:: Desecheo Island Info ::
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 The Pelican |
 Beautiful day for a boat ride |
 Desecheo Island rising up out of the Mona passage |
 Elvin the divemaster! |
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 Rugged terrain |
 Natural Inlet |
 1st dive - Las Cuevas - The Caves!! |
 There was some great underwater terrain |
 Flying Gurnard!!! Rare!! This is #1 of 2 we saw |
 Flying Gurnard |
 My friend the Smooth Trunkfish |
 One of many valleys (going to surface) in Las Cuevas |
 2nd Flying Gurnard!! |
 Flying Gurnard with "wings" spread |
 Another smooth Trunkfish! I can't help it, this island had the most I've ever seen |
 Flying Gurnard |
 Flying Gurnard close up |
 Large French Angelfish |
 Close up of Smooth Trunkfish, check out the funny mouth!! |
 Peacock flounder (that Churcher spotted) |
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 Island from the water, Great Dive |
 Candyland Dive site. Next to "Seafan city". |
 Porcupine fish!!!! Very Rare!! This and the Flying Gurnard made the trip for me!! |
 Porcupine Fish (actually the 1st of 2 we saw) |
 Sea Snail |
 Nassau Grouper |
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 Spotted Trunkfish (I saw fewer of these than the smooth trunkfish, or honeycomb cowfish) |
 Interesting coral formations |
 Porcupine fish #2!!! I was like a paparazzo, 30 photos right in its face!! |
 Porcupine fish face shot!! |
 Blurry Porcupine fish close up |
 Crab hiding inside a sponge |
 Close up of the crab |
 Beautiful spotted trunkfish |
 Face to face with a smmoth trunkfish (I stalk them, saw so many on this dive) |
 Desecheo Island - great dives |
 1 of about 6 dolphins in a family that came to play (we all had our cameras away) |
 The beach at Rincon on the west side of Puerto Rico mainland |
 Rincon beach |
 Rincon - known for its surfing & sunsets!!! |
 Rincon sunset |
 Rincon sunset |
 Rincon sunset |
 Rincon sunset (I took like 40 pictures of it) |
 And its gone!! |