TROPICAL: Island of COZUMEL (Part 3) - "El Centro"

Continued from COZUMEL Island Part 2: SOUTH End

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HOTEL COZUMEL

1 hour fast boat to the southern reef dive sites, short walk to San Miguel

TROPICAL: Island of Cozumel (Part 2) - "El Sur"

Continued from COZUMEL Island Part 1: NORTH End

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IBEROSTAR COZUMEL

Close to the southern reef dive sites, about 20 kms to San Miguel

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INSTRUCTION: PADI Advanced Diver Certification: Hotel Cozumel & Resort, Cozumel Is., QR, MEXICO

Wikipedia: MEXICO

Meeting up with diving and snorkelling buddies Heather & Randy to spend time under a tropical sun and underwater in the warm Caribbean Sea is always a good time. I completed my PADI Advanced Diver Certification.

INSTRUCTION: PADI Open Water Certification: Hotel Cozumel & Resort, Cozumel Is., QR, MEXICO

A Spectacular Reef

Friends Heather & Randy introduced us to this spot. We first met them on a trip to CUBA a couple of years ago. They've been to this resort more than a dozen times and they say the diving is spectacular ... they were truthful! The resort is quiet and clean, food is good, the staff are friendly and costs are reasonable. I completed my PADI Open Water Certification here at an on-site dive shop. The Cozumel Reef is one of the healthiest remaining reefs in the world. There's a nice drive around the mostly undeveloped, east coastline of Cozumel Island and walking from the resort into nearby San Miguel is easily done ... restaurants that feature authentic Mexican cuisine & local wines, friendly locals, some shops and bars, a waterfront area, ferry service to nearby Playa del Carmen.

INSTRUCTION: PADI SCUBA Certification: Henry Morgan Resort, Roatan Is., HONDURAS

FIRST Time SCUBA Diving

 

Wikipedia: HONDURAS

Why didn't someone tell me about this 30 years ago? I would have started diving then! It's like being in a giant fish-tank ... what a natural high! 

INSTRUCTION: ORCA CT Instructor Level 2 Certification: La Verendyre PP, PQ

A Certification

LOGISTICS (PQ,  CANADA)

Partner: Fred 

Private Vehicle: Kanata & Perth > Bear Creek

Accommodation: Bear Creek Outdoor Centre, Campbell's Bay, Quebec

Director: Jill Baxter

Instructors: Shawn Hodgins, Francis Boyes

Shuttle: Driver Mike from Bear Creek > La Verendyre PP put-in @ Lac Fusel and return

Route: Lac Fusel > Lac Fabrezan > up Riviere de Rapids > Lac Poulter > south end Lac Poulter > Lac Jean Pierre > Lac Richet > Lac Antostagen > Take-Out @ Secondary Road #20

Tandem / Solo Canoe(s): La Verendyre PP lakewater trip, PQ - flatwater, 5 days, 43kms

Certification Obtained: ORCA Canoe Tripping Instructor Level 2

Private Vehicle: Bear Creek > Kanata & Perth

INSTRUCTION: ORCA Canoe Tripping Level II Certification: Canoeing the Missinaibi / North French / Moose Rivers, ON

A Certification

LOGISTICS (ON,  CANADA)

Designation: MISSINAIBI is a Canadian Heritage River

Canadian Heritage Rivers: MISSINAIBI
Put-In: Peterbell Sched Stop 

Solo & Tandem Canoes: Missinaibi River - CIII, 19 river days, 443 kms
Experience: Intermediate moving water skills are required to negotiate rapids CII and greater, there is some lengthy portaging and the area is an isolated wilderness

Take-Out: Moose River Crossing

Certification By: White Wolf Expeditions
Instructor: Jeff Zuchlinski
Course: ORCA Wilderness Tripping II
Photography: Scanned analog

MISSINAIBI  Photography

INSTRUCTION: Basic Sea Kayaking: Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, ON

Women's Sea Kayaking

LOGISTICS (ON,  CANADA)

Dates: July 6 - 10
Paddlers: Chris, Donna, Peggy, Helen
Put-In: Killbear PP
Route: Put-In > Pancake Is. > Franklin Is. > circumnavigate Franklin Is. > Takeout at                             Killbear PP
Instruction: Basic Sea Kayaking skills

Lake Huron Photography

INSTRUCTION: Open Tandem WW Canoe Course: MKC, Barry's Bay, ON

INSTRUCTION

Open Tandem White-water Canoe Course Photography

INSTRUCTION: Canoeing the Dumoine River, PQ: Lac Robinson > Stonecliff, ON

Our FIRST Whitewater Course

LOGISTICS (ON / PQ, CANADA)

Private Vehicle: Kinburn > Des Joachims, PQ

Bus Shuttle: Des Joachims with Blackfeather > Lac Robinson, DUMOINE R., PQ
Course: Blackfeather Canoe Clinic
Instructors: Kristen Hayes, Scott, Jamie Gupthill, JF Carrey

Tandem Canoe: Lac Robinson > Dumoine R. > Stonecliff, ON - CII+, 4days, 30 kms.

River Speed: 5-7 kms/hr
Private Vehicle: Stonecliff > Kinburn
Certification: ORCA Level 1A

Our first day was spent travelling to camp and setting it up, we arrived late. Second day we practised a number of strokes at a set of CI where the Dumoine empties into the lake. On the third day we shuttled further upriver a few kilometers in the van. We ran a CII just below Le Grande Chute and then continued downriver through several more sets, ending back at Lac Robinson and camp for the night. On the final day we paddled out about 25 kms more, running a dozen sets of rapids; CI > CII+ ... never dumped.

DUMOINE Photography