Had a fantastic dive today-saw my first shark-a white tip reef shark-about 1.5metres long.....scary as it was my deepest dive by far (30m) and we had done a desent into complete blue...couldnt see the bottom!
Fears being bashed on the head and im loving it! As you may have guessed cos ive finished my open water diver course now and am still diving....talked to pops and hes given me a longterm loan of 120quid so im doing my advance course now. ITS IMMENSELY COOL! So first dive of the course was today and it was just me, my instructor bobby whos a sheffield lad (and rather handsome!), and then 2 guys also from england (total coincidence). So i can now do all my own equipment, dont think twice about the backward roll entrance into the water, and did our desent to 30mtres , at Shark Point. We desended through schools of fish, 3 big turtles, and then after 10mins saw the sharky, who was on the bottom and had its tail to me-i consiquently naturally went very still (mad though cos, with the help of nitrogen narcosis((feels like your slightly tipsy underwater)), i really wanted to get closer as it looked so smooth and soft!). was a fantastic experience though and now i see what the other divers mean that sharks get a bad press! The ones around here especially are very chilled and theres so many fish that there are NO accoutns of any people ever being attacked by them-surfers swimmers or divers. Then i spotted a blue spotted sting-ray which was stunning....and a cuttlefish, really big schools are massive fish of all shapes and sizes, more nemos, pigmie seahorses the size of my babyfingernail.............................tons tons tons.
one of the guys from england was using up his air too quickly and panicked so we had to do some rescue-style stuff and he changed to his buddies air supply-which was interesting (scary!) but reasuring that things can be sorted when they go wrong!
Other news.....met some really nice peeps here, settling in well...its a beautiful island and very easy to get stuck on! weve been here for nearlly 2 weeks now and it looks like it may continue, jen started here rescue course yesterday, so that and one more level and she can become an instructor!!!!. kanapa tidak:>) (why not!)
Fears being bashed on the head and im loving it! As you may have guessed cos ive finished my open water diver course now and am still diving....talked to pops and hes given me a longterm loan of 120quid so im doing my advance course now. ITS IMMENSELY COOL! So first dive of the course was today and it was just me, my instructor bobby whos a sheffield lad (and rather handsome!), and then 2 guys also from england (total coincidence). So i can now do all my own equipment, dont think twice about the backward roll entrance into the water, and did our desent to 30mtres , at Shark Point. We desended through schools of fish, 3 big turtles, and then after 10mins saw the sharky, who was on the bottom and had its tail to me-i consiquently naturally went very still (mad though cos, with the help of nitrogen narcosis((feels like your slightly tipsy underwater)), i really wanted to get closer as it looked so smooth and soft!). was a fantastic experience though and now i see what the other divers mean that sharks get a bad press! The ones around here especially are very chilled and theres so many fish that there are NO accoutns of any people ever being attacked by them-surfers swimmers or divers. Then i spotted a blue spotted sting-ray which was stunning....and a cuttlefish, really big schools are massive fish of all shapes and sizes, more nemos, pigmie seahorses the size of my babyfingernail.............................tons tons tons.
one of the guys from england was using up his air too quickly and panicked so we had to do some rescue-style stuff and he changed to his buddies air supply-which was interesting (scary!) but reasuring that things can be sorted when they go wrong!
Other news.....met some really nice peeps here, settling in well...its a beautiful island and very easy to get stuck on! weve been here for nearlly 2 weeks now and it looks like it may continue, jen started here rescue course yesterday, so that and one more level and she can become an instructor!!!!. kanapa tidak:>) (why not!)
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What a fantastic experience and you described it so well that we could almost feel we were there.
What a wonderful world we live in! So precious. We must do our best to protect it.
Lots of love Bob and Mazza XX
Thanks for the postcard. It all sounds great.
Sally sent us a photo of the tattooed foot. If you get both feet done you wont need socks.
If you get the whole body done it will save a fortune on clothing.
Lots of love Bob and Mazza XXXXXXX
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