of tiny critters inside a sponge. You normally don't see the blennies in sponges... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Suckers! The poor people and/or non-real-divers take day boats from the city. It's a 3 hours bouncy ride each way... we just wake up, take a nice stretch, and splash in. Screw waking up at 5am to torture ourselves in paradise! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A stingray looking for food in the grass... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Fariy Basset on the side of a Barrel Sponge. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Gray Angel Fish... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A sting ray taking off after being buried in the sand. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Capt Mike (macroman) catching the action with his photon torpedo cannon of a camera. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		That's me at the bottom inching up to the shark. Check out the ghetto rig! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Kathy hovering over a barrel sponge. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A closeup of a stingray from a foot away. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Little fishes resting on some coral. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Hind just kicking it. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		An Arrow Crab (and a baby urchin) inside a sponge. It took many pictures to get one that sorta came out! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Sargent Major protecing his/her eggs on the rock (see blue tint of the fish? it'll get darker). Also note the white marks above his head- teeth marks from another fish trying to make dinner from the eggs! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Blenny hovering above his hole. They spook easily but if you stay still they come right back out. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Parrot Fish sleeping at night. Did you know each one of those critters makes ~1 ton of coral sand a year?! (from dead coral so it's ok/good) Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Some Brittle Stars at night on some sponges. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A bug. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		More bugs, this time of the shrimpus variety, banded. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Fairy Basslet sleeping inside a sponge at night on the wall. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Spotted Moray trying to get away from me on this night dive. It is a little spooky diving on the wall at night, you have your back to the open ocean... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Sunset on day 3 of the trip. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A conch checking if it's safe to come out. He got lucky, an Eagle Ray just tried to eat him. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Around 120 ft down or so, me taking a picture of Kathy. The Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Kathy making the splash off the dive deck and me about to follow. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Awww... how cute. Lance and Kathy. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		It's hard to get a good picture of these guys since they're always crusing at a decent speed. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		One of my favorite pictures of the trip, too bad i didn't take it. A big ol' Eagle Ray is about to chomp on that conch!!!! Whoa.. those things are big with some seriously massive shells. The literature doesn't say they eat these buggers, but we even have video of it. John, the local, always thought it was the dolphins/octopus littering the ground with busted up conchs too. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		The name escapes me at the moment but it's basically a slug with some frilly stuff on his back. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		More turtle time! This was a fantastic dive site for big critters. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		After going to 135ft we needed some surface time so we make a short excursion to Half Moon Cay. That's Aaron and Katie in the boat with us. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Hahaha... not all of it's for sale btw... Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A big old hermit crawling around on Half Moon... Half Moon Caye, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A frigate bird soaring over us... Half Moon Caye, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Some Boobies chilling in the treetops. Half Moon Caye, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Some coral to offset all the fish pics. Elephant Ear i think it is. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		At 135ft only the sharks can hear you scream. During one of the last ice ages when the ocean levels went down the cave was made. Later it collapsed and you can swim down it to see the stalagtites. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Capt Mike trying to avoid a prop strike on the coral while extracating us from the blue hole. That's Half Moon Caye ahead of us. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		This little crab was right under me and scurried away asap. He then buried himself a foot or two away.. right by Katie who was lounging about.. and she hates crabs. I guess college in london was hard for her : ) Half Moon Cay, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Aaron trying real hard and putting in some time with the Ranger/Gift Shop girl. He put in a lot our hours that week, not much return for him. Half Moon Caye, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		The light house(s) on the island and some of the local's residences. It's not as populated as it was the last time i was here... a hurricane busted it up in between (again). Half Moon Caye, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Some Creole Wrasse streaming by. I love these little buggers. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Splish-splash! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Some Chromis and something else above some corals. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A butterfly fish with a little contusion! Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A big hermit crab in a conch shell trying to figure me out. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		I'm not sure if you can make it out but there is a jelly in focus in the middle of the picture. It's all black because it's night, you can't really see them during the day (and they don't come out during the day anyways) Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Kathy and I swimming along the wall. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Me silhouette against the surface. Lighthouse Reef, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Great shot by Collette! A Kodak moment of the group watching a turtle do it's thing. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		What you see going in/out of the water. Someone is always there to lend a hand or a fresh warm towel straight of the dryer. There's no other way to do this! Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Me and the other half! Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		John the fish leading the pack. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		The crew. They did a fantastic job with us 5 passengers. The crew: Jerry, Mike, Elie, Aaron, Barb, Carlos, John, Elsie. Sun Dancer II save file:    small    medium    large
