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Daedra of Kvatch minor details
Been a while since I’ve written anything for this AU, so here’s some random details that don’t have too much of an impact on the main story. The AU has changed quite a bit since my last posts about it, so I thought I’d just throw in some minor stuff, like secondary character backstories and small quirks about HoK, who still doesn’t have an actual name. I’m thinking Samael or Weylin.
HoK has a Breton woman named Alice who keeps just showing up in his palace and not even the guards knows how she gets in. She keeps saying that a cat, rabbit, and mouse let her in through a secret door, but no one has been able to find any of the mentioned creatures. She is currently the acting Duchess of Mania.
HoK does actually know the cat Alice is talking about, but he refuses to say anything because he finds the whole thing absolutely hilarious.
HoK has made an extra artifact since he became MadGod and became more familiar with his powers. It’s a necklace that he gave to Martin. It has a powerful shield enchantment, as well as resistances to all types of magic, disease and poison.
HoK sometimes forgets he’s Sheogorath and will be surprised anytime he does something daedric-y.
The first, and only, time HoK was there for a christening of a baby (would it be a divining? An akatoshening?) the baby gained an unbreakable tie to the Isles. Her hair yearned stark white, and her magical pools grew to unwarranted amounts. She later grew up to be the worlds strongest conjured, mystic, alteration mage, destruction mage, and illusionist. She later became HoK’s apprentice.
After the Oblivion Crisis ended, the hero who went into Mankato Camorans Paradise and later became the Champion of Cyrodiil, later remade the Knights of the Nine and vowed to wipe the Daedra from Tamriel. This makes things awkward between them and HoK.
Martin and HoK actually had 2 wedding ceremonies. One in the Shivering Isles and one in Cyrodiil.
HoK founded a museum in the Imperial City, where he stores multiple artifacts he comes across in his journey, and where CoC stores the ones they come across as well.
HoK regularly travels to Skingrad to have tea with Count Janus, as well as a few other guests of varying afflictions. The regulars are a werewolf, a lich, and a Dunmer woman who says she was cured of Corprus. HoK calls these meetings Outcast Anonymous. Janus calls them Sundas brunch, even though they almost always start at 11:25 p.m.
The other Daedric Princes have different emotions about HoK. Some (Dagon, Molag, Namira, and Nocturnal) despise him for his ability to walk on Mundas, others (Malacath, Hircine, Sanguine, the True Tribunal occasionally, and Clavicus Vile) actually like him and hang out with him quite often, the others don’t really pay him any mind.
HoK works part time as a teacher for the Arcane University about proper etiquette when working with Daedra and how to safely traverse the planes of Oblivion.
He has a pet. It’s a ferret named Hircine. Hircine pretends to hate it, but he is in love with the Baby Hircine™️ as he calls it when he thinks HoK isn’t looking
Martin does his very best to accept HoKs station and nature, but it is hard when he can feel the presence of his old master, Sanguine, on his husband.
There are no mirrors in the entire Imperial Palace except for one, which is inside HoK’s private library, which not even Martin is allowed inside.
