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[Darren S]

I was lucky enough to spend a week in The Maldives scuba diving. The amount of fish was mind blowing. Here are a few photos, if people want to see more I will post more later.
Cheers

 

[ReeferRob]

I love the picture of the nigripes clown.

 

[Agent M]

Bet you were just itching to do some coral shopping, I know I would be!

Great pics, and post more :)

 

[Darren S]

Bet you were just itching to do some coral shopping, I know I would be!

Great pics, and post more :)

The corals were amazing, but the sheer volume of fish was mind boggling. You could look up from 30 metres down and see thousands of trigger fish and schools of anthias that must been in the 10s of thousands,

 

[Darren S]

I love the picture of the nigripes clown.

It was also cool to see Domino Damselfish hosting in the anemones.

 

[ReeferRob]

Sri Lanka and the Maldives are a BIG no no for coral collecting. I think they'd put your ass UNDER the jail for it, lol.

 

[Darren S]

Sri Lanka and the Maldives are a BIG no no for coral collecting. I think they'd put your ass UNDER the jail for it, lol.

Stonings still happen in the Maldives! There was one handed out this week for a woman who fell pregnant out of wedlock!

 

[ReeferRob]

Not a place you want to play games in.

I've had small Domino damsels host ritteris here before. as they get older they move away from the anemone.

 

[Agent M]

Stonings still happen in the Maldives! There was one handed out this week for a woman who fell pregnant out of wedlock!

So wrong

 

[Darren S]

So wrong

The Maldives is an alcohol free country as well.....lucky we stayed at Club Med and they have their own island so the alcohol was free flowing and included :D.

 

[Darren S]

A few more from the trip. The highlight was diving with Manta Rays at a cleaning station.

 

[ReeferRob]

So wrong

I guess because of what I used to do it doesn't bother me. I have to remember that it's not my country and if the people want to effect change they need to do it of their own accord just as we did here. I'm one of isolationist Americans, as M's grandma used to say we need to tend to our own knitting.

 

[Agent M]

I guess because of what I used to do it doesn't bother me. I have to remember that it's not my country and if the people want to effect change they need to do it of their own accord just as we did here. I'm one of isolationist Americans, as M's grandma used to say we need to tend to our own knitting.

We're all born with the same intrinsic sense of right and wrong except for the odd psychopath.

There's nothing humane about stoning a woman and her child, it's criminal. You know that, I know that and I believe they know that. Sometimes governments and authorities are nothing more than thugs with the law on their side.

 

[MagicJ]

Great photo's Darren - what camera/housing where you using?

 

[Darren S]

Great photo's Darren - what camera/housing where you using?

I was just using an Olympus TG-3 camera with its housing PT-056. No strobes or anything.