Beetle in Oostvoornse Meer

Beetle in Oostvoornse Meer, originally uploaded by Nuno Sanches e Silva.

Diver on wreck (Oostvoornse Meer)

Diver on wreck (Oostvoornse Meer), originally uploaded by Nuno Sanches e Silva.

I went this weekend to Oostvoornse Meer with my buddy Fred and took a couple of pictures. I will post some now and much more when I find the time.

Diver Exploring

Diver Exploring, originally uploaded by Nuno Sanches e Silva.

Diver Swimming

Diver Swimming, originally uploaded by Nuno Sanches e Silva.

Sunken Bus in Vinkeveen

Sunken Bus in Vinkeveen, originally uploaded by Nuno Sanches e Silva.

Diver on top of bus (Vinkeveen)

Diver on top of bus (Vinkeveen), originally uploaded by Nuno Sanches e Silva.

This shot was taken in Vinkeveen on top of the bus. Frans is the diver in the picture.

Diver on wreck

Diver on wreck, originally uploaded by Nuno Sanches e Silva.

Going to Honduras !!! 7 April - 14 April

I am preparing myself for my first liveaboard ever. Unfortunately I will not be able to share this experience with my other half. For this first I chose the Agressor Utila liveaboard. Utila is considered the Whale Shark Capital of the Caribbean. I will be travelling from the 7th April 2007 - 14th April 2007.


Local fisherman and the older scuba divers in Utila tell stories of "Old Tom", a legendary barnacle encrusted Whale Shark reputedly cruising the waters around Utila since Adam was a boy. Old Tom has been variously estimated at 40ft, 50ft and even 60ft in length, depending upon who's telling the story. In reality, the most common size seen in the waters surrounding Utila is between approximately 6m and 10m (20ft and 33ft), weighing around 15 - 20 tons.

Dolphin Swim Programs & Slaughter

WASHINGTON - January 18 - Environmental organizations revealed today that two American aquarium specialists are poised to transfer of twelve bottlenose dolphins from Japanese slaughter pens to a Dominican Republic aquarium, Ocean World Adventure Park.

The environmental groups of the Save Japan Dolphins Coalition are attempting to stop transfer both because it is grossly inhumane and because it violates provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The twelve dolphins are being held in Taiji, Japan pending the granting of import permits to the Dominican Republic. Stefan Meister, (a German national and vice president of the Ocean World Adventure Park in the Dominican Republic), Dr. Michael Briggs DVM, (an American citizen associated with the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago), and Dr. Ted Hammond, (an American dolphin dealer and marine mammal veterinarian) are brokering the sale and transfer of the twelve dolphins.

The Save Japan Dolphins Coalition has obtained rare broadcast-quality video footage of the cruel, bloody capture of these twelve dolphins in Japan's waters in the port of Taiji.

Further info on the Save Japan Dolphins Coalition is available at:
www.SaveJapanDolphins.org

Double click on the play button in the clip below to see the video of Japan's brutal capture of bottlenose dolphins.

Diver Silhouette

Diver Silhouette, originally uploaded by Nuno Sanches e Silva.

First test with my EF-S 10-22mm lens and the glass dome port. Visibility was very poor. This is a shot of my dive buddy Frans in Vinkeveen.