Every month, we at Pacific Scuba Center will add photos from our dive trips and Pacific Ocean Divers (POD) Dive Club events. If you took a camera along with you to one of our events, bring the pictures by the store! We'll scan them and put them up for everyone to see!

MICRONESIA '2000 - PALAU & TRUK LAGOON
It was going to be a long trip, but we all knew it would be worth it. Besides, isn't half the fun just getting there? First, we needed to stop in Hawaii to meet Val and John. We had a little surprise for them at the airport. I think we surprised most of the people on the airplane too! Thanks to Dani, we all had animal noses and silly string! Then, it's off to Guam for our next stop! With all the shopping available in here, we had a great layover. Our first night in Palau was spent at a small hotel and then we had a great morning at the Palau Pacific Resort where we enjoyed "shark attacks" while we waited for the Sun Dancer II crew to pick us up. Looking back on it now, we should have known by the reaction of this crew member that our group would be too much for this crew!! We JUST wore our animal noses!!

Our week on Sun Dancer II was amazing! Not only did we dive with whale sharks, reef sharks, manta rays, eagle rays, and bumphead parrot fish, but we saw cuttle fish mating. Our first "reef hook" dive at Fern's Wall was awesome!! We even dove with Peter Hughes! And it just kept getting better. Our night dive at Ngemeles Wall... the water is calm and there are a thousand stars in the sky. The water is glowing with phosphorescene and the feeling is exhilarating as we glide across the water in the "Magic Tram". I am the last one on the boat and it is incredibly peaceful - just the familiar clang of my equipment on the deck and the splash as I enter the water. I see Dani below me and descend to her. Immediately, she is pointing to a zillion critters. WOW! Back on the Sun Dancer, we are entertained by our crew with fashion shows, slide shows and great video from Marcus. Normally, we would be sad to leave the crew and boat after a week of diving, but we are off to Truk Lagoon on the Truk Aggressor II.

As soon as we meet Capt. Stew at the airport in Truk - we sense that he is going to take care of us the week. Capt. Stew was awesome. From humorous dive briefings with dances to slide shows at night, our Captain was there for us!! Not only was the service and atmosphere on the Truk Aggressor the best, the diving was a real history lesson! If you have never been diving to Truk Lagoon, you should put it on you list of places to visit! It's difficult to describe the feeling when you are sitting in a Japanese Zero in the cargo hold of a Japanese freighter at 80'. You must go and experience this!

After a few "last night" tricks, we packed up and headed for home. We are sad to leave this boat and these people, as they have touched our hearts!

It was a memorable Micronesian vacation! Thanks to all of you for making it special.

Akumal 1999 - The Mayan Riviera
Our trip to Akumal in November was a memorable one! We stayed at the Hotel Club Akumal Caribe which is located directly on the beach in the very small village of Akumal. We arranged diving with the guys at Dive Center Akumal and enjoyed their relaxed, stress-free pace. We enjoyed diving in the beautiful waters of the Mexican Caribbean as well as the fresh water Jungle Cenotes. We had the opportunity to dive 4 cenotes including Grand Cenote, Car Wash, Taj Maha, and Dos Ojos. Exploring the wonders of the Ancient Mayan civilizations at Tulum was a great way to spend time off-gasing some nitrogen. And of course, there were times we just had to relax on the powdery white beach and do nothing. Thanks to all the Akumal group for a terrific time! Hope you enjoy the photos

August 1999 - All Girls trip to La Paz!!

The Sea of Cortez remains an unrivaled world-class dive destination for anybody seeking diverse and exciting opportunities on every dive! We enjoyed three full days of diving on the 50' Rio Rita. With 80+ degree water temperatures and lots of sunshine, we enjoyed the best the Sea of Cortez has to offer. On our El Bajo dive, we swam with over 50 hammerheads. It was the most incredible dive! And playing with the giant Mantas at Isla Cerralvo was just as amazing. Everywhere on the reef you can spot giant green morays, puffer fish, scorpion fish and schools of brilliantly colored tropical reef fish. It's one great dive after another. The town of La Paz is just as friendly as the reef. With lots of great places to take your well-deserved appetite, deciding where to eat will be the hardest thing you've done all day. Just watch out for the tequila at Carlos and Charlies!! We'll be going again August 2000! Hope you'll join us.