Coral from Dive
Snorkel Picture
Today I went for another dive. It was a bit further out, to Angothi Thila, a reef known for having sharks and a lot of marine life, and it’s supposed to be worth it. It was. I had decided to rent an underwater camera they have available. It takes underwater pics and video. Unfortunately, the video from the dive time was lost, but I was able to keep the camera overnight, so I had it with me this evening while snorkeling, which was fun.
Snorkeling at Twilight
I was teamed up for this dive with one of the instructors named Ivan, and with an Italian guy named Ivan and his niece Valentina. She had been taking the classes to certify this week, and it turned out she was doing her clinicals and schooling for anesthesia, so we had something to talk about on the boat ride out.
Me! and a Shark!
Me, Scuba Diving!
This time, we saw a bunch of sharks, including some very large ones. Some were small, only a meter or so long, but a few were 2 or 3 meters long. A really big one came swimming directly towards me at one point, and only turned away a couple of meters in front of me. I can assure you, I made no sudden movements as that big guy approached! At one point, Ivan had my camera, but just missed a pic of me with a big shark directly behind me. But I have is this one with a shark a bit in the distance.
Eagle Ray, I believe
Flies like an Eagle
We saw all sorts of other great things throughout the dive. Towards the end, we saw a ray, and it came right in amongst us. The whole experience was great.
Birthday Cake in my cabin!
Yesterday was my birthday. When I came back into my room at one point, I found a little chocolate cake waiting for me. My sister had put a card in my luggage before I left India and I had waited to open it. The cabin boy had even left that out with the cake, along with candles. It was really sweet (the gesture and the cake)!
Vanishing Beach
I also enjoyed a walk along that sandbar that only appears at low tide, Lover’s Beach, or Walk. It was at sunset, and was probably the most magnificent one I saw all week. As the water began rising again, there was a point when the beach became a little island of its own before disappearing. It was pretty cool.