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2012/9/12

在宏都拉斯的Utila學潛水


很多人都說宏都拉斯是世界上學潛水最便宜的地方,若非如此,可能我會略過這個國家,它和它的鄰居貝里斯共有的一段珊瑚礁是世界上第二大的珊瑚礁,僅次於澳洲的大堡礁,然而以美語為官方語言的貝里斯物價水準是中美之冠,想一睹這世界上第二大的珊瑚礁,就得來宏都拉斯。

Utila是一座位於宏國北岸外的小島,想省錢,可以從北岸的Le Ceiba坐船過來,一人要25美金,不然也可以飛進來。很多旅客並非像我是長期自助旅行的人,他們也許就是放個一星期年假,專程從歐美過來學潛水順便渡假,因此小島雖小也有固定航班。


上圖:這裏很多潛水中心都有自己的碼頭,初級班的人就在碼頭邊學基本潛水技巧。


島上潛水中心林立,價目表雖掛在牆上,但你一定要議價,因為競爭太激烈了,沒有人是付價目表上的價錢的。一般來說,一個PADI open water 或 advance license courses 套裝學費包含教材、課程及三天免費的住宿,但別對這住宿的品質期望太高喔,最多就是像青旅的多人間吧,當然,願意多花點錢的話,島上也有很多不錯的旅館。 我選了 Parrots Dive Center的進階課程,因為我在綠島已經拿過open water的執照,表定價格是 279 USD,但我只付了250美金,後來和別的學生聊天,發現這也是多數人付的價錢。

因為我不太會游泳,一開始在水裏難免會緊張,這裏的教練很有耐性的等我找回那種潛水時應該有的無重力感。我原本已有初級的執照,所以基本訓練也只花了一點時間,說起來進階課還比初階課簡單,因為連筆試都不用,就是強調某些技巧,不斷下水做練習。


上圖:Utila 的海岸線很長,訓練期待上幾天,每天被帶到不同地方潛水,看到的水底景觀、生物也不一樣


要拿到進階執照至少要做五種不同的潛水技巧,其中,deep dive (深潛)和 dive navigation (潛水導航)是必修課,其他的,你可以做wreck dive (沉船潛水), fish identification (認識魚類), night dive (夜潛)等等

所有的潛水中心在這五種潛水項目上都再贈送兩次潛水,等於七次潛水只要250美金,且都是船潛,也就是用船把你載到比較深或比較多東西看的地方後,再翻下船去潛水,真的非常便宜,我記得我在綠島學初階的時侯,也要台幣一萬元。


上圖:船潛時,坐海艇出海,到目的地一停泊好,大家就開始換上裝備。


課程第一天,我們就做了wreck dive 和 dive navigation。  這沉船有四十公尺長,三十公尺深,沉船在海底常會變成水底生物的棲息地,像這船整個長滿了海草,甚至珊瑚礁, 也因此,穿梭沉船時要特別小心,不然會傷及珊瑚礁,有時船艙室內光線不夠,也可能讓你誤碰危險生物。


上圖:碼頭邊的水很清,海裏的水當然更乾淨

上圖:這裏的教練來自各個國家,很多還在世界上不同地方當過教練,這女孩也是教練,她的膚色很漂亮吧。我遇到好幾個教練都是用這種方式邊教學、賺學費,邊旅行哦


進階課程讓你可以潛到比較深的地方,所以也能看到一些在淺海比較不容易看到的景觀 、生物,沉船就是一例,最刺激的是,可以在沉船裏面穿梭,這說起來簡單但也不簡單,因為船艙間的空道很窄小,且船艙內部很暗,你不小心也可能打死或踩死依存在船艙內的動植物。在深裏曾看到超巨大海龜,也曾看到幾百隻,或許有上千隻的海蛇一起跳舞。教練幾次抓了水母讓我們玩,水母有毒這大家都知道,不過頂著它的底部就沒關係,把它往上頂,看它慢慢掉下來,再去頂它一下,真有趣。

