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Avid outdoorsman and underwater photographer, Barry Brown has spent the last seven years documenting life above and below water in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Focusing on the island's coral reefs, he has worked hand-in-hand with several businesses and environmental groups, including SECORE, a marine conservation organization based in the Netherlands. His image of a research submersible was recently featured on the cover of DIVER magazine.

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Aug 4, 10     Comments Off

Good morning all, I am sick with what I think could be Dengue Fever again!  I worked all day yesterday and did two short dives but felt sick all day long, in fact I really struggled to make it thru the day.  When I got home I immediately laid down but after an hour I got up to go the restroom.  Well no sooner had I walked in the bathroom when I felt this overwhelming fever/stomach ach and started throwing up, it was awful!!  I actually laid on the bathroom floor for awhile while Aimee put a big wet cool towel over my back and slowly brought the fever down.  The rest of the night was spent drinking liquids, taking fever reducer and going back and forth the restroom, it was a fun night.  I do feel a bit better this morning with a headache and sore joints and will try to go into work just for a little while to check in.
 
Yesterday we had Harold, the owner of “Curacao Nights Magazine” www.nightspublications.com  with us in the sub and the owner of Caribbean Crafts www.caribbeanhandcraft.com  Many of you may remember 4-5 years ago when Aimee was on the cover of Curacao Nights free-diving out on the reef, still one of my favorite pictures! 
 
Meet Nicki and Alex, two of the kids I have spent a lot of time with here in Curacao as they are the children of the owner of the Sea Aquarium, Dutch.  I think I have sent 2-3 photos of Alex out over the years, one when he was on the beach riding his bike and one when he had caught a big fish, does that ring any bells.  I guess I can’t call Nicki a kid anymore as she is now studying to be a doctor in collage in Holland and is just here on vacation at the moment, smart one she is!  These two jumped in the other day for a sub ride and rode in the back.  The sub fits five people including the pilot.  Two people lay on their stomachs in front, the pilot sits in the middle looking out the big dome and behind him there are two more seats and each has it’s own window as you see here.  These two were a lot of fun to shoot, besides this nice photo with smiles, I also brought back pictures of them with tongues out and crazy faces, it really made me laugh underwater! 
 
That’s about it for this morning, more later, bye now, Barry
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