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After over an hour at Eden Rock Claire had to go to work so she droped Phil and I at Rakams so we could have a look at the 'Cali'. Just in case you wonder why we stoped at a bar to see a ship Rakams has a dive ladder going down into the bay north of George Town harbour and only about 100yards from the wreck.
The Cali was a four-masted schooner sunk just outside the harbour north of George Town in 1944. 220 feet long, she had been converted to diesel engines, the remnants of which are now spread across the bottom along with her hull. Declared a hazard to navigation, she was blown up shortly after her sinking. Her depth is a maximum of 24 feet at the sand, rising 10 feet off the bottom at places.
Whilst snorkeling the wreck I found I had become separated from Philip turning round to see where he was I realised he was only yards away from this!!!
Fortunately the driver had seen both of us in the water and was taking avoiding action. After a time snorkeling we went back to the bar to meet Clair for lunch. All in all a wonderful morning.
Photos today are taken by Claire, Philip and myself all with the Olympus Tough.
TOTAL to date 124.08 miles
must try and do some cycling!!
Yes you have to watch out for the amphibious buses and the glass bottomed boat. They all sail over the Cali. The bus takes you on a tour of the island seeing the sights stops off at Hell before returning to the harbour and plunging into the water to sail over the two wrecks (the Cali & the Balboa both sunk in the harbour and blown up as hazards to navigation, cannot dive on the Balboa as its within the marine reserve and in the main shipping lane into the harbour) looking for fish & turtles before returning to land. Great photos of the fish!
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