It’s not very rare for insane people to show up at the Palace. Martin doesn’t know how to feel about them, as HoK finds their antics either amusing or annoying depending on the day, instead of sad and pitiful as Martin does
#elder scrolls#fanfic#gay#elder scrolls headcannon#fanfiction#gay fanfic#gay fanfiction#hero of kvatch#martin septim#elder scrolls oblivion#daedra of kvatch au#elder scrolls fanfiction#mxm#oblivion#elder scrolls au#oblivion au#male x male#martin septim x male hero of kvatch#martin septim x male oc#martin septim x oc#martin septim fanfiction#martin septim x male reader#first time posting bout this in a while#I’ll make another post detailing important events Ian the new timeline#I’ll probably also make a physical timeline in person to make it easier in me#I might also make a post expanding on some of these details#I didn’t go into that much details in them cuz then I would’ve been saying major stuff not minor
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Holidays 6.9
Holidays
Accession Day (Jordan)
Bill and Ted Day
Birsa Munda Shahidi Diwas (Madhya Pradesh; India)
Clothing Poverty Awareness Day (UK)
Community Day (La Rioja, Murcia; Spain)
Coral Triangle Day
Cornflower Day (French Republic)
Denture Day
Donald Duck Day
Feast of the Birth of the White-Breasted Giantess
Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day
International Archives Day
International Batten Disease Awareness Day
International Day of Celtic Art
International Dough Disco Day
La Rioja Day (Spain)
Meezer’s Colors Day
Monkey Spank Day
Murcia Day (Spain)
National Earl Day
National Helen Day
National Heroes’ Day (Uganda)
National Krewe of Tucks Day
National Long COVID Awareness Day (Canada)
National Meal Prep Day
National Mitchell Day
National No Apologies Period Day
National Sex Day
No Apologies Period Day
Profess Your Love Day
Purple People Eater Day
Rockman Day
Senior Race Day (T.T. Bank; Isle of Man)
Toy Industry Day
Traverse Myelitis Awareness Day (UK)
World Accreditation Day
World APS Day (a.k.a. World Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Day)
Writers’ Rights Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
International Dark ’n Stormy Day
Kraft Cheese Day
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
2nd Friday in June
Banana Split Day (Ohio) [2nd Friday]
Kamehameha Day (Hawaii) [June 11, Unless a Weekend, then Friday before]
National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers [2nd Friday]
National Lemonade Days begin [2nd Friday]
National Marriage Day [2nd Friday]
National Movie Night [2nd Friday]
Pirate Day Friday (Australia) [2nd Friday]
Poultry Days begin (Versailles, Ohio) [2nd Friday]
Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival begins (Oklahoma) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]
World Verdejo Day [2nd Friday]
Independence Days
Flevelt (a.k.a. the Confederation of Flevelt; Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Självstyrelsedagen (Åland Self-Governing Day; Åland)
Feast Days
Aidan of Lindisfarne (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
Architects of the Middles Ages (Positivist; Saints)
Bathe in Marinara Day (Pastafarian)
Bede (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
Cloverfield Dairy Cow (Muppetism)
Columba of Iona (a.k.a. Columbia or Columkille; Celtic Christian) [Poets]
Edmund (Christian; Saint)
Ephrem the Syrian (Roman Catholic Church and Church of England)
James Collinson (Artology)
Jim Jones Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
José de Anchieta (Christian; Saint)
Jotunheim Day (Pagan)
Liborius (Christian; Saint)
Lord Buddha's Parinirvana (Bhutan)
Pelagia (Christian; Virgin and Martyr)
Primus and Felician (Christian; Martyrs)
Ralph Goings (Artology)
Remembrance for Sigurd the Dragonslayer (a.k.a. Siegfried; Asatru/Slavic Pagan)
Richard, Bishop of Andria (Christian; Saint)
Vesalia (Feast of Vesta; Roman Goddess of the Hearth)
Vincent (Christian; Martyr)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [33 of 57]
Premieres
Bill of Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1962)
Cars (Animated Pixar Film; 2006)
Dire Straits, by Dire Straits (Album; 1978)
The Empty Chair, by Jeffrey Deaver (Novel; 2000)
Gone in 60 Seconds (Film; 2000)
How Do I Know It’s Sunday (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)
Invisible Touch, by Genesis (Album; 1986)
Jelly-Roll Blues, recorded by Jelly Roll Morton (Song; 1924)
Kids Say th Darnedest Things!, by Art Linkletter (Humor Book; 1958)
Labour of Lust, by Nick Lowe (Album; 1979)
Loki (TV Series; 2021)
Mr. Tambourine Man, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1964)
The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco (Novel; US Translation 1983)
A Pirate Looks at Fifty, by Jimmy Buffett (Memoir; 1998)
