Scuba diving today was even better than yesterday! I have to admit to being quite nervous about going out again today, and thought if it didn’t feel any better by this afternoon, I would probably not do it anymore. But it was much better. I think Arnaud could tell that I was a bit nervous, so we took things really slow this morning. We didn’t even actually go out to look at the reef. We stopped at about 6 meters and practiced different emergency situations. Mark and I both did really well. We did “push ups” without using our hands – only our breathing (Look, ma! No hands!). We practiced what to do if one of our air tanks ran out, what to do if we lost our mask, we swam for a bit without a mask, we filled our mask and blew air out of our nose to empty it, and we practiced what to do if our mouthpiece started blowing out of control. Lastly, we kind of played around a bit. We laid back on our tanks and blew air bubbles that formed a ring, and we did “matrix moves” and back flips without our fins on. Then we went back up to the diving school. Today we started washing our own equipment. This will be good for if we ever decide to get our own equipment.
We ate lunch again at the Lighthouse Bar. I enjoyed the chicken sandwich yesterday, so I opted for the same today. Mark got a chicken burger. We got back to the room in time to change back into our swimsuits, put on sunscreen, and go to the diving school to get on a boat. I was very hopeful that the dive this afternoon would be less stressful than yesterday’s…and it was! It was so beautiful. There was hardly a current at all, so I felt in control of myself the entire time. While we were diving, we saw lots of fish. We also saw a white-fin reef shark, but they aren’t harmful to humans – and he was quite a few meters below us. We stayed down for about 37 minutes. When we got out and back onto the boat, we got to see some dolphins jumping about 50 meters away. Mark also saw a big manta ray turn over on top of the water. One the ride back to the resort, there were 2 dolphins that swam alongside the boat for a few minutes. After washing our equipment, putting it away, and watching a video, we went back to our room to shower. We relaxed a bit, and I did the homework for tonight while Mark took a nap. I didn’t want to sleep before dinner because I never feel 100% after a night time nap. After supper, I was SO tired that we came back to the room, and I was probably asleep within 15 minutes of being back in the room!
We ate lunch again at the Lighthouse Bar. I enjoyed the chicken sandwich yesterday, so I opted for the same today. Mark got a chicken burger. We got back to the room in time to change back into our swimsuits, put on sunscreen, and go to the diving school to get on a boat. I was very hopeful that the dive this afternoon would be less stressful than yesterday’s…and it was! It was so beautiful. There was hardly a current at all, so I felt in control of myself the entire time. While we were diving, we saw lots of fish. We also saw a white-fin reef shark, but they aren’t harmful to humans – and he was quite a few meters below us. We stayed down for about 37 minutes. When we got out and back onto the boat, we got to see some dolphins jumping about 50 meters away. Mark also saw a big manta ray turn over on top of the water. One the ride back to the resort, there were 2 dolphins that swam alongside the boat for a few minutes. After washing our equipment, putting it away, and watching a video, we went back to our room to shower. We relaxed a bit, and I did the homework for tonight while Mark took a nap. I didn’t want to sleep before dinner because I never feel 100% after a night time nap. After supper, I was SO tired that we came back to the room, and I was probably asleep within 15 minutes of being back in the room!
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