San Pedro Belize beach pictures
05
May
Tropical Life

Tuesday adventure

Instead of going to the pool this morning I decided to have a snorkel adventure – perfect opportunity to try my new underwater camera from Chunky and Ruth.

I decided to walk along the beach to Ramon’s dock and check out how the artificial reef is doing. Haven’t been in the ocean for way too long (last time I remember snorkeling there was with DCG)

I miss the big palapa at the end of the dock, but they have a proper ladder now which makes it easier for those who want to go in right from the end of the dock, instead of swimming from shore. It’s a pretty good free snorkel spot, and very close to town.

I still have to play around with my camera some more and see how different settings work underwater – for now I just went with auto. It was a bit hard to tell how my pictures were turning out under water as the screen was hard to see, but I managed okay for my first try.

Ruthie said the camera is a battery hog but did not find myself running short of battery life. I had put rechargeable ones in, so I was able to practice deleting as I went along. Also found a short cut for that in the manual yesterday. Another good tip I got in the manual was to keep a silica pack inside the battery area when the camera is not in use.

Small downside of today’s adventure – I lost my snorkel on the way home. I retraced my steps as soon as I noticed but could not find it anywhere.

My first underwater pictures with a digital camera…

Fish

tacogirl

Laurie Norton grew up dyslexic and was very challenged by the school. She never dreamed she would move to Belize and become a writer. A year after her move to Ambergris Caye, Laurie became an entrepreneur and professional writer starting tacogirl blog in 2007. Since then she has helped many people plan their vacations or move. She also has been published in Great Destinations Belize Guidebook, Moon Guide to Living in Belize, Insight Guides, Island Magazine several times and USA Today. Currently Laurie resides in downtown San Pedro and enjoys being a "city girl" on a tropical island.

8 thoughts on “Tuesday adventure”

  1. Ruthie says:

    Wow…your pix turned out great TG! I’m so happy that you can document all the underwater action in San Pedro now, too!

  2. tacogirl says:

    Thanks rump – I figure trying one thing at a time will help me figure out which settings work best.

  3. rump shaker says:

    it is so nice that you have an underwater digital now!i am still figuring out flash/no flash particle/no particles etc.they look good though and it’s funny the end results will always be a mystery until you get home-kinda nice

  4. Kelly and Steve says:

    Those are great pictures! I can not wait to snorkel there again myself… We will be there the end of June!

  8. Anonymous says:

    What fun! A whole new world opened up to you! And, me thinks, more blog pics in our future.

    ~Mysteryboy

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