Part of the ABC Islands of the Netherlands Antilles, Curacao lies about half way between Aruba and Bonaire in the Caribbean Sea. Our journey to this part of the Caribbean was during the month of November in 1999.
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Direct flights from Miami to Curacao makes passage to this part of the world very accessible. Willemstad is a picturesque city with a unique moving bridge and brightly colored buildings.
This very statuesque church was found along the country side enroute to our dive resort. |
Moving bridge in Willemstad |
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Our underwater photographic efforts were still in the early stages of development. The images were captured using a Sea & Sea Motor Marine II camera on negative film and later scanned into a digital format.
Underwater scene
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French Angelfish |
Parrotfish |
Pufferfish |
Capturing this trunk fish revealed the flounder below. There is always an ever present eel keeping an eye on you. You may even find a scorpion fish or two, though seldom is there one so accomodating as to lay out in the sand waiting to have his picture taken.
Trunk fish |
Halibut / flounder |
Eel |
Scorpionfish |
Night dives always bring out a variety of interesting creatures.
Counch |
Counch |
Shrimp |
Crab |
Octopus are normally hiding, but this one entertained us for a quite some time. Ocassionally, a turtle will show a curious interest in what you are doing in his backyard and colorful worms are always in abundance.
Octopus in flight
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Green Turtle
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Featherduster Worm
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Christmas tree worm Spirobranchus giganteus
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