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Published: January 21st 2008
Our beach
A typical day...(Dave) Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!! Most of you may not know this about me, but I LOVE to dive! Heather and I went 2 hours by boat across the strait to the coast of a neighbor island (Koh Tao) for a wonderful day. We dove Lien-Thien and Shark Island (no sharks). Not a bad dive, amongst the animals we saw were: Blue Sponge, Wire Coral, Barrel Sponge, Magnificent Anemone, Haddon's Anemone, Crater Coral. Maze Coral, Brain Coral, Cup Coral, Star Coral, Staghorn Coral, Table Coral, Pore Coral, Leather Coral, Christmas Tree Worms (one of Dave's favorites), Joruna Nudibranch, Giant Clam, Zigzag Oyster, Coral Clam, Tiger Cowrie, Murex, Sea Cucumbers, Crown Of Thorns, Cushion Star, Undulated Moray Eel, Blue Spotted Fan Tail Ray, Crimson Soldierfish, Red Squirrelfish, Raggy Scorpionfish, Honeycomb Grouper, Coral Grouper, Smooth Tailed Trevally, Yellow Tail Scad, Big Eye Snapper, Pinnate Batfish, Longfin Bannerfish, Racoon Faced Butterfly Fish, 8-banded Butterfly Fish, Blue-ringed Angel Fish, Neon Damsel Fish (One of Heather's Favorites), Anemonefish, Goldstripe Fusilier, Spotted Rabbit Fish, Moon Wrasse, Red Banded Wrasse, Cleaner Wrasse, Titan Trigger Fish (who can be quite territorial and even bite!). Those are just the 100% positive ID'd creatures, there were many more. It's been so long since I've
Getting ready
Alomost in at Shark Island been under tropical water I'd forgotten how showy they can be! Well, all except the poisonous scorpionfish- it's so not fair, poison AND camoflage.
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Karen Gimbel
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Cheering for you, Dave!
What a great enthusiasm you have for the underwater world, Dave! And I love seeing it myself through your eyes! Sounds like you keep having a wonderful time as things unfold there in Thailand... I'm so glad for you! Enjoy! ~love, Karen