Nudi Gal

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Giant Nudibranch Video

I came across this video recently. Maybe I need to go see this nudi!

https://youtu.be/OyyukodgxZ8

Thursday, November 7, 2019

What my blog wants to be when it grows up

I stumbled across this cool site on Nudis:
http://www.philsdiving.com/marine-life-guide/molluscs/nudibranchs

I feel like I need to do something like this with my photos!

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Nudi Infographic (in Spanish)

This popped up on my Facebook feed. Pretty cool, but I wish it was in English!

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Slugfest on Wetpixel

Slugfest was highlighted on Wetpixel.com! Mike called us "colorful characters".

http://www.wetpixel.com/articles/mike-bartick-slugfest

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Home Again

I’m tired. I slept right up until my checkout time. I hope I will still sleep on the plane home.

I did order in a pizza to the room and it wasn’t bad.

I was the only person on the shuttle to the airport. Go figure.

Then when I checked into EVA Air (extremely early), they didn’t like the batteries in my heated vest. So they took it out and rescanned it and asked me again about it. In the end, they let the bag go through.

Now I’m trying to entertain myself in the Taiwan Airport for a few hours before we board the flight.

It’s going to take me a while to correct all the pictures that got messed up and to finish my overall nudi count. I am actually kinda looking forward to getting it all organized and published to the blog.

Here are my overall final numbers (combined):

90 dives bringing me to 1891 lifetime dives.

X distinct species of nudibranch <I’m still figuring this out>

Until next time:

Remain Curious, Neutrally Buoyant and Remember to Turn Things Over.

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Ugly American

Today starts the journey home.

Villa Markisa gave me these really cool steel water bottles. Although we were delayed, my flight was uneventful. I made it thru customs and claimed my bags and then went to go find this bus pick up spot. I found it and nobody else was in line so I stood as the first person and many people lined up behind me.

The bus arrived on time but it was already pretty full. I put my camera bag up there and then went to the back to load my other two bags… all these Chinese people were pushing onto the van and wouldn’t let me back on. What a clusterfuck. I made a big deal about it that my bags were now on the shuttle and I needed to get on. This kind Australian dude let me know that there was an open seat in front of him… now if I could just get to it and confirm that my camera bag was still there. Somehow I climbed over bags (maybe people) and got to that seat and confirmed my camera bag had made it on the shuttle. WTF people!?!?!? I was the first in line waiting. The driver called back to the hotel to let them know that they needed to send another shuttle for the others.

By the time I was checking in, it was after 1am and the hotel told me I needed to check out by noon. I fought back on that one too… I was told over email that I would definitely get late checkout. My flight was not until 8pm. They gave me at least a 2pm checkout. I guess that’s good enough. Grrr…

Friday, December 28, 2018

And now I'm tired.

Today is the last day of diving. Three dives. To be honest, I’m fine with it. I can’t keep up with my blog and IDs and I’m just tired. I guess that is a good thing. I’ve had my fill and there is still work on this trip I’ll need to do into the new year.

I just need some variety in my life right now. I feel like I have been doing the exact same thing for a month now and I’m ready to do something different.

I am also worried my camera will flood today.

But, my camera did just fine today. I made it through my last three dives. So I did every single dive that was available to me.

Or so I thought… Nina reminded me that I paid for a 20 dive package and I only did 19. She’s going to carry it forward for my next visit here. Because you know I’m coming back. J

Now, I’m tired. I slept all afternoon, got up and had dinner and went back to sleep.

Here are the nudis I saw on my last day:

164 - Flabellina sp. 2