Diving Tayrona National Park

So we moved 5 hours along the Colombian coast to the Tayrona National Park where we have been diving again. The village is fairly basic (no hard roads, no mains water) but the people are friendly and the diving great and very cheap.

I (Michael) completed an underwater photography course as a module of my journey from Advanced to Master Diver (the highest qualification in recreational diving). As well as learning a new camera and all the issues of photographing under and through water -there is much less colour and light and often poor visibility, I was also learning a lot about diving control - staying in the same place despite a current - to get in focus shots. Of course it is also vital not to touch the marine life (lest you harm it or it harm you!) but to get as close as you can to get the shot.

It is such a privilege to enter this underwater world that most people never see. Enjoy our highlights reel of video footage along with a video of me photographing Lion-fish trying to stay still in the current, get close to photograph without touching (they are highly poisonous).

Tomorrow we head to Minca and the highest coastal mountain range in the world (5775m) for some amazing bird watching. We had hoped to dive in Ecuador but the political situation currently means visiting the coast is not possible so we probably will not dive again on this trip. But lots of South America to see above the water!Read more