I’ve made a unilateral decision to start a new blog feature: Family Travel Moment. Random Photo Moment (don’t tell David). (Ed. I read this blog too, ya know.) We’ve amassed a fairly large library of spectacular photos from various trips over the years and I want to share them. This inaugural photo is from a 2008 scuba trip to the Cayman Islands on the Cayman Aggressor IV
If you enjoy scuba diving, I highly recommend the liveaboard experience. You get up to five dives per day and access to remote sites. Best of all, there is NO GEAR SCHLEPPING. It’s absolute heaven, I tell you. The only drawback can be that you’re stuck on a boat for a week with people you don’t know. Luckily we’re friendly, flexible and fairly non-judgemental, if slightly misanthropic (meaning we don’t expect much from people, so we’re rarely disappointed in them).
MV Captain Keith Tibbetts, Cayman Brac
This world-class wreck dive is a 330-foot Russian frigate brought to Cayman Brac from Cuba then sunk off the north shore in 1996 to form an artificial reef. The wreck, which lies between 30 and more than 100 feet, is one of only a handful of sunken Soviet Naval vessels in the Western Hemisphere. Storms have broken the ship into two sections, allowing divers easy access to the wreck’s interior.
– Trisha
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awesome photo! i want to do a liveaboard someday…
You should, Jen! I just learned that Aggressor offers family trips too. Although it’s pretty sweet to send the kids off to Grandma’s so there’s nothing to think about but diving, eating and sleeping.
Love the photo, I lived down there for a number of years. Jen Bily lives there now too. Don’t know if she dove out Brac way. But I love Brac. I lived on Grand Cayman, but found myself going to Brac quite often. Very cool. Next step I gather is getting the kids PADI certified.