Party Girl (Film; 1995)
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2009)
Some Girls, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1978)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Film; 1989)
Stroke It Rich (Radio Game Show; 1947)
Super 8 (Film; 2011)
The Wise Little Hen (Disney Cartoon; 1934) [1st Donald Duck]
Today’s Name Days
Annamaria, Ephraim, Grazia (Austria
Diomed, Efrem, Kolumban, Ranko (Croatia)
Stanislava (Czech Republic)
Primus (Denmark)
Elar, Haljand, Hallar, Helar, Helari, Hellar (Estonia)
Ensio (Finland)
Diane (France)
Annamaria, Diana, Ephram, Grazia (Germany)
Rodanthi (Greece)
Félix (Hungary)
Efrem, Primo (Italy)
Gita, Liega, Ligita, Naula, Valeska (Latvia)
Felicijus, Gintas, Gintė (Lithuania)
Kolbein, Kolbjørn (Norway)
Felicjan, Pelagia, Pelagiusz (Poland)
Chiril (România)
Stanislava (Slovakia)
Efrén, Feliciano, Julián (Spain)
Birger, Börje (Sweden)
Cole, Coleman, Colman, Dean, Deana, Deanna, Dee, Dena, Diana, Diane, Dianna, Dianne, Dyane, Prima, Primavera (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 160 of 2024; 205 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 23 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 26 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ding-Si), Day 22 (Wu-Xu)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 20 Sivan 5783
Islamic: 20 Dhu al-Qada 1444
J Cal: 10 Sol; Threesday [10 of 30]
Julian: 27 May 2023
Moon: 63%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 20 St. Paul (6th Month) [Architects of the Middles Ages]
Runic Half Month: Odal (Home, Possession) [Day 15 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 81 of 92)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 19 of 32)
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Holidays 6.9
Holidays
Accession Day (Jordan)
Bill and Ted Day
Birsa Munda Shahidi Diwas (Madhya Pradesh; India)
Clothing Poverty Awareness Day (UK)
Community Day (La Rioja, Murcia; Spain)
Coral Triangle Day
Cornflower Day (French Republic)
Denture Day
Donald Duck Day
Feast of the Birth of the White-Breasted Giantess
Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day
International Archives Day
International Batten Disease Awareness Day
International Day of Celtic Art
International Dough Disco Day
La Rioja Day (Spain)
Meezer’s Colors Day
Monkey Spank Day
Murcia Day (Spain)
National Earl Day
National Helen Day
National Heroes’ Day (Uganda)
National Krewe of Tucks Day
National Long COVID Awareness Day (Canada)
National Meal Prep Day
National Mitchell Day
National No Apologies Period Day
National Sex Day
No Apologies Period Day
Profess Your Love Day
Purple People Eater Day
Rockman Day
Senior Race Day (T.T. Bank; Isle of Man)
Toy Industry Day
Traverse Myelitis Awareness Day (UK)
World Accreditation Day
World APS Day (a.k.a. World Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Day)
Writers’ Rights Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
International Dark ’n Stormy Day
Kraft Cheese Day
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
2nd Friday in June
Banana Split Day (Ohio) [2nd Friday]
Kamehameha Day (Hawaii) [June 11, Unless a Weekend, then Friday before]
National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers [2nd Friday]
National Lemonade Days begin [2nd Friday]
National Marriage Day [2nd Friday]
National Movie Night [2nd Friday]
Pirate Day Friday (Australia) [2nd Friday]
Poultry Days begin (Versailles, Ohio) [2nd Friday]
Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival begins (Oklahoma) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]
World Verdejo Day [2nd Friday]
Independence Days
Flevelt (a.k.a. the Confederation of Flevelt; Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
Självstyrelsedagen (Åland Self-Governing Day; Åland)
Feast Days
Aidan of Lindisfarne (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
Architects of the Middles Ages (Positivist; Saints)
Bathe in Marinara Day (Pastafarian)
Bede (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
Cloverfield Dairy Cow (Muppetism)
Columba of Iona (a.k.a. Columbia or Columkille; Celtic Christian) [Poets]
Edmund (Christian; Saint)
Ephrem the Syrian (Roman Catholic Church and Church of England)
James Collinson (Artology)
Jim Jones Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
José de Anchieta (Christian; Saint)
Jotunheim Day (Pagan)
Liborius (Christian; Saint)
Lord Buddha's Parinirvana (Bhutan)
Pelagia (Christian; Virgin and Martyr)
Primus and Felician (Christian; Martyrs)
Ralph Goings (Artology)
Remembrance for Sigurd the Dragonslayer (a.k.a. Siegfried; Asatru/Slavic Pagan)
Richard, Bishop of Andria (Christian; Saint)
Vesalia (Feast of Vesta; Roman Goddess of the Hearth)
Vincent (Christian; Martyr)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [33 of 57]
