{"id":1005,"date":"2009-08-25T21:17:11","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T02:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2009-08-25T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T02:17:11","slug":"jetski-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1005","title":{"rendered":"Jetski safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I had the opportunity to use a jetski (waverunner)\u00a0 I had never tried one and was definitely curious about them.<br \/>\nWell, let me tell you, its a whole lot of fun!\u00a0 Along with three work colleagues, we did a &#8220;snorkel jetski safari&#8221;. Its basically riding around on a jetski and stopping at various places to snorkel.<\/p>\n<p>The activity started out at the Westin hotel (pretty much right in the middle of Seven Mile Beach). Initially we went all the way to West Bay and stopped for about 25 minutes of snorkeling.\u00a0 Then we rode all the way to George Town, and stopped at the &#8220;Cheeseburger Reef&#8221; near town for some more snorkeling.\u00a0 Then rode back to the Westin.\u00a0 All-in-all, about 1h30 minutes of fun.<\/p>\n<p>Here I am on my ride ; a quality Bombardier product made in Valcourt, Quebec!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1013\" title=\"pict00421\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict00421.jpg\" alt=\"pict00421\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict00421.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict00421-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The jetski&#8217;s all tied up while we snorkel a few hundred meters from shore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1012\" title=\"pict0022\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict0022.jpg\" alt=\"pict0022\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict0022.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict0022-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Snorkeling at Cheeseburger reef. Its called like that because its straight off shore from the downtown Burger King!\u00a0\u00a0 Patrick H. : Notice the new swimsuit! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1014\" title=\"pict00541\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict00541.jpg\" alt=\"pict00541\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict00541.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict00541-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Plenty of friendly fish.\u00a0 Many people snorkel here, so they are not afraid of humans and hope for a handout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1015\" title=\"pict00591\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict00591.jpg\" alt=\"pict00591\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict00591.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/pict00591-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is a little video I made while we sped back to the Westin.\u00a0 Considering there was a good amount of surf, I am not sure that driving &amp; filming at the same time was the most brilliant thing to do!<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vD3Q81BlBNM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vD3Q81BlBNM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I had the opportunity to use a jetski (waverunner)\u00a0 I had never tried one and was definitely curious about them. 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