In which Lucy nearly meets a watery end.
We decided to go once more into the scuba diving breach (dear friends) and booked a trip the next day. Many reasons for this step after all I've said against such doings:
1)We were at the great barrier reef and didn't want to miss it,
2)Even Luce had enrolled on an introductory dive
3)I only needed to complete two more open sea dives to become a fully certified diver! A skill I intend to neglect thoroughly but it would earn me a very cool scuba diver ID card which I'd like to accidentally flash at people from my wallet.
Yet again I overdosed myself with anti-emetics and ginger, sat with my teeth gritted and my hands clenched, and set out to sea. Arrived at the reef: sea still as a pond, clearer than a swimming pool and warm to boot! Such an easy environment to dive in! Plus very beautiful, obviously. I was the only learner so I had the instructor to myself. Once I'd run through the relevant skills (eg.pretending to lose my air regulator/mask etc on the bottom of the ocean and scurrying about looking for them and other such dire emergencies) we were able to explore. So I have to confess that although still un-natural, diving isn't all horror, there are some amazing sights to be had.
Lucy had an unfortunate moment climbing out of the small boat onto the main boat. She had one foot safely in each, both stable, no rocking or movement from either. There was no reason for what followed. She looked up and smiled and in a gravity-defying instant moved both feet simultaneously not into any of the boats but into the thin air above the water. Both 'WHY?' and 'HOW?' later sprang to mind, in the mean time the quick hands of the crew meant she landed on her side on the main boat with only her little ankles (she claims it was her calves) dangling over the water. Drama over you might think but not so. In attempting to push herself up on her arms she instead achieved pushing herself backwards off the flat surface of the deck and into the open sea between the two boats. She was rescued in an undignified tangle of legs and arms. (Please read her Blog for her take on it).
Arrived back to blessed dry land without sickness and decided to have a 'barbie'.
There are actual free electric barbecue cooking stoves dotted carelessly around the lagoon and anyone can use them. (I'm sure they would be a law suit waiting to happen in Britain). I will add photos at some point!
1)We were at the great barrier reef and didn't want to miss it,
2)Even Luce had enrolled on an introductory dive
3)I only needed to complete two more open sea dives to become a fully certified diver! A skill I intend to neglect thoroughly but it would earn me a very cool scuba diver ID card which I'd like to accidentally flash at people from my wallet.
Yet again I overdosed myself with anti-emetics and ginger, sat with my teeth gritted and my hands clenched, and set out to sea. Arrived at the reef: sea still as a pond, clearer than a swimming pool and warm to boot! Such an easy environment to dive in! Plus very beautiful, obviously. I was the only learner so I had the instructor to myself. Once I'd run through the relevant skills (eg.pretending to lose my air regulator/mask etc on the bottom of the ocean and scurrying about looking for them and other such dire emergencies) we were able to explore. So I have to confess that although still un-natural, diving isn't all horror, there are some amazing sights to be had.
Lucy had an unfortunate moment climbing out of the small boat onto the main boat. She had one foot safely in each, both stable, no rocking or movement from either. There was no reason for what followed. She looked up and smiled and in a gravity-defying instant moved both feet simultaneously not into any of the boats but into the thin air above the water. Both 'WHY?' and 'HOW?' later sprang to mind, in the mean time the quick hands of the crew meant she landed on her side on the main boat with only her little ankles (she claims it was her calves) dangling over the water. Drama over you might think but not so. In attempting to push herself up on her arms she instead achieved pushing herself backwards off the flat surface of the deck and into the open sea between the two boats. She was rescued in an undignified tangle of legs and arms. (Please read her Blog for her take on it).
Arrived back to blessed dry land without sickness and decided to have a 'barbie'.
There are actual free electric barbecue cooking stoves dotted carelessly around the lagoon and anyone can use them. (I'm sure they would be a law suit waiting to happen in Britain). I will add photos at some point!
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