Premieres
Bill of Hare (WB MM Cartoon; 1962)
Cars (Animated Pixar Film; 2006)
Dire Straits, by Dire Straits (Album; 1978)
The Empty Chair, by Jeffrey Deaver (Novel; 2000)
Gone in 60 Seconds (Film; 2000)
How Do I Know It’s Sunday (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)
Invisible Touch, by Genesis (Album; 1986)
Jelly-Roll Blues, recorded by Jelly Roll Morton (Song; 1924)
Kids Say th Darnedest Things!, by Art Linkletter (Humor Book; 1958)
Labour of Lust, by Nick Lowe (Album; 1979)
Loki (TV Series; 2021)
Mr. Tambourine Man, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1964)
The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco (Novel; US Translation 1983)
A Pirate Looks at Fifty, by Jimmy Buffett (Memoir; 1998)
Party Girl (Film; 1995)
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, by Elvis Costello (Album; 2009)
Some Girls, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1978)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Film; 1989)
Stroke It Rich (Radio Game Show; 1947)
Super 8 (Film; 2011)
The Wise Little Hen (Disney Cartoon; 1934) [1st Donald Duck]
Today’s Name Days
Annamaria, Ephraim, Grazia (Austria
Diomed, Efrem, Kolumban, Ranko (Croatia)
Stanislava (Czech Republic)
Primus (Denmark)
Elar, Haljand, Hallar, Helar, Helari, Hellar (Estonia)
Ensio (Finland)
Diane (France)
Annamaria, Diana, Ephram, Grazia (Germany)
Rodanthi (Greece)
Félix (Hungary)
Efrem, Primo (Italy)
Gita, Liega, Ligita, Naula, Valeska (Latvia)
Felicijus, Gintas, Gintė (Lithuania)
Kolbein, Kolbjørn (Norway)
Felicjan, Pelagia, Pelagiusz (Poland)
Chiril (România)
Stanislava (Slovakia)
Efrén, Feliciano, Julián (Spain)
Birger, Börje (Sweden)
Cole, Coleman, Colman, Dean, Deana, Deanna, Dee, Dena, Diana, Diane, Dianna, Dianne, Dyane, Prima, Primavera (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 160 of 2024; 205 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 23 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 26 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ding-Si), Day 22 (Wu-Xu)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 20 Sivan 5783
Islamic: 20 Dhu al-Qada 1444
J Cal: 10 Sol; Threesday [10 of 30]
Julian: 27 May 2023
Moon: 63%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 20 St. Paul (6th Month) [Architects of the Middles Ages]
Runic Half Month: Odal (Home, Possession) [Day 15 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 81 of 92)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 19 of 32)
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Stanley Clementina ta presenta konsierto virtual ‘Trans Atlantic Connection’ ku Clifton End, Qshans i Remses Rafaela.
Stanley Clementina ta presenta konsierto virtual ‘Trans Atlantic Connection’ ku Clifton End, Qshans i Remses Rafaela.
WILLEMSTAD – Kantante Stanley Clementina ta bèk ku un kolaborashon kreativo unda virtualmente e ta presenta un espektákulo musikal huntu ku su amigunan den farándula antiano. Apesar di e pandemia ku a afektá farándula mundialmente, Clementina ta uní forsa ku e talentoso vokalista Clifton End, Qushannick ‘Qshanz’ Thode i rapper i bailarin Remses ‘MuisjeMuis’ Rafaela den e presentashon virtual ku…
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#Clifton End#Curacao#Isle Munda#Kompa#Muisjemuis#Qshanz#Remses Rafaela#Ritmo Kombina#Stanley Clementina#the Netherlands#Transatlantic Connection
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You, an elder scrolls noob: oh yeah the cheese guy
Me, an intellectual: Sheogorath the Daedric Prince of madness and creativity, Sovereign of the shivering isles and Lord of the Never-There, whom was originally the Prince of Order, Jyggalag, whom was cursed by the sixteen other princes. This turned him into the very thing he hated, and only had one opportunity every era to try and stop the cycle and remove the curse. At the end of the third era on Mundas, exactly this happened, seperating madness and order.
#sheogorath#jyggalag#tes#the elder scrolls#oblivion#tes iv#tes oblivion#the elder scrolls oblivion#shivering isles#Daedric Prince#daedra#tesblr#discord shenanigans#shitpost
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10 Best Dives in the South Pacific Bubble
As New Zealand and Australia start to flatten the curve and ease restrictions, there has been talk this week of creating a “Trans-Tasman Bubble” to allow travel between the two countries. The concept has now been extended to include our Pacific Island neighbours, most of which are Covid19-free. Let’s hope they open their doors once we have beaten this pandemic – our neighbours can do with our support, some of whom have suffered the double-whammy of Covid19 and TC Harold. To get you dreaming of the South Pacific, here is our pick for the Top 10 South Pacific Dives.
