Thinking Diver

While I am resting at my parents in the South of France?, I thought I’d write a quick trip report on the week I spent diving in Corsica.

A bit of background for those who don’t know much about the Island: Corsica is the largest french owned island (3,351 sq mi, roughly the size of Porto Rico), south of the mainland (110 miles), just north of Sardaigna and west of Italy (56 miles). As such, it is in the Mediteranean sea and enjoys temperatures in the high 60s at depth in the summer (and mid 90s on land). Corsica is very mountainous above the water and many of the large boulders found on land can be seen underwater. It has a lot of costline (620miles). One can fly to Corsica through Paris (Orly) and Marseille (MRS) as well as take an overnight ferry (with a car, which is what I did). Those are very large ferries capable of transporting 2000+ people and 700 cars.

Raised in the south of France, I had never been to Corsica and didn’t quite know what to expect (you don’t usually vacation in the Dominican Republic when you live in P.R.). I chose Corsica for this dive vacation because it was a good place to take my parents (for my dad’s 90th birthday), an easy place to get to, far away from where I now live (Boston) and a beautiful island to boot. Furthermore, the presence of a rEvo instructor implied a rebreather friendly structure in Porticcio/Agosta on the west coast where we stayed (we rented a 4 bedroom villa for $2000 a week or so).
I dove with Corse Plong

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Tags: Corse, Corsica, diving, Europe, france, IANTD instructor, iDeco, iPhone, Mediteranean sea, Nicolas Caprili, Rebreather, recreational diving, rEvo, Scuba diving, Trimix
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