夜潛也非常有趣,我們各自帶著兩個手電筒下海,數以千百計的小魚圍聚在我的手電筒旁,當我們關上手電筒後,這種小魚又變成無數的螢火蟲,繞著我們飛。有一次潛水時,親眼看見教練殺了一隻lion fish,又把它餵給一隻像蛇的大魚,也親眼看著那像蛇的魚慢慢地把那死魚吞下去,教練說lion fish是水底的害蟲,人人得而誅之。


上圖:島上許多餐廳,賣著各種不同的海鮮,物美價廉,各餐廳都有一張告示,教你什麼月份、什麼季節吃什麼魚,什麼情況下可以吃什麼魚,才不會對一些魚類趕盡殺絕,造成環保悲劇

潛水是很棒的活動,它讓怕水的人可以零距離的接近水,在水底就好像月球漫步一樣,而水裏的壓力對你的體能又是一種訓練,我在綠島就遇到一個因為大車禍,被醫生指示用潛水做復健的德國人,在岸上看到他身體有一大半都有疤,且有半身行動有點不良,但下水後跟我們一樣四週傲遊,完全感覺不到他曾出過大車禍。潛水對工作壓力大的台灣人來說,也是一項很好的戶外活動。

有機會到中美洲一遊的人,不要錯過這個全世界最便宜的潛水地點哦,保證你一學就愛上潛水。


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2012/8/17

尼加拉瓜--不可錯過的火山滑板活動

來到尼加拉瓜的里昂(Leon),有什麼活動是你不該錯過的呢? 大家一致公認是vocalno boarding,就像玩滑雪板一樣,只是這是從火山上滑下來的滑板活動。CNN曾列舉了五十項人死之前一定要體驗過的恐怖活動,而這項活動可是排到第二名哦,可見它的有口皆碑。為此,雖然看到我室友因為玩這個而受傷,我還是報名了。

從我報名後到出發前這兩天,青旅裏面又多了幾個人因這活動而受傷,雖多半只是小皮外傷,看多了也令人擔心。有一個女孩還因為腿上有大片破皮,晚上痛到在哭呢!但是其他人,包括那些有小破皮的人,還是跟我說,你一定會愛上這個活動的!

Leon最有名的兩家青旅是Big foot 和 Via Via,兩家剛好在對門,都是一床六美金,我住大腳青旅是因為它讓我用廚房,它也是主辦這活動的單位,住在其他地方的旅客要參加這活動,還是得來這裏報名。每天最多只能有24個人參加,再多車子也載不下,因為一天只出團一次,有個室友去報名慈善基金會辦的這項活動,最後卻因為人數不足而取消了。

更多照片請看20111127_volcano boarding at Leon Nicaragua

上圖:車子把我們一行人載到火山底下,從火山底往火山頂走,雖然路不遠,但是每個人得背著自己的裝備,這包括滑板,防護衣及防護鏡等,這些東西沒在分尺寸的,所以我這麼矮也得背跟別人一樣重的東西,教練中途問說要不要幫我背,我實在不好意思"下"我們台灣人的面子,還是勉強自己背,不過走到後來,發現連國外身高馬大的女孩子,手上的東西也漸少了,都給男生幫忙拿了,那我就不客氣地讓一個法國帥哥幫我拿我的東西。


往山頂上的路,因為是火山,沒有草,沒有樹,只有大大小小的岩石,極不好走,加上天氣又爆熱,還有這些東西的重量,這段路還真令人有點累,且心情也頗複雜,想能快點玩到那滑板,但又有點擔心。


上圖:到山頂後教練教我們怎麼穿防護衣

爬到山頂後往下一看,哇,還真有點可怕的樣子,也許是因為火山寸草不生的黑色太沉重,也許是因為地底傳上來的熱氣太腦人,也許是因為天空中盤旋不去的那幾隻老鷹,整個氛圍就好像大白天遇見鬼,大家相視無語,雖然勉強擠出微笑彼此示意不要緊張,卻有點皮笑肉不笑,估計大家跟我一樣,都是又期待,又怕受傷害,教練這時還不馬上開始,卻帶我們在山頂上走走,拍拍照,摸摸地上熱騰騰的石頭,沒錯,這可是座活火山呢!!!