Tanna’s Blue Holes
There are several ‘Blue Holes’ along Tanna’s fringing reef, some with names including Pikinini Blue Hole, Blue Hole 1 and Blue Hole 2, others apparently not significant enough for a name. A labyrinth of tunnels and swim throughs that open into blue holes and shallow basins filled with coral gardens. Dive with: Volcano Island Divers, White Grass Ocean Resort.
Photo: Heather Sutton
The Great White Wall, Taveuni, Fiji
Taveuni’s Great White Wall is deservedly famous and cited as a world class dive site. But it is so much more than the white wall it’s famous for. The reef wall itself stretches down to 40 metres, and it’s covered in soft white corals. It is also topped with some of the best hard corals around, soft corals of all the colours of the rainbow and prolific reef fish life. Dive with: Taveuni Dive Resort, Paradise Taveuni Resort.
Le Jardin d’Eden (Garden of Eden), Isle of Pines
A series of deep fissures that penetrate the top of the coral reef, creating grottoes and canyons, Garden of Eden begins at a depth of about 11 m with a maximum depth 45 m. It features tunnels and swim-throughs teeming with reef fish and crustaceans and a wealth of hard corals and soft coral. Here, you may encounter grey reef sharks, along with banded sea snakes, yellow box fish and densely packed schools of glassfish and anthias. The coral walls drop to around 45m with average depth of 15 to 20 m. Dive with: Kunie Dive Centre.
Gonubalabala Manta Station, Milne Bay, PNG
Divers are often treated to a visit 10 to 12 mantas at this shallow cleaning station. The site itself is pretty enough, with large coral boulders and bommies and a healthy cover of soft corals scattered over a sandy bottom – perfect conditions for a Manta Ray cleaning station, and indeed for observing mantas at a cleaning station. Mantas have their own timetable and so cannot be guaranteed – but there is plenty of other stuff to see in the sand while you are waiting. Dive with: MV Chertan, MV Febrina (Milne Bay itinerary).
Cave of the Kastom Shark, Munda, Solomon Islands
This unique dive starts on an island, after a short track through the jungle, where a small clear pool is located at the base of a rocky outcrop. Gearing up here you enter the water and descend down into a narrow passage dropping vertically into darkness. The first section drops to 20m and opens into a larger chamber, followed by a sloping narrow passage that leads to the deepest point at 32m, before hitting the narrowest point of the cave, and out towards a dim blue light, the cave exit on a reef wall. Dive with: Dive Munda.
Photo: Heather Sutton
The SS President Coolidge, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
The mother of all WWII wrecks, the SS President Coolidge is HUGE. Many divers go to Espiritu Santo or even Vanuatu just to dive the Coolidge, and spend the best part of the week doing so: starting with an orientation dive, and working their way up (down) to the ‘Lady’ – a porcelain figure of a medieval lady riding a unicorn in the first class dining room, and beyond to the engine room and stern, at 70 m. Dive with: Pacific Dive, Coral Quays Dive Resort.
Uepi Point, Uepi, Solomon Islands
Uepi Point is the Uepi Island Resort signature dive and definitely one of best in the Solomons. The ocean facing side of Uepi drops off in a steep wall. The water from the Marovo Lagoon flows via the Charapoana Passage. The currents are not strong, but carry nutrients which attract the smaller stuff, which in turn attracts the bigger stuff. Though a good dive at any time of day, in the early mornings and late afternoons it can be really going off with large schools of trevally and barracuda, as well as rays and reef sharks. Uepi Island Resort.
The Awakening Shark Dive, Kuata Island, Fiji
There are now five shark dives in Fiji, with three in Beqa Lagoon, one on the Coral Coast and this one, The Awakening, in the Yasawa Islands. It’s an intimate experience, with normally only 10 to 12 divers lined up to watch some rather magnificent bull sharks, lemon sharks, nurse sharks and reef sharks tussle over tuna heads being fed to them by a few of Fiji’s finest shark whisperers. Dive with: Barefoot Kuata Resort.
