Uclulet is a spiritual place. Directly translated Ucluelet means Safe Harbour. It was from this small town that we boarded a Zodiac all by ourselves to spend a few hours looking for migrating Gray Whales. It didn’t take long. Within fifteen minutes, we had located a group of three at first, feeding on Herring spawn in a small cove, in water barely deep enough to cover them. Gray whales feed on small crustaceans such as amphipods, and tube worms found…
I was very unhappy at being back in Montreal after leaving Belize. We had bought ourselves a nice two story rooftop condo right on Lake St. Louis but in January of…
After we returned from Belize, I was fortunate enough to work with several non profit organizations, which I found very interesting and rewarding. My favourite work was for Doctors Without Borders…
A coral polyp is a spineless animal. Coral polyps can be the size of a pinhead while others are larger, sometimes a foot in diameter. One coral branch or mound is…
Bula In 2006, we visited Fiji. After we returned from Belize, I really wasn’t happy to be back in Montreal. The first winter back was bad and the second was worse.…
The Indians are four unique shaped rocky pinnacles in the British Virgin Islands right next to Norman Island. These easy to spot rocky pinnacles rise about sixty feet above the water…
The Gladden Spit (above) and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve is a protected area of the Belize Barrier Reef, which has become world-famous for its whale shark migration. The Silk Cayes are…
In 2002, I had the opportunity to visit and dive the second largest barrier reef in the world in southern Belize led by Steve Roper. Along on this trip were several…
In December of 1998, Yim and I decided to visit Belize – specifically the Placencia peninsula in the southern part of the country – so we could go scuba diving and…
