Cartman - the cat at Captain Morgans who had the sense to go to each apartment and get food. Suprisingly thin for 12 meals a day!!

James who managed to take quite a few close ups of himself. Not sure if it was vanity or he did not know which way to hold the camera.

Stingrays at a snorkel site near Caye Caulker. Snorkelling with these was great fun. Wearing my "Stingrays 1 - Steve Irwin 0" earned me some points with them so they were nice to me.

A barracuda looks on, unamused by my T-shirt or the stingrays. There's no pleasing a barracuda.

A close up of Jeremy the stingray. He was a bit of a show off but I took the pic anyway just to stop him bugging me.

James again. More confusion with the camera I assume.

Giggedy Giggedy - James's photo of an anonymous bottom. We couldn't figure out who owned it once we were above the water.

An eagle ray - gliding past in a very relaxed fashion.

Another eagle ray glides past. I am not to sure of the tenses for glide, maybe it glid, or glode? Glidded is just ridiculous.

More glidding. I refuse to take any more photos of eagle rays, the grammar hassle is just too much.

Our little group on holiday - Amy, Kelly and Sue at the top then James, Ian and John. Surnames are not given in order to protect the innocent.

James attempts to discover the sex of a grouper from 10 feet away. A futile exercise as groupers are notoriously shy and keep thier naughty parts hidden at all times.

Note the style displayed in this picture. The bold use of shorts under the wetsuit earned a round of applause from the divers on the boat.

A crab hiding away in a rock. I have dived in Belize many times and this year is the first time I recall seeing crabs. Maybe they were all hiding from me the past times.

Jenny and Craig. These two got married and were on thier honeymoon and Jenny was certifying. She did great apart from forgetting to breathe out..;-)

Damn eagle rays and their glidding escapades!

Jenny and Craig again, this is very much like a photo we have - except for the fact that it is not of Jenny and Craig.

A seascape, several sponges and some soft corals plus a rather friendly blue fish whose name I completely forgot to note.

A gray angel, one of the easier angels to photograph. French then Queens then Bi-colors follow on the difficulty scale with arc being the most difficult.

I think this is a schoolmaster. It looks very serious indeed. Fish should not be too joyous in my opinion.

On the way to Lamanai. There is a boat trip followed by a bus trip followed by another boat trip. The guides have to take exams and are great at explaining a lot of what you see on the way.

A water lily on the way out. The lilies only stay open for half the day as they are afraid of Jaguars. (How stringent is that exam the guides take?)

The bus to Lamanai. You cannot see it's suspension in this photo as it has none!! The roads are, shall we say, a little rough? Sue and my Mother are standing in the way of the bus for some reason.

Flowers at the rest stop. I don't know what type they are but they are quite nice to look at.

Coconuts are so common in Belize, almost as if they grow on trees (I cannot believe I have sunk that low to do the old 'grow on trees joke', I must need another beer!

A local dog at the rest stop. Bomba village is the name of the stop by the way, Athur was the name of the dog. The dogs in Belize are generally very friendly if a little uncouth.

Low tide in Bomba village ;-)

I cannot recall where this was taken. I must make better notes.

A Black orchid, apparently the national flower of belize. They make an awful fuss when you pick them and stick them in your rucksack.

This may look like nothing but I am assured that in the center of the photo is a Boa Constrictor. No, I was not convinced either but I didn't want to look stupid by arguing. It may just be a twig.

A sculptue of a Mayan. Apparently they died out as they all had extremely large heads.

James and Amy pause as they climb towards the top of a Mayan tower. Shortly after this I sprinted past them on my way tot he top in record time (7.56 secs).

An ancient Mayan gargoyle. One of the only remaining in existence. The significance of the red hat escapes historians.

A more distant view of the same monument making it look a lot smaller than it actually is. It tries to diminish the achievement of me climbing it which is just wrong.

Another Mayan tower. Did these guys have too much time on their hands or what?

A Parrot fish again, being rather Parrotty. They seem to do little else which is vaguely annoying for some reason.

Bloody Eagle Rays. I am beginning to hate them and thier glidey ways.

A lobster - nuff said.

A barracuda.

More sponges and soft corals. This one makes a great background for the PC. Ensure you set it to Stretch to fit.

A juvenile grouper rests in a sponge just quietly watching to world go by.

I don't know. This one slipped through the editing process. It's kind of boring but I am too lazy to delete it now.

A nice little speckled moray tacked away deep inside a barrel sponge.

The same eel. Well, I could just be saying that - can you tell them apart? Maybe they are different ones and I am fooling you?

I have to consult my fish book to identify this. Goat fish springs to mind but I am not certain. It is hanging over a barrel sponge in the same way as a brick doesn't.

This is a pretty big barrel sponge. It's the size of a large...well, barrel.

Could it be Jesus or could it be James?

The dive boat coming to pick us up. Taken with a very wide angle lense as an 'over under' shot.

This is the Caye we stopped at for a surface interval at Turneffe Atoll. It has a research center on it and very little else.

Same place, different view. A very nice place for a stop for the surface interval.

The boat waits for us as we rest in the sunshine.

Turtle, Turtle, Turtle

Turtle, Turtle, Turtle

George. OK, not strictly a Belize photo but he is such a cool cat he deserves world recognition.

Morty the Moray rests quietly beneath a rocky ledge before sneaking out and eating an innocent diver.

A nurse shark slips past in the blue. Nurse sharks look like aircraft, graceful, smooth and with Jet engines affixed beneath each wing.

