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110--The Cayman Islands: Under the Sea @ CherieSpotting     Jan 06 2003 - 19:47 PST cherie writes: Fifty-percent of the Cayman Islands econmy is dependent on one thing--diving. (The other half of the economy is based on off-shore banking accounts, but you need to have a minimum of one million dollars to open an account. Since Greg and I found our bank accounts a little short, we had to stick with scuba diving. The Canary Islands had some of the most fantastic coral and colorful fish in the world. Greg and I have been diving almost every day and we thought we should try our luck with under-water photography. We rented a little digital camera, slipped on our flippers and set out on our photo shoot! I now have an entire newfound respect for underwater photgraphy. I love composing pictures, but those fish just don't listen and won't hold still! They move around wherever they like and act like they own the entire ocean! Still we had fun, and caught a few colorfful snapshots. Here are the results! Click on each picture to see it full size. read comments (0) | write comment| views: 5925    | rated: 0.0    printer-friendly version   A French angelfish running away! Greg about to explore a cavern. Cherie with a sea-fan. Foureye butterflyfish. Those pesky fish are smarter than you think--they split up to try and lose me. An assortment of coral. Greg. Longspine squirrelfish. Cherie and a school of tarpon. The rainbows under the sea reside in the coral formations. Greg exploring a craggy cavern. Divers...I can't help but wonder what the fish think when they see us? A Queen angelfish. "Feesh." Two angels? A close-up of Greg. Can anyone guess the sex of this coral formation? A lonely angelfish. Greg swimming by. Longjaw squirrelfish. Orange blob coral (*not technical name.) Finally we got a French Angelfish to hold still! Greg, you are going the wrong way! Blue-striped grunt. Cherie with a mound of mountainous star coral. Parot fish. A Fairy basslet (the purple and yellow fish) with coral. Look who one the crab fight? I fought the "claw" and the "claw" won. That coral sure looks pretty, but it can sratch you up faster than a jealous teenager. Greg, under the sea. It is really another world down there. Curious angel fish. Cherie and Greg all dry and ready to dive again! Some of the staff of Bob Soto's Reef Divers (the best dive shop in the Cayman Islands.) New friends Captain Clee (Bob Soto's Reef Divers) and Jeff. The best "Hotel & Dive Packages" in the Cayman Islands can be found at "The Seaview Hotel." (They aslo have great food, service and naked fish!) Brett and Dan at the SeaView Dive Center (A dive spot no one should miss!) A cold front came in and brought high seas with it. (That's the ladder divers climb up and down.) If you want to go diving, you'll need some moolah. In the Cayman Islands, even though it is a British dependancy, they print their own money.