上圖:教練正在跟大家做活動行前說明,除了說了一下最近破紀錄的時速是由哪國人創造的,也說了一些因為衝太快而失速發生意外的情形,當然,最嚴重的就死掉了。

教練說,有個人是在這裏破了紀錄,卻摔碎了好幾根骨頭,在醫院裏躺了很久,更慘的是,他的紀錄沒幾天就被別人破了。


上圖:我們就是一個一個,兩人一組,從這裏滑下去的,雖然對面景色頗美,但往下看不見整片的下坡,只看到最低的那片黑地,還是令人心頭一顫


上圖:正常滑行情形

我很仔細地聽著教練的說明,他說速度完全可以自己控制,我雖然半信半疑,但是一向尊師重道的我,可是把他的說明牢牢地記住:重點就在於,往下滑時,腿要緊靠在板子的兩側,腿伸直,腳板與腿呈垂直,用腳後跟一左一右的點地,點的越快,阻力越高,速度就越慢,有的人會翻倒往某一側,就是因為兩腳點地的力氣不一樣大所致。當然,如果你想破紀錄,最佳方法就是,保持兩腳後跟有點懸空,那可以說快的飛起來了。事實上,青旅的時速排行榜上,最快的時速就有近90公里,前幾名都在85公里以上!!

因為心裏還有前幾個人受傷的陰影,我一開始往下滑時,就不斷地雙腳點地,果然速度就不太快,這時我反而覺得不夠過癮耶,想要慢慢加速了,因此在考慮是否放慢腳點地的速度,可是一路滑下來時,腳推動小石子,揚起來的碎石太多,不僅飛撞我的衣服、飛入了我的褲管,甚至連我的運動內衣裏都能感到石子的存在,更麻煩的是,即使載著護目鏡,也許是心理作用,沙石不斷揚起撞擊鏡片,我一直覺得眼睛睜不開,人在視野不好時,對於自己的行動就會有所遲疑,等我開始覺得不管三七二十一,我就要給它加速時,都已經快到終點了,最後,我是安全著地,但時速也只有三十幾。

我們這團裏面時速最高的是一個德國女孩,達75公里,最慢的則是一個男生,只有10公里,我記得他兩腳一直動個不停,且有一度滑板幾乎動不了。雖然我覺得再給我一次機會的話,我的速度應該會好上很多,不過有很多女生也只有20公里左右而已。


上圖:教練說,從火山上往下滑,有幾種結果,這是第一種,安全著陸


上圖:第二種,翻向一邊,但還沒有摔車


上圖:我非常訝異地發現,最怕的幾個是男生,像這個人,時速只有十公里耶,青旅的時速板上前幾名也是女生居多


上圖:有些人滑到一半就翻倒了,但上面這位還好,她是翻倒了後還能自己站起來,有的你可以想像,連翻幾次後,都滾到山下了


上圖:這是我滑完後,留在滑板上的小石子


上圖:這是我的鞋子,滑完後塞滿了小石頭

上圖:我的室友,她在我前一天去玩的,她是一路滑到底才翻的,連翻了五次,不過她本來就比較男性化,隨身帶顆足球,要人家陪她玩,又到處跟人家比扶地挺身的那種個性,可以說是因為想破紀錄才會翻得這麼厲害,一般人好好控制,這活動還是很安全的

結論就是:證明教練說速度完全可以控制這句話是真的了,只要兩腳平衡,像今天時速最高的那女孩,著地後完全沒有受傷。有些人腿上有小小的破皮則是因為沙石飛起來磿破皮的。保持平衡、不要自己嚇自己很重要,否則不論速度高或低,都可能像我室友一樣,變成翻滾吧,男(女)孩。(我寫完才想到,年初我朋友在北海道初體驗滑雪板,結果摔到手腕骨碎掉還開刀,只能說凡凡事小心,注意教練指示)

這個活動結束後,大家都是一身髒,像我自己就抹了兩次肥皂才洗得乾淨,回程車上,每人分了瓶啤酒同歡,到家後,青旅會送你兩杯Mojito的票,那可是他們酒吧的招牌喔,在忙了一天以後,覺得特別的好喝。

CNN的五十項你死前應做的恐怖活動:
Thrill seeker's bucket list: 50 experiences to try before you die

華山的長空棧道也名列這排行榜的第四名!