Another nice sponge, this photo looks a bit blocky due to the conversion, this is why the full size images are provides as well. If you like an image I suggest checking the full size image as they are pre-editing and so better quality.

A very friendly grouper. He just hung around patiently while I pointed the camera at him then sold me a bracelet and a wooden shark.

Just a whole bunch of fish! A school or a shoal or whatever. I prefer the term a shitload which better describes the amount present.

A closeup of the fish in the previous photo. IThis was taken at about 30 feet I believe and we just ascended into them. Very cool to see.

There were sharks in the area and all the divers went to see them. I just hung around with Morty and we both took snaps. I took them of Morty and he took them at me.

I am my own worst critic and much as I like these photos I still think they could be improved dramatically. Perhaps with a stylist for Morty and some throw pillows.

Morty shows his good side as he tries to look coy for the camera.

A Nurse shark just before he attacked and I was hospitalised.

Sponges, corals, fish and rocks!! Who says you don't get good value for money on this site - oh wait, it's free. Damn!

I like this just because it is almost a sillouette, no detail, just the shape. In photography terms it may not be very good but I find the image strangely pleasing.

Billy and Bobby

Bobby and Billy. Someone told me I had the names the wrong way round so I have corrected them. Apologies to Billy (or Bobby) and Bobby (or Billy).

Sue watches a DVD on her Oceanic UW/DVD player. I think it was Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Sue and her ENORMOUS snorkel. (it's actually tiny but she is, as mentioned, only 8 inches tall).

Our glorious dive leader Will. Sleeping during a safety stop. Not that he was relaxed or anything but you could hear him snoring!

Ready to ascend the group waits for Will to wake up. Apparently he has been known to snooze for over an hour during some stops.

Still fishing, I am not sure we stopped in the best of spots but it was entertaining to see him throw the net.

Amy and her ever present hat. Behind here sits Caroline who later became wrangeled in the great beer contoversy of oh six. I won't go into details but it got ugly. Before embarking on a trip, check for the beer!!

Sue and Kelly - the shortage of beer is beginning to have it's effects as this shot clearly demonstrates.

Sue underwater. Her eyes seem to ask 'Does my bum look big in this?'

Stingrays when there is food in the water. I was being bumped by several rays and it was really cool. They are such wierd creatures but relatively harmless. Don't fear the rays, fear the humans.

When the food is gone calm returns. These rays are just on the scrounge for scraps.

This is what I was saying just the other day at my Athiest church meeting. I could not have put it more succinctly myself unless I said 'Even in Paradise there are lunatics'

Sue and James on one of James's qualifying dives. Not quite as deep as some others but so much fun! 18 feet max inside Tuffee.

Just swimming along at about 6 foot deep and with the sun still penetrating the water there was a lot of life to see.

Quite a nice seascape I think. I have this as my current background. Well, unless you are reading this when I don't in which case - I don't.

Note the divers in the distance framed nicely by the corals. I like this picture but I wish the diver on the left was not in it. Bloody divers - they get everywhere.

Another shallow seascape. I must have been feeling artistic that day.

Photo hogs. I wanted to get Alan (middle left) but when they saw the camera they all had to cram in to be in the picture. I had my revenge though - I ate several of them later at Fidos.

A plant - I thought it looked nice and it's my site so that's all that counts.

A hermit crab tries a conch shell to see if it will make a good new house. The deal fell through later when the inspection showed it had damp.

This was a pretty big hermit crab. The conch shell he (or she) is trying out is about 10 inches across.

Sue pretending to parachute - some people are so immature. I don't do this every dive at all.

A nurse shark 'sleeps' on the sand away from all the divers and general annoyances of the ocean. We let this one sleep in peace and saved the harpoon for another day.

Sue stands on the sand and tries to do the vulcan greeting. Unsuccessfully as it turns out but you have to give her points for trying.

James Zykan (Dive instructor extraordinaire) drifts slowly down on one of James's qualification dives.

James. Did pretty well for a first time in that he did not drown or get eaten by sharks. There's not a lot more you need to do.

Well, maybe stay the right way up. James executes a complex barrel roll procedure designed to..well, I have no idea what it was for - any guesses?

Just following a shark along. This one clearly had no idea where it was going so I abandoned the pursuit.

Dude! WTF!!

Belize offers a lot of finger canyon diving. YThe best of which is Tacklebox in my hmble opinion. I also like Eagle Ray canyon except for the damn eagle rays!

Another nice windows background. Isn't evolution wonderful, it has managed to get life to a point where it works with Microsoft.

Albert the Turtle.

Turtle, Turtle, Turtle.

These bring up a question regarding the photos. The blue background (or water in technical terms) looks very grainy in my turtle photos.

If you view this in Photoshop at 23.3% of the original size it looks great, why is that. Is Nature at fault, My camera or My computer. Personally I am still blaming Darwin.

This is one of my favourites. It prints pretty nicely from the original to standard print size as well. Even with my cheapy printer.

Another shot looking up at the sharks. These were great whites and they were hungry. It was only through skill, courage and by telling some enormous lies I was able to get through them and surface.

This was a nurse shark feeding 'frenzy' for those of you who have dived with nurse sharks you'll realise 'frenzy' is a bit of an exageration.

This is getting silly. If the were to form an ordely line they'd all get some food.

This is the worst picture of a Manatee ever!! It is on Caye Calker and there are some real contenders for that honour. However, after careful consideration this one wins the title.

Sue and Mum once more with Caroline trying to sneak into the picture from the left. This was on the trip to Lamanai after the terrible beer incident of oh six.