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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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Jun 13, 10     Comments Off

Saint Joris Bay in Curacao

Good evening from rainy Curacao.  Here’s a photo that’s long overdo, this is a small area of Saint Joris Bay that as you know I spend so much time at either walking the dogs, biking, trail building, collecting wood, taking photos and on and on!!  This morning in-between rain showers I picked our good friend Zenzi up from her house and off we went for a fun morning hike with the dogs.  It’s rare I ever have company on these hikes so today’s walk was extra special as it’s so much fun to show a new area to a friend, and she loved it!  This is hands down one of our favorite spots to play and take the dogs but most folks never go here as it’s way off the beaten path.  I climbed a very dangerous and tall rock out in the water to get this shot, Zenzi was very helpful in helping me with the camera and tripod, that’s her and Indi standing on the rock in the water along the shore near the middle of the photo.  If you look above Zenzi and to the right a little you will see the only natural Pyramid in Curacao, it’s so cool!  This morning we had a super low tide making the walk around the shoreline much easier than normal.  I found some great wood this morning that I stashed in hiding and will take it home at another time, it will make a great table.  Because of the humidity from the rain it was super hot by 9:30 so we both decided to get moving and call it a morning and plus the dogs were showing signs of starting to wear out.  This bay is fed by the ocean and is filled with turtles, rays, nurse sharks and hundreds of other creatures but the visibility usually is pretty bad making taking photos here impossible. 
 
The good news for the day is, The Puppies are Gone, at least for a little while!!  For those of you on the island in need of puppy or dog care, training or just a one day dog-sitter, I have the girl for you.  Her name is Eveline Reints and she runs a new company called YUKA’S Honden “uitlaat” Service, I think that means Dog Watching Service.  You can e-mail her at yukasuitlaatservice@gmail.com or check out her web site at www.uitlaatservice-curacao.nl  I loaded them up in the car at around 11:00 and off we went for a new adventure (which they didn’t enjoy).  When we got there it was a non-stop bark-a-thon and I wished I had brought my ear plugs but within minutes and after meeting her other dogs all was good in the World again.  I have called throughout the day to check on them and apparently all is well.  It’s a good thing for them to start meeting other dogs and be in new places at least that’s what I am telling myself to help me sleep tonight!  I will keep you all posted so stay tuned for more.
 
I got so much done today for once!  I went shopping and spent a large amount of time on the computer burning DVD’s backing up photos from the past few weeks, you would be shocked at how many photos I take.
 
Aimee is well and having a blast, feel free to drop her a line at aimeedolphins@yahoo.com  Be back again
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