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2012/2/7

東非行 Day 25:我與尼羅河的初次邂逅:level 5 whitewater rafting at Nile





上圖:泛舟過程中沒辦法拍照,只能把船公司幫我們拍的照片分享給大家看

話說我們來非洲前並沒有計劃這一趟到底要去哪一些景點,幹些什麼轟轟烈烈的活動,所以一路上就道聽途說其他旅客的經驗來規劃我們的下一步。Safari tour的最後兩天,在露營區巧遇三個對岸同胞,他們safari tour的最後一天也是要去看世界第二大淡水湖:維多利亞湖,正好跟我們一樣,當然我們就很好奇之後他們要去哪,他們說之後要往烏干達的金賈(Jinja)移動,因為那裏號稱是非洲極限運動之都,我的旅伴已經旅行過幾十個國家了,聽到這個眼睛馬上為之一亮,問我:有沒有興趣呢?就這樣,我們到了烏干達的首都Kampala,並向我們所住的 Backpackers Hostel預訂了今天的whitewater rafting,美金125(好心痛啊,我一開始對我當背包客期間的預算是一個月1000美金而已呢)

首先要說明,一個會被稱為極限運動之都的地方,當然不會只有泛舟這活動能做,只是那幾個中國人說來了金賈,這是必做的活動,所以我們當然也入境隨俗,其他活動我們評估後,覺得實在太貴了,就沒有參與,尤其是高空彈跳一項,一百塊美金,往下一跳就用光了,真的好貴啊,再說,有人跟我們說,非洲最棒的高空彈跳在維多利亞瀑布(世界最大的瀑布),所以如果真的要做的話,等我們到了那裏再做吧。

金賈是白尼羅河的發源地,而非洲最長的尼羅河則是由白尼羅河及青尼羅河匯流而成,一路流到埃及。大家都知道,尼羅河幾乎可說是世界上有名的河流中污染最嚴重的,也只有在這一段,可以從事泛舟的活動,不會被臭死。這裏的泛舟之所有有名,還不只是因為這個原因,更重要的是,whitewater rafting有六個等級,level 6是需要有執照才能做的,換句話說一般商業活動能做的最多就到level 5而已,而這裏標榜的就是level 5 whitewater rafting



上圖:我們的船,旁邊的獨木舟是隨行的人員,如果有人落河,或有人槳掉了,他們會幫忙救人及救槳


說了這麼落落長,那到底今天玩下來,刺不刺激呢?我和我的旅伴都覺得,和我們想像得不太一樣。全程約不到4 小時,絕大多數時侯是風平浪靜的,前後總共大概有不到十個地方因為地形變化才有大浪,不過有大浪的地方是真的非常大,有超過我以前多次泛舟的經驗,不負它level 5的頭銜,但是總體而言,跟我們想像得,會不時出現有湍流的泛舟還是略有不同。中間有一個地方,浪真的超級無敵大的,教練要我們全部下船,在岸上走過這一段,據說那一段就是level 6才能泛的。

今天服務我們的這間公司叫做Adrift,是這活動最有名的公司。我們這一船一共坐了九個旅客及教練,我猜大概是這間公司為了省錢,沒有派第二船給我們,一路上我們看到其他船,大概都只有六個旅客。不過雖然我們這船的人多,但一路划下來,在教練的指導下,只翻過一次船,但也就這一次,已經破了我泛舟經驗中"滅頂"最嚴重的一次,上面第二張圖應該可以看出一些端倪,翻船後,離船太遠的人,會有駕著獨木舟的當地人把我們"救回"大船上,這一翻,也害我喝了超多的尼羅河水,希望明天以後不要拉肚子呀~~。


我們一路上又和其他旅客聊,有人說,非洲的極限運動之都是在納米比亞,不是在這裏哦,唉呀,真的是眾說紛紜。還有就是上次有人建議我們去維多利亞瀑布泛舟這檔事,也因為這季節那裏是雨季,水量太多,是不能開放泛舟的,所以說,代誌不是憨人所想的那麼簡單,只能說我們自己事前功課做得不夠多。





上圖:泛舟活動結束在lunch BBQ buffet,大家聊得意猶未盡,倒是教練和其他工作人員全上了車後,硬把我們催上車,結束了這辛苦的一天。


上圖:河岸邊四處可見各種羊

2011/11/28

Volcano boarding at Leon Nicaragua


Introduction for the first team sliding down.