Photo: Gerald Rambert for Solomon Islands Discovery Cruises.
Leru Cut, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands
Leru Cut is a long passage cut deep into the land, almost – but not quite wide enough for a couple of divers to swim side by side. Open to the air at the top, though you can’t always see vertically upwards, it is lit by slanting shafts of sunlight in parts – depending obviously on the time of day. At the apex, surface under a rainforest canopy before swimming back through the ‘cut’ to explore the coral wall beyond. Dive with: MV Bilikiki, Solomons PNG Master.
Dumbea Passe, Noumea, New Caledonia
Three dive sites in one, on one side of the ‘passe’ or channel, a site called Canyon Fossil has varied and abundant life, with giant gorgonian sea fans. In season, the channel itself plays host to hundreds of groupers that aggregate in small caverns during their mating season. On the opposite side of the channel at M’Bere Reef, there’s abundant fish life alongside black corals, steep canyons and a large World War II submarine mine. You’ll very likely see reef sharks, including grey reefs, whitetips, leopard sharks, hammerheads and blacktips. Dive with: Abyss Plongee Diving Club.
What’s your pick for the best of the South Pacific?
Obviously, Top 10 lists are controversial. These are our favourites – tell us yours!
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Solomon Islands Second Annual Dive Fest 2017
To celebrate the magnificent diving the Solomon Islands offers the international dive community, the second annual Solomon Dive Fest 2017 will take place in the country’s Western Province from October 2-7, 2017.
This year will mark the 75th anniversary of the battle for Guadalcanal and the event will hold even greater significance for the people of the ‘Hapi Isles,’ who take immense pride in the knowledge their home is the place where freedom for the Pacific was hard fought for and ultimately won.
Hosted locally by Dive Gizo, SIDE Dive Munda and SIDE MV Taka, dive excursions, cultural activities, photographic competitions, and workshops all combine into one very special event with focus on two of the Solomon Islands’ best dive locales — Munda and Gizo. Divers can also enter DivePlanit.com’s dive competition for a chance to win a free spot and a $300 Dive Fest Travel Voucher.
Diving in the Solomon Islands
Suspended like a string of deep-green pearls from Papua New Guinea to Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands is the epitome of a hidden South Pacific paradise, a true living culture, rich with art, dance and the iconic sound of the panpipe music synonymous with the ‘Hapi Isles’ as they are so aptly named.
This scattered archipelago of 992-odd richly forested mountainous islands and low-lying coral atolls has been attracting international tourism since 1568 when Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana first sailed into this tucked away corner of the South Pacific.
Mendana’s legacy can still be found in the Solomon Islands today with many of the islands still bearing the Spanish names he gave them – Santa Isabel, San Cristóbal and perhaps the best known of all, Guadalcanal, the name synonymous with the infamous and bloody World War II campaign in 1942 and the catalyst for the Allies’ ultimate victory over the Japanese Imperial Forces.
Since then and for the most part the Solomon Islands and their quiet, reserved people — a mix of Melanesian, Micronesian and Polynesian cultures — have been largely off the radar.
But in recent years an invasion of a different kind has slowly and taken place, – this time by steadily increasing numbers of international dive enthusiasts who are discovering just what makes these ‘Hapi Isles’ such a mecca for lovers of the underwater world. For these islands their coral reefs teem with huge numbers and varieties of marine life.
Add to this the hundreds of shipwrecks and downed aircraft that litter the seabed such that one area just a short journey from the country’s bustling capital of Honiara has been renamed “Iron Bottom Sound.”
The amazing mix of WWII wrecks, technicolor coral pastures, steep walls, shallow reefs, tunnels, drop-offs, and a veritable potpourri of demersal, reef and pelagic fish make the Solomon Islands’ dive potential nearly limitless.
Most of the known accessible diving in the Solomon Islands is on Guadalcanal and the Western Province, however, the region to the northwest of the archipelago. So where to go? While the destination abounds with amazing dive sites — some of which are yet undiscovered — the following are some of the most popular, accessible dive locations.
Honiara
Honiara is the perfect location from which to start a Solomon Islands dive experience. Dives on the famed Bonegi 1 and Bonegi 2 wrecks are easily arranged and a short boat ride away lies Tulagi, location of the well-known dive site ‘Twin Tunnels’ and the many wrecks lying in Ghuvatu Harbor.
