Isla de Providencia

July 22, 2017 by Salvador Velazquez in Colombia

For the July 4th (long) weekend, we travelled to Providencia, a small Caribbean island that's close to Nicaragua but officially part of Colombia. Annika took to the calm beaches and warm water...and enjoyed seafood at every meal--fish, Caribbean lobster, shrimp, octopus, and calamari. We stayed at the Hotel Deep Blue, which is not a beachfront property but which has an incredible view of the very picturesque Crab Cay. With almost no internet service and little cell phone reception, it was a true getaway, and well worth it.

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Below is the video of our trip or you can click here.

Los Túneles

July 10, 2015 by Salvador Velazquez in Quito, Galapagos

On our second day in Isla Isabela, Julia and I took a snorkeling tour to Los Túneles, The Tunnels. A series of lava flows created a spectacular landscape of arcs and tunnels underneath and above the shallow water. Getting to the tunnels was "interesting" and was thoroughly enjoyed by Julia because to get there, the boat driver had to time his ride in between the large waves. Once in, we saw penguins, blue footed boobys, turtles, and sharks. Luckily the sharks were napping...

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Punta Pescadero 2013

May 12, 2013 by sal in Photography, Travels, Mexico

As our tour in Mexico is coming to an end, we took one final trip with the Mexi-crew to Baja California Sur. A world of contrasts, BCS is beautiful and we were lucky to share it with great friends whom we will miss immensely. The Casa Blanca was our beautiful home at Punta Pescadero, and from there we took a day trip to La Paz and then Isla Espiritu Santo for snorkeling with sea lions and kayaking. Our adventurous fisher-friends took a day trip fishing in the Sea of Cortez. While it was our last trip in Mexico during our tour, it is certainly not our last trip to BCS. To view the entire album click here.

Click here to view our video from Isla Espiritu Santo.

And finally, click here for our Kayaking video in Isla Espiritu Santo

Riviera Maya 2013

March 11, 2013 by sal in Photography, Travels, Mexico

The last time Julia and I visited Riviera Maya was back in 2006 and my has it changed. This time we stayed at Maykoba and while it was set back from the beach, the room was private and our balcony oversaw what to us appeared like a jungle. We saw all sorts of birds and heard the clean wind blowing through the trees. A much needed break from the city life. Seven years ago we visited Akumal and we were literally the only ones there and after snorkeling we had lunch at a tiny fish shack. This time, however, there were a lot of tourists and a plethora of restaurants unfortunately priced for the tourist. We snorkeled and saw plenty of fish and were able to swim with the turtles again. This was my first time filming underwater with my GoPro so the video is not perfect by any means. We also re visited Dos Ojos Cenote and again it was a bit more packed with tourists. The cenote was still fantastic and I would highly recommend visiting any of the cenotes in the Yucatan.

Below are some links to our videos. Akumal - A compilation of esnorkeling videos Dos Ojos Cenote - Julia and I esnorkeling basically...Dos Ojos Cenote - Another video of Julia and I snorkeling Dos Ojos Cenote - Snorkeling above scuba divers

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