A visit to Belize
By Richard Nimmo, BV Managing Director. I have just returned from a whistle-stop tour of Belize in which I visited … Continue reading
Category Archives: Belize
A hard week at the office
Notes from the field, from Blue Ventures expedition manager, Sarah Adams. Bacalar Chico Dive Camp, MesoAmerican Barrier Reef, Belize, 18° … Continue reading
Mad weather, dinner in Mexico, big turtles and a Whale Shark
by Christiana Hayward. Lying on the jetty looking out over the lagoon towards the barrier reef I marvelled at huge white breakers boiling, crashing, thundering over the reef, unable to hold back the tempest allowing rolling waves into our normally calm lagoon… Continue reading
A Solitary Eagle, Osprey, a Leatherback and a Greasy Pig
By Christiana Hayward. By week three of dive camp our science target sites had been chosen and we were on a roll. We had all passed our science tests with the help, care, dogged determination and humour of Nick our field scientist. Continue reading
Our dive camp days
by Christiana Hayward-Kourabas. Between the barrier reef and the shore is a huge shallow expanse of calm crystal clear sea the blues interspersed with dark patches of reef. We followed the jungley coast for about ten minutes until we reached two tiny wooden jetties, one broken down and falling into the sea on almost each remaining post a cormorant stretching out its wings and pelicans resting, waiting. Continue reading
Waffles and wildlife
by Alasdair Gilchrist. As is sometimes the will of the weather gods we woke up the other morning to winds powerful enough to prevent us passing through the cuts in the reef to reach the deep outer reef. Rather than writing the day off we decided to concentrate our efforts on other environments. Continue reading
The team reach Bacalar Chico
by David Chanter. Hola amigos. Life at Bacalar Chico Base Camp is unreal. The best way I can think to describe it is to imagine the film ‘The Beach’ but less developed. Continue reading
Spectacular Sarteneja!
by David Chanter and Sean Callahan. Arrived in Sarteneja by water taxi on Monday to be greeted by the Blue Ventures team (Jon, JJ, Al, Nick). Everyone in Sarteneja is really friendly, welcoming, and appreciate any small effort made to try and involve yourself in their culture and customs. Continue reading
From Manchester to Mexico and Mangroves
by Christiana Hayward
Leaving the cold, grey persistent drizzle of Manchester was not difficult; my flight to the States uneventful and then a few short flights and I landed in Cancun at about half nine at night. There was a bus to Cancun city bus terminal almost immediately and from there I took the eleven o’clock, overnight, bus down to the Mexico Belize border. Continue reading
Blue Ventures in Belize
by Jon Slayer (written in February before the first Blue Ventures expedition)
Belize has been a fantastic experience so far, JJ and I arrived mid-December and have been working non-stop to get an experience worthy of Blue Ventures ready for volunteers. In Sarteneja we have found a welcoming community to add to BV’s locations worldwide. Continue reading