Excellent set of dives in Malta

The weather was pretty shocking so we dived mainly out of Inland Sea. Some local spectators had huge fun watching 8 Tec divers with two stages each waiting for the swell to throw them up on to the rock plateaux so we could get out! Some excellent dives in the end though. Fantastic viz. HMS Stubborn provided some fun and frolics yesterday when we actually saw a turtle on our 9m Deco stop.

Drove out the the Blue Grotto today and dived the Faroud. I hadn’t seen this wreck for two years, but it still inspires awe as you see it in it’s full majesty. We couldn’t have asked for better viz and it still provides a really exciting swim through for divers new to penetration diving. There wasn’t a huge amount of life around during the day, but we grabbed some food from the local cafe and hung around for dusk. Oh my, was it worth the wait.

There was a ballet of Spanish Dancers, one beauty, black and red, showing off for the whole group. Several smaller ones joined in the fun, at which point we spotted a very cheeky octopus clambering up one of the diver’s fins (serves her right for not hovering in my opinion!). A good number of wrasse around too, which always makes me wonder why they don’t come out during the day! The grotto can seem so barren sometimes and yet every night dive I do there is full of life. A good few prawns scurrying around and best of all, some baby Moray Eels nestled into the rocks.

Jamaica September 2011

I was invited by the UK Jamaica Tourist Board to experience first-hand the delights of Jamaica. 

 We flew with Virgin Air from London Gatwick to Montego Bay located in the northwest of Jamaica .The flight time outbound is 9 hours 50 minutes and return 8 hours 50 minutes.

On arrival in Montego Bay (located North West Jamaica) we then transferred to another beachside resort East of Montego Bay, several days later we returned to stay in Montego Bay itself, followed by Negril (located West of Montego Bay).

The itinerary enabled us to view resorts that are ideally suited to a wide range of clients, while also giving a taste of the many activities that Jamaica has become known for. Jamaica is an island nation 234 kilometres (145 miles) in length and as much as 80 kilometres (50 miles) in width, and amounts to 10,990 square kilometres (4,243 sq. miles). It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about 145 kilometres (90 miles) South of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 miles) West of Hispaniola. 

 We experienced canopy tours to swimming with dolphins, plantation tours to catamaran cruises. Jamaica has a wide variety of interesting attractions and activities. The Caribbean Sea in Jamaica is beautifully calm and warm and as the island is surrounded only by the Caribbean Sea with no Atlantic Sea aspect it is always calm.

We visited many beautiful resort hotels – many of the resorts are ideal for a romantic, beautiful wedding and as the hotels are run with a high level of service and professionalism add to this the warmth, hospitality and laid-back nature of the Jamaican people and you have an ideal location for a stress-free and relaxed wedding.