		Yet another banded shrimp. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A christmas tree worm and a tiny fish that i forgot the name of. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Triggerfish lodged in there so that he can't escape me... ha... fishes. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Fairy Basslet on a Brain coral. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Big ol' crab just chilling and waiting for us to go away. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Honeycombed Cowfish. Note the scrape marks on his side. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A squirrel fish hiding about. I was never a big fan of these funny looking critters. They never did anything except hid and look ugly (to me anyways) Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A something or other on a brain coral. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Ummm... so kathy pointed these things out a few times on the trip. Like i need more pictures of them but i obliged. Turns out she just wanted to know what they were : ) Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Turns out the little blueish fishes will come out to clean you if you sit still... cool... Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Cool looking baby fish but it's not a baby. It's the best picture i can take with my canon point-n-shoot : ( Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Chromis sitting by some algae and some star coral. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		3 minutes of safety stop! Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		I think this is a baby fish trying to hide all concealed like. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		An anenome and the shrimp that hide in them. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		I think this is a scorpion fish but it sorta looks like a real fish. Maybe it's a juvie? Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		I found this crab sitting on a sea fan and molested him with about 20 pictures/flashes at night. He's still blinded. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		These brave little fish are out in the open at night. Hard to focus on them, especially with those @#$*%@#$ f*king shrimp swarming you and and your lights... little fuckers.. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A tiny hermit crab in some coral. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		x-mas tree worm. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		So here i am crusing about at night and i see this fishmarket display of a fish. Ha! This little bugger is hiding/sleeping in this sponge! How about that... he's kinda big for it don't ya think? Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Everyone decending at the same time... Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		The Sun Dancer II and a barracuda guarding it. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Feather Duster worm collecting food. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Sand Diver sitting like they do on the coral. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Toadfish holed up. There were a ton at this dive site, but it's hard to get a good shot of them since they pick the smallest and darkest holes. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A spotted moray checking me out. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		3 shrimps hanging about and making some wierd motions in the water... Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Run away! Two fish making a beeline for the nearest cover. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		An anenome of which i've never seen in the caribbean. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		*yawn* Arrowcrab, they were everywhere here. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A Spotted Golden Moray, a baby one. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Another one of these anenome that's new to me. Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Yeah, i don't take pictures of algae and display them. There's something there. Where's waldo? Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		*sniff* Surfacing after the last dive. It was a great trip, i'm glad kathy didn't kill me and had a good time : ) Turneffe Islands, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Friday afternoon we took a short drive to tour Altun Ha. See the cracker americans on the left... ai... we had to apologize for their behavior. Altun Ha ruins, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Some of the reliefs on the pyramid. Altun Ha, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		The big pyramid at the site, the area was mostly a merchant/trading zone. The religious centers had bigger structures. Altun Ha, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Back to the boat docked at the Radisson dock. Belize City, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		So Saturday we signed up for a tour... and it happens to be pouring. So we ducked into the walmart of Belize (brodies) for some ponchos... Belize City, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		We're supposed to get out to go on a boat ride and then hike some?!? Western Highway, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Some snake cactus on our jungle cruise. New River, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Kathy being a good sport : ) For us white folks this was a total disney jungle ride to the ruins. Sweet!!! New River, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A jesus bird (he walks on water) that's been talked into showing his yellow feathers by Roberto (a mayan). New River, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		A lilly pad and associated flowers. New River, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		The menonites. Kinda of a wierd arrangement they have. Live off the land like the amish, but they're good welders and people contract them to make boats and stuff. New River, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		When you see a vulture stretching his wings in the rain he's trying to tell you how big of a house he wants. Because if he had that house he wouldn't get wet and have to flap his wings to dry off (not water proof) New River, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Roberto showing the famous head at the jaguar temple. We were the only ones on the tour! Lamanai, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		The view from the talled pyramid at 'Lamanaiun'. The spanish screwed up when they recorded the name... Lamanai, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Ok, i kind made her climb it. I mean, how many time will you have the opportunity to do so? : ) Lamanai, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		Two memonite kids catching dinner. New River, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		So all the telephone poles in the rural areas were covered in political slogans. PUP vs UDP. Western Highway, Belize save file:    small    medium    large
		The local ironman contest. The turnout wasn't as big as the carival the previous day and there were some shady looking folks here and there. Especially on the way back! (want to buy some ganja man?) Belize City, Belize save file:    small    medium    large