Safe landing.


Landing with one roll.


Sliding at 10KM per hour, very very slow

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On the way up to the hill, all rocks!!


Get dressed and protected.


That is where we are going down.


See all the dust and mud coming up all the way down.


Some people may fall during the course.


so much rocks on the board when finishing the sliding


Look at the rocks in my shoes after sliding down.

The girl rolled five times when landing


This activity is ranked the 2nd most dangerous things must do before you die ranked by CNN, so I think I must do it though a friend who did it earlier got injury (please refer to the picture).

Later on, with more and more bad stories learned, you can imagine I went there with fear.   A girl who got scratch her entire leg cried all night, too painful to sleep, things like this are told among backpackers.

It is a bit tiring to move up to the hill, as you will need to carry your board, a cloth for protection and your personal belongings.  So I just brought a camera with me.  Comparison with other people, I am so tiny, but I needed to carry the same heavy board and cloth as them do.   Luckily, a cute French guy offered to carry my board for me when he saw me so struggling on the way up.

The road up to the hill is not too long but it is all rocks.  On top of that is the burning heat and weight of the facilities, it is a bit tiring, but it actually didn't take too long.

When we reached the hill, looking down where we gonna slide down,  I thought it is really scary.  But, as soon as you start sliding, you would realize, it is just not as fast as you think it would be.  The guide told us, if you want to go fast, you just lift your heels a little bit, if you want it slow, you straighten your feet and continuously tap the road all the way down.

When I thought, well, it is not so fast and not scary after sliding, I lowered down the frequency of tapping, but as all the mud came up, I felt losing of visibility, and then, I tapped faster again.  It turned out my speed is only 31 km per hour at the point when I reached the end.  I think I can do it much fast if I would have another shot in my life, as it is really up to you how fast you want it to be.

The highest of today is 75 km by a girl from German, the lowest is 10 km, and by a man, surprisingly.  I saw him tapping very very fast and we waited so long for him to finish his entire journey.  The hostel has a ranking of the speed, top five of both men and women are around 85-87 km.   Although I so regret not doing it faster, but a lot of girls did it at 20.

To conclude, it is actually not that dangerous.  The girl run fast today completed it intact.  I think people who would get some scratch only if, they got panic and lose stability, or they want to break the record so they lift their feet, but when they almost reach the end, their can't hold their heels up, then you will fall, or roll.  The girl in the picture rolled five times.

After the sliding, you will get all dirty, from head to feet, you will need to wash your entire body insider out two three times, as all rocks will get inside your cloth, even bra, and your ears too.

I stayed at Bigfoot Hostel in Leon, the other hot hostel is Via Via, just on the opposite side of Bigfoot.  6 USD pet bed in dorm.  I picked Bigfoot as it let you use the kitchen.  I joined the tour hosted by the hostel and it seems that people staying in other places also come here for this tour.  Maximum for the tour is 24 people today, and sometimes it will be fully booked.  My friend registered a tour with a charity, but it turned out being cancelled as too few people joined the tour.  There was only one group today, so for this activity, just come to Bigfoot.

The tour is 23 USD, and you will pay 5 USD admission additionally.  Tour cost includes transportation, guide, beer ( on the way back to town) and two mojitos ( in the hostel).  Believe me, when you get this done, you will really need some alcohol to cool down your excitement.

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2011/11/22

Advance PADI diving course in Utila Honduras





The girl in bikini is also a dive instructor. Her skin is really pretty.

Very yummy grilled snapper.

The girl in the restaurant, her eyelashes are really long.


Honduras is considered the cheapest place for diving in the world.  Adjacent to Belize, they share the world number two reef, only next to Australia reef.

Utila is a small island in the north coast.  You can take a ferry from Le Ceiba to reach Utila, or you can fly in. The ferry is not cheap...it costed me 25 USD for one way.