Of course, if you are there for some serious wreck diving, Iron Bottom Sound is literally littered with wrecks, including a recently discovered submarine.
Munda
Located north west of Honiara, from a diver’s perspective, Munda on the Vona Vona Lagoon has it all. Swim-through caves, reefs, plane and boat wrecks are all a short boat ride away from the Agnes Gateway Hotel. Water flow and currents create the perfect conditions for barracuda and jacks feeding frenzies as well. Barry’s Breakfast is just one such dive where you can hang in mid-water, surrounded by swarming pelagics while Titan triggers patrol the reefs below.
Gizo
Offering a huge variety of spectacular dive sites, divers visiting Gizo can splash in at Grand Central Station, which boasts the highest fish count in the world with more than 275 species recorded in its teeming waters. Wreck enthusiasts are more than catered for with a 440-foot Japanese freighter, the Toa Maru and an almost fully-intact U.S. Hellcat fighter aircraft lying in very shallow waters a short boat ride away from Gizo Town.
The Marovo Lagoon
World Heritage Area Marovo Lagoon is known as one of the best locations for diving in the Solomon Islands. Mantas and hammerheads abound along with barracuda, eagle rays and swarms of jacks. The water flow through this area brings nutrients into the water which, in turn, brings in the whole food chain to feast at certain tidal times.
The Dive Fest Package
The package includes:
Flights
Return flights on Solomon Airlines from Brisbane to Gizo and Munda via Honiara, plus all transfers.
In Gizo
Two nights of twin accommodation at Rekona Lodge or Gizo Hotel, breakfast and dinner; attendance at the festival’s opening ceremony; dinner at PT109 restaurant with a cultural show; three-tank dive day with Dive Gizo with tanks, weights, dive guide and BBQ lunch; DAN seminar.
Liveaboard dive boat SIDE MV Taka
One night twin standard cabin (shared bathrooms) on board with all meals and sailing from Gizo to Munda; up to four dives with tanks, weights, dive guide and kastom fees; photography workshop
(Upgrades to a twin deluxe cabin with private bathroom are available for an extra $50 per person)
In Munda
Two nights of twin accommodation at Agnes Gateway Lodge; two-tank dive day with SIDE Dive Munda with tanks, weights and dive guide; Kastom lunch at Hopei Island and WWII museum visit; marine biology focused seminar; BBQ dinner with dance performance; one-tank dive day with tank, weights, dive guide plus Skull Island visit; cocktails and winner of photo competition announcement; closing ceremony and dinner; one extra night twin accommodation at Agnes Gateway Lodge (no meals included)
The dive package is priced from $1,355 USD per person. For more information about the Solomons Dive Fest 2017 visit http://ift.tt/1jYqYjt or e-mail [email protected].
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Solomon Islands Second Annual Dive Fest 2017
To celebrate the magnificent diving the Solomon Islands offers the international dive community, the second annual Solomon Dive Fest 2017 will take place in the country’s Western Province from October 2-7, 2017.
This year will mark the 75th anniversary of the battle for Guadalcanal and the event will hold even greater significance for the people of the ‘Hapi Isles,’ who take immense pride in the knowledge their home is the place where freedom for the Pacific was hard fought for and ultimately won.
Hosted locally by Dive Gizo, SIDE Dive Munda and SIDE MV Taka, dive excursions, cultural activities, photographic competitions, and workshops all combine into one very special event with focus on two of the Solomon Islands’ best dive locales — Munda and Gizo. Divers can also enter DivePlanit.com’s dive competition for a chance to win a free spot and a $300 Dive Fest Travel Voucher.
Diving in the Solomon Islands
Suspended like a string of deep-green pearls from Papua New Guinea to Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands is the epitome of a hidden South Pacific paradise, a true living culture, rich with art, dance and the iconic sound of the panpipe music synonymous with the ‘Hapi Isles’ as they are so aptly named.
This scattered archipelago of 992-odd richly forested mountainous islands and low-lying coral atolls has been attracting international tourism since 1568 when Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana first sailed into this tucked away corner of the South Pacific.
Mendana’s legacy can still be found in the Solomon Islands today with many of the islands still bearing the Spanish names he gave them – Santa Isabel, San Cristóbal and perhaps the best known of all, Guadalcanal, the name synonymous with the infamous and bloody World War II campaign in 1942 and the catalyst for the Allies’ ultimate victory over the Japanese Imperial Forces.
