So once again my plans have changed. I was suppose to leaving the island today but after a couple days off and thinking about it too much I decided to take my advanced scuba course. My first official day was today which started with my deep dive where we dove to 100ft. Its quite a strange feeling cause on your decent you just keep going down and down for what seems like forever. Then once you hit the bottom you have to do some test because you get nitrogen narcosis which isn't and bad thing but a strange feeling. Its caused by the nitrogen in your body and the pressure which leaves you feel with a buzzed feeling and makes everything a little more surreal and happy. After that dive we moved to the photography session which was quite interesting but due to the storm and rain we were in and the crappy camera we had the pictures didn't turn out amazing but here's one of me, Tom (the English guy I am currently traveling with), and Sandra the instructor. Tomorrow I have to do an orientation where me and Tom go together without the instructor and navigate around a reef with a compass, then a naturist dive learning about marine life and finally to end the day get certified for night diving. I fought taking the course for three days but finally decided it was well worth it and I would regret not taking it in the end. Then if all stays the same I will be in Ko Samui on Saturday since I need to get off this island cause its too easy to get sucked into diving and I need to save a little money! But hope everything and everyone is good and if you want to say hi don't be scared to email me and keep me in touch to home.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Advanced in Koh Tao
So once again my plans have changed. I was suppose to leaving the island today but after a couple days off and thinking about it too much I decided to take my advanced scuba course. My first official day was today which started with my deep dive where we dove to 100ft. Its quite a strange feeling cause on your decent you just keep going down and down for what seems like forever. Then once you hit the bottom you have to do some test because you get nitrogen narcosis which isn't and bad thing but a strange feeling. Its caused by the nitrogen in your body and the pressure which leaves you feel with a buzzed feeling and makes everything a little more surreal and happy. After that dive we moved to the photography session which was quite interesting but due to the storm and rain we were in and the crappy camera we had the pictures didn't turn out amazing but here's one of me, Tom (the English guy I am currently traveling with), and Sandra the instructor. Tomorrow I have to do an orientation where me and Tom go together without the instructor and navigate around a reef with a compass, then a naturist dive learning about marine life and finally to end the day get certified for night diving. I fought taking the course for three days but finally decided it was well worth it and I would regret not taking it in the end. Then if all stays the same I will be in Ko Samui on Saturday since I need to get off this island cause its too easy to get sucked into diving and I need to save a little money! But hope everything and everyone is good and if you want to say hi don't be scared to email me and keep me in touch to home.
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It is really great that you are diving because as you know Jackie and I have dove in many places around the world and have seen some great things.You are right though that you don't want to spend any more money on diving at this point.If you want to advance down the road in your life that's a different story but for now you have probably done as much as you want to.It is very easy to get caught up in the excitement of it all but the reality is when you return home the chance to dive and use those skills is fairly limited.It is an amazing experience just the same and you can only appreciate it if you have done it.Hope you enjoy it and keep safe.
It is really great that you are diving because as you know Jackie and I have dove in many places around the world and have seen some great things.You are right though that you don't want to spend any more money on diving at this point.If you want to advance down the road in your life that's a different story but for now you have probably done as much as you want to.It is very easy to get caught up in the excitement of it all but the reality is when you return home the chance to dive and use those skills is fairly limited.It is an amazing experience just the same and you can only appreciate it if you have done it.Hope you enjoy it and keep safe.
Hi Bru, the blog is a good idea. Sounds like your having an awesome time, put up some more pics they look great. Best of luck man keep us posted.....
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