The Steve Zissou Expeirience

Although I didn't set out to exact revenge on the "jaguar shark" that ate my partner, I did manage to see some pretty magnificent things 60 feet below. I completely underestimated what i would see down there, rookie mistake when diving with creatures half your size and can take a limb in one bite. Truth is, words couldn't possibly describe what i saw down there and the species I encountered. I can only say though that i felt extremely humble and fortunate to experience a world where not many can or would want to for fear of the obvious.



Fact. Don't ever purchase one of those cheap disposable underwater cameras, out of 30 exposures 2 where of decent quality. So much for capturing the underwater world.



So here it is. All the accounts that I've heard, the parables that have been told, everything leading up to this day, forgotten in one tense, apprehensive breath. The Great Blue Hole. Just in case you're to lazy to click on the link and inform yourself on the creatures that reside in this hole, allow me to fill you in. Sharks, sharks, and more fucking sharks!



I was told three things prior to jumping in: always keep tabs on your partner, always watch your back, and always stay cool. Its too bad my partner didn't hear that before he effortlessly jumped in. He proceeded to take a thousand pictures of cute little Nimos and colorful coral. "Hey guy! how about you look to your left and watch that 10ft man eating fish swim right by you." I knew I was in an environment where I shouldn't of been and for the first time in 27 years, my life flashed before my eyes. What else was I to do but...



You only live once. Write that down.

After Hours

Belize Bitch II. Paradise Found

You know what, I really wish I had the time to elaborate on the details of this trip but the fact is I don't. So here's basically what we did, what we ate every night and, what I saw. Real screen saver shit.


Excitement straight to dismay

We arrived at the island with ample time to catch dinner, actually we had no choice but to catch dinner. Fish on bitches.

10 min into it, a school of Tuna. All four lines tagged, one after the other.

The freshest sushi one can find, 20 min after the catch. The next day, we did it all over again.





Breakfast of champions

Out there, its a fight for who can grab a fish faster, you or the larger fish in the ocean (sharks.) Almost every fish caught came back bitten or body less.






Fucking rats

Before


After

Peace out

The occasional shipwreck

Hey pal, fancy seeing you here

Definitely paradise. When the sun goes down, its a whole other experience.

To be continued

We're In Belize Bitch

I'm now ready to elaborate on my recent adventure to Central America. After a week of detoxing from a shit load of beer, some extra curricular activities, all you can eat fresh fish, and a bit of family drama upon my return from island paradise, the dust has finally began to settle. Such is life.



I'm not exaggerating about the "shit load of beer" statement. We brought approximately 800 beers to the island split amongst 7 guys. That works out to be something like 114 beers per person, 19 beers per day give or take. Not to mention the occasional Bourbon, and Patron filled evenings. At the end of this trip I asked myself, was this more of an alcohol consuming expedition more so than diving and fishing? Depending on which guy you ask, probably yes.




My adventure led me and six other guys to Nick's house on Long Caye (key), a remote island 54 miles off the coast of Belize City. The island rests on the most easterly of Belize's three atolls where the diving rivals that of any in the world. My six travel compodres, Nick, Noel, Chucky Nookie, Lewis, Patrick, and Jeff are some of the coolest and funniest people around and if asked to travel with them again I'd do it in a heart beat.

The first day was spent in Belize city where we had to wait for one person to get in. I wont mention any names here "JEFF" but it turns out this person got hosed on his flights and the airlines managed to loose his luggage. We stayed at the fabulous Princess Hotel and Casino for one evening, truthfully its really all you can bare when being charged $1.00 to use the restrooms.



They do however pride themselves on their re fried beans, truly nothing like it. I opted to starve for this portion of the trip.



I'm actually glad we got to spend the day in the city, it gave me the opportunity to really see what Belize had to offer which was absolutely nothing.




Oh is he now?


So as we waited for that final person in our party to arrive, it was nothing but drinking and dominoes for all




So it goes



I signed on to this trip some 4 weeks in advance and the anticipation was ailing me, waiting for this cat to show up so we can take off to paradise was even worse. I'd like to share that pain with my fellow readers.

To be continued........