Ok so I will admit this is going to be a more of a polemical unashamed promotion of diving - and more specifically, all my friends get a diving certificate now so we can go on a liveaboard together - than a relaxed rambling friday afternoon sort of post.
No pictures of what I saw I'm afraid (yes, an underwater casing for my camera would be a great birthday present) but wouldn't you like to be transported away in a boat and plunge into the clear blue waters only to find a beach that is even more beautiful underwater than it is in that picture?
Like any hardly seasoned diver I will bore/fascinate you with a list of the weird and wonderful creatures that we encountered underwater: from eerie barracudas to sluggish spongy (pink!) sea cucumbers, fluorescent tube coral, tiny little seahorses dancing on our fingers, and stalwart crabs staring through the cracks. Of course even after just 15 dives, the list is endless already, and while on my first dive I mainly focused on a mantra of 'I can breathe I can breathe I can breathe' and 'tick that fish off, and that one and that one...', I soon came to realise that the most special sight was the scenery. Despite the beauty of the marine life in Guadeloupe, St Lucia and Dominica (despite even the champagne like bubbles tickling your body in Dominica) the coral wonders of Playa Ancon in Trinidad (Cuba) were not to be repeated to such majesty on any of our other dives and if you get your certificate, I'll dive in with you and show you what I mean :)
You make me wanna dive. Love your layout. Keep up the awesome.
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