Category: Locations

Boiled egg ping pong with the Goddess of the Deep

by Tracy Ware. Today was the final dive of my Advanced Open Water course, the deep dive. We dove at a fantastic site called 007 within the permanent no-fishing marine reserve. Just to start off the diving day, two dolphins...

/ Apr 12, 2010

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...

/ Apr 7, 2010

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...

/ Apr 6, 2010

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.

/ Apr 1, 2010

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...

/ Mar 31, 2010

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...

/ Mar 30, 2010
Belize Staff do The Beatles

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...

/ Mar 17, 2010

Team 51 – a poetical look at Andava life!

By Steve Richards. They would come to be known as Team 51, Once the next expedition had truly begun...

/ Feb 26, 2010

What is Andavadoaka about?

by Daniella Sachs. As I sit on the porch writing this, the almost full moon casts it light on the waves crashing gently on the shore in front of the hut. In the background I can hear the vibrant Gasy...

/ Feb 25, 2010

King of the Barbie!

By Steve Richards. Thursday brings us to another blog day and to the end of the fourth of the strange 6 day weeks we operate on here...

/ Feb 25, 2010

An Adventure-Filled Journey to Andavadoaka

By Daniella Sachs. Writing in retrospect is not advisable on trips such as these as each day is filled with an overwhelming amount of new sights, sounds and experiences...

/ Feb 17, 2010

Blue Ventures Malaysia, an exciting first year!

By Katie Yewdall. 2009 saw the first year of Blue Ventures Malaysia (BVM). The first volunteers showed up on the 17th of April to be greeted by an excited BVM team....

/ Feb 17, 2010

A day in Mukut

by Jane Westermann. Mukut certainly has an air of civic pride. Apart from the sparklingly pristine rivers, we also enjoyed wandering through the village admiring the flowering hedges surrounding villagers’ properties...

/ Jan 29, 2010

The Little Things in life…

By Rebecca Karpul When my friends and family said that when you get back you are going to appreciate the smallest things, I don't think they realized how small...

/ Dec 30, 2009

A Medical Elective in Andavadoaka

By Ariane Waran Liz and I arrived at Coco Beach at the beginning of September, ready to undertake our medical elective and join up with Blue Ventures FISA project.

/ Dec 30, 2009