Well, we have begun a 4 day course in scuba diving to be open water qualified, which means we can dive up to 18 metres. We started the day with a quiz on the video we watched yesterday. Arnaud is our instructor. He showed us all the equipment we will be using and went over what we would be doing in our first visit to the water. We got suited up, and walked out to the water. We started by just practicing breathing from the tank. We went to a very shallow depth to practice breathing. We did well, so Arnaud took us a little deeper. Here we practiced some things to help us in emergency situations. Then we dove around the reef and went down to 12 metres looking at fish and the reef. I’m glad Mark was comfortable in the water, because I guess I wasn’t so Arnaud kept me at his side which made me much more comfortable. We had a break for lunch, so Mark and I went to the bar where you can order a la carte items. We both got a chicken sandwich that came with fries. It was very tasty!
We met back at the diving school at 2:00 for the afternoon dive from a boat. This was a bit more interesting than the morning dive. The dives from the beach have no current. This one, however, did have one. We got near the reef, and were still in the current. This didn’t bother Arnaud or Mark, but I started getting nervous. So Arnaud slowed us down a bit, got us to the reef, and let me just sit there and breathe a bit. Then we went around the reef for about 30 minutes. There were puffer fish, clown fish, angel fish, and many more that I have no clue what they are called. When we got back, Mark and I watched the video for chapters 2 & 3. We got diving manuals, and for homework we’ll do Chapters 1 & 2, which should be easy since it covers mainly the same things as the videos we watched yesterday and today.
One group that we’ve become friends with are Dave, Leslie, Gavin, and Emma. Leslie and Dave are a bit older, but are lots of fun. Leslie’s sister, Maureen, lost her husband before they came and the funeral was at 2 in England, so we gathered on the beach at 7 to have a drink in honour of him. I was introduced tonight to a fun non-alcoholic drink called a Pussyfoot. It’s so good! It is made with orange juice, pineapple juice, lime juice, and grenadine syrup. We stayed there until time for supper. After supper, we decided to call it a night since we had had quite an exciting day and were tired. We also had to do our homework when we got back to the room.
We met back at the diving school at 2:00 for the afternoon dive from a boat. This was a bit more interesting than the morning dive. The dives from the beach have no current. This one, however, did have one. We got near the reef, and were still in the current. This didn’t bother Arnaud or Mark, but I started getting nervous. So Arnaud slowed us down a bit, got us to the reef, and let me just sit there and breathe a bit. Then we went around the reef for about 30 minutes. There were puffer fish, clown fish, angel fish, and many more that I have no clue what they are called. When we got back, Mark and I watched the video for chapters 2 & 3. We got diving manuals, and for homework we’ll do Chapters 1 & 2, which should be easy since it covers mainly the same things as the videos we watched yesterday and today.
One group that we’ve become friends with are Dave, Leslie, Gavin, and Emma. Leslie and Dave are a bit older, but are lots of fun. Leslie’s sister, Maureen, lost her husband before they came and the funeral was at 2 in England, so we gathered on the beach at 7 to have a drink in honour of him. I was introduced tonight to a fun non-alcoholic drink called a Pussyfoot. It’s so good! It is made with orange juice, pineapple juice, lime juice, and grenadine syrup. We stayed there until time for supper. After supper, we decided to call it a night since we had had quite an exciting day and were tired. We also had to do our homework when we got back to the room.
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