So we ventured into the unknown; Elias Matus, reservations manager for the Rainforest and Reef Resorts of Belize, my fourteen year old son, Gianni Tonti and me, Peter Tonti, CFO and Business Manager for The Lodge at Chaa Creek, in search of some hands-on experience with the island portion of our Inland/Island Adventure Package with Turneffe Flats.Â
An hour and a half boat ride from Belize City led us to our destination, Turneffe Flats. We arrived around 5:00 pm, had dinner and called it a day, ensuring we got a good night rest for what was in stored for us the following day.Â
After a hearty breakfast, our fun-filled day began. We headed North-West of …Â Details
Explore pristine waters, coral reefs, exotic fish, shipwrecks and more
Snorkeling opens a window to an exotic and colorful world—and you don’t have to be experienced or even have much money to do it. “It’s really minimalist,†says Bill Keefe, co-owner of Bimini Undersea in the Bahamas.
“It’s not equipment intensive. Just the mask fins and snorkel. And it’s very easy for someone to learn to snorkel even if they are not world-class swimmers. If you have the ability to swim in water over your head and not drown, you can snorkel. Its actually much easier than … Details
Besides the usual motivations to visit Costa Rica—over a quarter of the country is protected in national parks, there are monkeys in the trees, iguanas underfoot, and good surfing waves on both coasts—there are two more reasons you should go right now.
Stoked News is leaving for a few days of surfing in Southern Calif. in a couple of hours. The plan is to stay in Malibu and be in the water by late afternoon today.  They say that timing is everything in life. Â
What do I find to post this morning is this video of a great white shark in the 10-12 foot range right off Malibu, swimming about 1/4 off the beach. Nothing new, we have lots of great whites off the San Francisco area every day of the year.  It does make you stop and think when siting in the lineup with your legs hanging down.