Since then and for the most part the Solomon Islands and their quiet, reserved people — a mix of Melanesian, Micronesian and Polynesian cultures — have been largely off the radar.
But in recent years an invasion of a different kind has slowly and taken place, – this time by steadily increasing numbers of international dive enthusiasts who are discovering just what makes these ‘Hapi Isles’ such a mecca for lovers of the underwater world. For these islands their coral reefs teem with huge numbers and varieties of marine life.
Add to this the hundreds of shipwrecks and downed aircraft that litter the seabed such that one area just a short journey from the country’s bustling capital of Honiara has been renamed “Iron Bottom Sound.”
The amazing mix of WWII wrecks, technicolor coral pastures, steep walls, shallow reefs, tunnels, drop-offs, and a veritable potpourri of demersal, reef and pelagic fish make the Solomon Islands’ dive potential nearly limitless.
Most of the known accessible diving in the Solomon Islands is on Guadalcanal and the Western Province, however, the region to the northwest of the archipelago. So where to go? While the destination abounds with amazing dive sites — some of which are yet undiscovered — the following are some of the most popular, accessible dive locations.
Honiara
Honiara is the perfect location from which to start a Solomon Islands dive experience. Dives on the famed Bonegi 1 and Bonegi 2 wrecks are easily arranged and a short boat ride away lies Tulagi, location of the well-known dive site ‘Twin Tunnels’ and the many wrecks lying in Ghuvatu Harbor.
Of course, if you are there for some serious wreck diving, Iron Bottom Sound is literally littered with wrecks, including a recently discovered submarine.
Munda
Located north west of Honiara, from a diver’s perspective, Munda on the Vona Vona Lagoon has it all. Swim-through caves, reefs, plane and boat wrecks are all a short boat ride away from the Agnes Gateway Hotel. Water flow and currents create the perfect conditions for barracuda and jacks feeding frenzies as well. Barry’s Breakfast is just one such dive where you can hang in mid-water, surrounded by swarming pelagics while Titan triggers patrol the reefs below.
Gizo
Offering a huge variety of spectacular dive sites, divers visiting Gizo can splash in at Grand Central Station, which boasts the highest fish count in the world with more than 275 species recorded in its teeming waters. Wreck enthusiasts are more than catered for with a 440-foot Japanese freighter, the Toa Maru and an almost fully-intact U.S. Hellcat fighter aircraft lying in very shallow waters a short boat ride away from Gizo Town.
The Marovo Lagoon
World Heritage Area Marovo Lagoon is known as one of the best locations for diving in the Solomon Islands. Mantas and hammerheads abound along with barracuda, eagle rays and swarms of jacks. The water flow through this area brings nutrients into the water which, in turn, brings in the whole food chain to feast at certain tidal times.
The Dive Fest Package
The package includes:
Flights
Return flights on Solomon Airlines from Brisbane to Gizo and Munda via Honiara, plus all transfers.
In Gizo
Two nights of twin accommodation at Rekona Lodge or Gizo Hotel, breakfast and dinner; attendance at the festival’s opening ceremony; dinner at PT109 restaurant with a cultural show; three-tank dive day with Dive Gizo with tanks, weights, dive guide and BBQ lunch; DAN seminar.
Liveaboard dive boat SIDE MV Taka
One night twin standard cabin (shared bathrooms) on board with all meals and sailing from Gizo to Munda; up to four dives with tanks, weights, dive guide and kastom fees; photography workshop
(Upgrades to a twin deluxe cabin with private bathroom are available for an extra $50 per person)
In Munda
Two nights of twin accommodation at Agnes Gateway Lodge; two-tank dive day with SIDE Dive Munda with tanks, weights and dive guide; Kastom lunch at Hopei Island and WWII museum visit; marine biology focused seminar; BBQ dinner with dance performance; one-tank dive day with tank, weights, dive guide plus Skull Island visit; cocktails and winner of photo competition announcement; closing ceremony and dinner; one extra night twin accommodation at Agnes Gateway Lodge (no meals included)
The dive package is priced from $1,355 USD per person. For more information about the Solomons Dive Fest 2017 visit http://ift.tt/1jYqYjt or e-mail [email protected].
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