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The husband and I had a recent opportunity to celebrate a belated five years of marriage and dropped the kiddos off at their grandparents for a week (!!!) and we jetted off to a blissful land flooded with vitamin D.

Let’s just say that I’m SUPER happy to know that my camera’s underwater housing is officially watertight and waterproof. I’ve played with it before on the beach, snorkeling, and in the waves, but after finally taking it with us on a couple of dives, this camera jig (IKELITE) is just all things awesome because we spent roughly 80% of our vacation underwater. Hooray for no water leaks and not having to use the equipment insurance!

Check out our latest adventure in the Caribbean, hope you enjoy. XO

governor’s beach

grand cayman west wall dive (Our max depth 105′)

The best way to describe this location: an underwater cliff. It drops off to about 5k ft! CRAAA-ZY. What’s crazier is that it leads to the CAYMAN TRENCH, which drops off to the DEEPEST part of the carribean sea = 25k ft deep… WHOOOOA!! It’s pretty much a scary abyss to stare down into in your scuba mask. I may or may not have peed a little. 😉

*Please note that based on the deeper depth we were at, the colors aren’t as vibrant nor pretty to look at, no matter how much editing energy I exerted. Womp, womp- oh well- you get the idea here:

grand cayman uss kittiwake dive (our max depth 65′)

Barracudas are NOT pretty fish:

I can’t get over staring and zooming in on this ugly fish’s teeth- they’re so human-like to me! I’ll have to thank our friend who dove with us for pointing this sucker out to me before I returned up to the surface/boat.

stingray city

On our last dive in the Big Island of Hawaii, we did a night manta ray dive that was pretty surreal. For starters, a NIGHT dive is pretty cool because we all gathered around in a circle at the bottom of the sand bar, and held our flashlights to attract the plankton in the area for the manta rays to feast upon. With huge wingspans (up to 23 ft), they are majestic gentle giants.

The stingrays are similar with one slight detail difference- they have a barbed tail. When I first heard of these creatures, I immediately thought of the late Steve Irwin, who had a fatal encounter with one. The locals assured us that the stingrays in this area are particularly docile, are super friendly, and are used to being held and handled. They feel like a fine grade sandpaper on their backs and a wet mushroom on their bellies. AND, if you kiss them, you get seven years good luck. Go figure. So why not, right?!