You can imagine there would be many diving centers in Utila, so severe competition.  They usually will not charge you what you see on the price board, do negotiate. They all provide packages which include three night free accommodation, for PADI open water or advance license courses; I registered with Parrots Dive Center.  The official price for advance course is 279 USD, but they charge me only 250.

I actually don't know how to swim, so tend to be nervous in the water. The instructors are very nice and patient, always let me take time to stabilize myself during training. I found the advance is actually easier than open water, as it just highlights some skills under certain circumstances. So all we do is just diving and diving, learn from practice.

Unlike open water license, no tests required for advance license, so no worry to memorize the details in the manual.

For advance license, you need to do five dives, deep dive and dive  navigation are mandatory, and you can choose the rest three from wreck dive, fish identification, night dive, etc.  All dive centers offer two free fun dives after the courses, so total seven dives for 250 USD.  Most importantly, all seven dives are boat dives.

The first day, we did wreck dive and dive navigation.  It is a 40 meter long wreck laid 30 meter deep in the sea. The wreck has became a "hotel" for the underwater species.  The entire wreck is covered with seaweed and even reef.

As you can go deeper with advance license, so you get to see things usually can't be seen in more shallow wster, wrecks is one good example and also many big sea species.  We first moved along the wreck, then we penetrated the wreck from different angles.

In the two days courses, I saw hundreds of sea snakes swinging,  a very big sea turtle and numerous fishes and also played with jelly fishes.  My instructor killed a lion fish and fed it to a snake-shaped big fish. I witnessed the fish slowly swallowed the lion fish.... Lion fish is considered pesticide for other sea spices, so you can kill it. Night dive is another good experience, thousand of small fishes clustered to my flash light.  When we all turned off the flash lights, they became like fireflies all over us. Really spectacular.

Every restaurant here has a poster regarding what fish can be ate , or what can be ate with special condition and what can't be.  I love sea food do much and it is cheap here.

I like diving because under the sea, you feel like you are roaming on the moon, you don't feel anything but your breathing.When I first did diving last year, I thought it is a very good activity for people who work too hard, and want to feel stressless.  Hope I can continue to explore more under the sea.

2011/11/19

明天來去潛水囉!

去年在綠島拿到PADI潛水執照。其實我不太會遊泳,甚至可以說有點怕水,水一到我心臟位置,就感覺呼吸困難,連洗溫泉也洗不了多久。上課第一天在岸邊練習,因為要克服自己怕水的心理障礙,別人練一兩次就OK的動作,我都得練上四五回,簡直要把老師惹毛了。沒想到現在居然還要去挑戰Advance的執照,但宏都拉斯被譽為全世界潛水最便宜的地方,也一直在全世界最佳潛水景點榜上有名,我怎能錯過這個機會。

2011/11/15

Day 40: Climbing Volcano San Pedro

Paid USD50 for this tour.  Usually I don´t join tour, but since I heard some robbery stories here, and those are guns at your head, I think I should just pay the fee as an insurance, cuz I am travelling alone here.

First take a boat from Panajachel to San Pedro, then a tuk tuk to the entrance of the park.  The volcano is 3020M and the lake height is already 1458M.  It will take you 3 hours to go up and 2 hours to land.  Only one bathroom is at the reception of the park.  No food selling up there, so bring your food and water, as you will be really hungry and thirsty after you get on the top.

There are no stairs the entire trail, all mud traces and it should not surprise you.  If a country can´t spend money to make its roads all good, how can you expect better in the mountains.   There are a lot of coffee trees, advocado trees and maiz in the volcano, also some animals, but I could only hear the sounds, not see them.

Standing on the dock, you see all three volcanos around Lake Atitlan.

Volcano San Pedro, yes, I am going to climb it today.

Like  the lake view so much.

We are higher.

Finally we are almost at the top.  He is my guide, local with Mayan as first language and Spanish as the second language. So I got to practice some of my very basic entry level Spanish. 

Look!!  We are on the top.


From the top of Volcano San Pedro, you will see the entire lake as well as the Volcano Atitlan and Volcano Toliman.