Private Island Paradise: Something Fishy's Anniversary Adventure

[tageed-lee]

Amazing! Cannot wait for all the pics!

Love that you figured out how to attain your private island dream!

Thanks for sharing!

[Lou Bob]

I hope you left your toaster behind for the next person

[LoLo]

Great start, creative thinking, looking forward to the rest.

[ushdadude]

That's actually a legit question.

Officially, there's a risk of zika according to the CDC. But my research showed that the CDC is overgeneralizing based on the entire country (as they nearly always do). There have been no reports of zika on the Bay Islands, and outside of swampy areas mosquitoes are not that common. On a tiny island with no standing water they're even less of a problem.

Of course we took the obvious precautions, including spraying our clothing with permethrin and using DEET-based insect repellent.

In the end, as expected, neither of us got any mosquito bites.

how about panama? It's on my bucket list. awesome diving and plenty of kosher food

[mgarfin]

how about panama? It's on my bucket list. awesome diving and plenty of kosher food

To keep to tradition of hijacking a thread, the Panamanian's claim that central Panama/Canal area has no reported zika, only down south...

[Luvtotravel]

Is their site down due to #ddf effect??

[as2]

@Something Fishy , I've seen discussion with regards to length of stay in Maldives or BOB. How long, in your opinion, do you feel is to short/long for (this) a private island?

[whYME]

I'm just waiting to see the picture of the gear you bring on a non-photography trip

[Something Fishy]

how about panama? It's on my bucket list. awesome diving and plenty of kosher food

I haven't looked into the situation there, so I really have no idea.

[Something Fishy]

@Something Fishy , I've seen discussion with regards to length of stay in Maldives or BOB. How long, in your opinion, do you feel is to short/long for (this) a private island?

Minimum three nights, preferably four. I think longer than that and you'd get island fever.

My wife disagrees and says shes fine with moving here for a year .

[Something Fishy]

I'm just waiting to see the picture of the gear you bring on a non-photography trip

I didn't take a gear pic .

Here's what I took:

Sony A7r II, 16-35 f/4, 28 f/2, and 16 f/3.5
Nikon 300 f/4 with Sony adapter
DJI Mavic
GoPro Hero4 Silver
Ricoh Theta 360° camera
Ikelite underwater housing with 8" dome port, 2x DS51 underwater strobes, and 4x 7" extension arms
Tripod, monopod, filters, tools, and a mountain of other accessories
Enough batteries to power an aircraft carrier (5x Sony, 5x Mavic, 5x GoPro, 16x AA, 6x external power banks, and who knows what else.)

[MeirS]

Enough batteries to power an aircraft carrier (5x Sony, 5x Mavic, 5x GoPro, 16x AA, 6x external power banks, and who knows what else.)

ALOL

[lfas25]

Minimum three nights, preferably four. I think longer than that and you'd get island fever.

My wife disagrees and says shes fine with moving here for a year .

Are you picking her up on the 11th anniversary?   

[Something Fishy]

Are you picking her up on the 11th anniversary?   

ROFL

[yoohoo]

Enjoying....
.....And now we wait.....