FSM
Pako Mikronesiasta
25-Dec-2007 07:42
Matka Chuukista Kuala Lumpuriin, Malesiaan kesti
kolme päivää.
Keskustelin sukellusveneistä ja kokolattiamaton pesutekniikoista alan ammattilaisten kanssa.
Tein kolme välilaskua ja yovyin kolmessa eri hotellissa, en syonyt aamupalaa yhdessäkään.
Soin Jouluaaton brunssin hotelli Hiltonissa.
Jäin melkein koneesta ja naureskelin lentokenttävirkailijoille.
Otin osaa Joulufiestaan.
Toisin sanoen pakenin Mikronesiasta.
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Keskustelin sukellusveneistä ja kokolattiamaton pesutekniikoista alan ammattilaisten kanssa.
Tein kolme välilaskua ja yovyin kolmessa eri hotellissa, en syonyt aamupalaa yhdessäkään.
Soin Jouluaaton brunssin hotelli Hiltonissa.
Jäin melkein koneesta ja naureskelin lentokenttävirkailijoille.
Otin osaa Joulufiestaan.
Toisin sanoen pakenin Mikronesiasta.
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Truk Odyssey
17-Dec-2007 14:46
Pretty amazing, after a looong wait I'm finally in
the Mekka of wreck diving.
After the paperwork is sorted, I'm pointed to my cabin. I meet my new room mate Kevin (my future male-model you can see in many of the pictures). He's been diving with Odyssey already for a week and gives me the heads up. I want to set my gear up before I crash. Tomorrow at 08.00 I'm be jumping in for the first wreck. I can't wait!
The whole week pretty much flies by. Long before I came here, I decided to Guerilla dive the whole week, ie. under no circumstances will I miss a dive
Picture of me by Larry Thompson
Our deepest dive was San Francisco Maru with average depth around 50m, deepest air dive I've ever done, decompression was done with 50%. Unfortunately Odyssey does not supply Helium or promote it's use. My understanding after speaking to many different people about it is that the logistics of it are too complicated. I wonder how Truk Stop and Blue Lagoon manage to do it? Anyway most of the wrecks we dove are 'borderline' nitrox dives in around 30m average depths.
My male model Kevin and the destroyer Fumitzuki
One real warship, destroyer Fumitzuki, quite a few Maru's and the Betty Bomber, pretty good score for a weeks diving. In retroperspective, one should spend at least two weeks here, perhaps a week on liveaboard and then a week with land based deeper diving or something. One week did feel a bit short, though I did see a lot. Don't tell anyone, but I think I took around 1000 pictures during the week, perhaps 400 are left ... tells something about my skills as a photographer, 600 to waste. Deleted.
Deep inside Yamagiri Maru
I think I became a Truk-head on my first visit. I just have to come back, though I want to do the deeper wrecks and hopefully get helium from somewhere to do it as well. I'll have to turn in my next holiday application at home (2010, pliis). Read More...
After the paperwork is sorted, I'm pointed to my cabin. I meet my new room mate Kevin (my future male-model you can see in many of the pictures). He's been diving with Odyssey already for a week and gives me the heads up. I want to set my gear up before I crash. Tomorrow at 08.00 I'm be jumping in for the first wreck. I can't wait!
The whole week pretty much flies by. Long before I came here, I decided to Guerilla dive the whole week, ie. under no circumstances will I miss a dive
Picture of me by Larry Thompson
Our deepest dive was San Francisco Maru with average depth around 50m, deepest air dive I've ever done, decompression was done with 50%. Unfortunately Odyssey does not supply Helium or promote it's use. My understanding after speaking to many different people about it is that the logistics of it are too complicated. I wonder how Truk Stop and Blue Lagoon manage to do it? Anyway most of the wrecks we dove are 'borderline' nitrox dives in around 30m average depths.
My male model Kevin and the destroyer Fumitzuki
One real warship, destroyer Fumitzuki, quite a few Maru's and the Betty Bomber, pretty good score for a weeks diving. In retroperspective, one should spend at least two weeks here, perhaps a week on liveaboard and then a week with land based deeper diving or something. One week did feel a bit short, though I did see a lot. Don't tell anyone, but I think I took around 1000 pictures during the week, perhaps 400 are left ... tells something about my skills as a photographer, 600 to waste. Deleted.
Deep inside Yamagiri Maru
I think I became a Truk-head on my first visit. I just have to come back, though I want to do the deeper wrecks and hopefully get helium from somewhere to do it as well. I'll have to turn in my next holiday application at home (2010, pliis). Read More...
Chuuk, FSM
17-Dec-2007 14:37
Woop woop,
Finally here! I flew from Manila to Guam and tasted a bit of Americana on the way I met up with Tim Rock, who was
kind enough to show me around and a bit of
Guam's military history. My visit was breaf,
only 14 hours before heading towards Chuuk with
Continental. I'm getting used to landing to
remote aiports Fiji's Kadavu have been the
smallest, but Hoskins, Fak-Fak or Kaimana are
not far behind. With my usual luck I was chosen
to the extra careful security checks and
questioning. I'm getting to be pretty good at
that as well. Bugs the shit out the of the
security guys when you answer as short as
possible only to their without any extra meat
around the bones Not a stop without loosing a
lotion bottle though, this time it was my
aftersun, I'm afraid I had around 170ml instead
on 100. Guam's airport was not pleasant at all
given the anality. Oh well, we are on 'orange'
alert.
Guam to Chuuk was a quick flight, I was trying to pick out the individuals joining me for a week. Did not have that much luck. Odyssey guys where waiting for me at the airport including El Capitano Mike. Badabing before I knew it, I'm signing release forms on the boat. The trip from Aiport to Blue Lagoon resort was like driving through abandoned industrial zone, I'm not sure if the road had a any even surface on it. As far as I'm conserned, we are officially in the middle of nowhere, so I quess it is to be expected.
According to polls etc. Odyssey should be one of the better liveaboards in the world. Let's see if it will live up to the expectations! Read More...
Finally here! I flew from Manila to Guam and tasted a bit of Americana on the way
I met up with Tim Rock, who was
kind enough to show me around and a bit of
Guam's military history. My visit was breaf,
only 14 hours before heading towards Chuuk with
Continental. I'm getting used to landing to
remote aiports Fiji's Kadavu have been the
smallest, but Hoskins, Fak-Fak or Kaimana are
not far behind. With my usual luck I was chosen
to the extra careful security checks and
questioning. I'm getting to be pretty good at
that as well. Bugs the shit out the of the
security guys when you answer as short as
possible only to their without any extra meat
around the bones Not a stop without loosing a
lotion bottle though, this time it was my
aftersun, I'm afraid I had around 170ml instead
on 100. Guam's airport was not pleasant at all
given the anality. Oh well, we are on 'orange'
alert.
Guam to Chuuk was a quick flight, I was trying to pick out the individuals joining me for a week. Did not have that much luck. Odyssey guys where waiting for me at the airport including El Capitano Mike. Badabing before I knew it, I'm signing release forms on the boat. The trip from Aiport to Blue Lagoon resort was like driving through abandoned industrial zone, I'm not sure if the road had a any even surface on it. As far as I'm conserned, we are officially in the middle of nowhere, so I quess it is to be expected.
According to polls etc. Odyssey should be one of the better liveaboards in the world. Let's see if it will live up to the expectations! Read More...