I've been ordered by pops to fill i the blanks of what she has missed so here we go...
I went for a little scuba dive on the GREAT BARRIER REEF. was actually AMAZING was pretty bummed that pops couldnt come with, but after a little debate we decided that pops and her spider bite would stay and i could go and see some sharks (didnt happen - slightly relieved about...)
So yeah had to get up at 6.40AM. not the best experience in the world but im getting pretty used to the early mornings with it being 9 hours difference and having to skype home bla bla :) but anywhoo...got down to the docs and was pretty much shitting myself not a massive fan of the sea let alone getting into a shark/croc infested waters haha... so was signing in to the boat and was greeted by steve (steves one of the guys working on the boat who remembered EVERYONE on the boats names and was funny and could do loads of cool magic tricks...lol)
so yeah then found two german people from our hostel who was on the same boat as me but the whole language barrier thing just really wasnt working out for the best so i was polite but tried not to engage in any major convosation (maybe i shouldve paid more attention when me and charlie was dumped in the back of the german class for a year lol)
so after floating away from there shore and being terrified of becoming sea sick after our little troubled time escaping phi phi and its huge waves, i then realised id FORGOT suncream, a ginger girl with no sun cream can cause quite a problem and since i didnt want to be mistaken for a lobster and left in the middle of the sea a scottish girl called katie lent me some of hers (shes not as cool as katie louise poppy evans may i add...) so yeah got chatting to her and decided to go and lay on the front of the boat :) it was a catamaran boat so rather than laying on the netting and getting my bum bitten by a shark i decided to lay on the side and chill :)
on the way to the little island we saw TWO whales apparently its really rare to see one and i saw twoooo which was pretty awesome....
2HOURS at sea later we was finally at a little bird island -was really a tidy bit of white sand in the middle of the ocean but i guess you can class that as an island lol...we got off and it was here that we could snorkal and scuba dive... snorkling freaked me out slightly first time in the water and was shitting myself to say the least every time i wasnt near someone was pretty much convinced i was going to die lol...after half an hour of that and quite a swim to get back to the boat it was time to be scuba steve :)
IT WAS AMAZING.
at first i had major issues with the equiptment got into the water and he was trying to explain *underwater* how to go different things - lets just say me and signlanguage dont really mix that well do i started cracking up and choking which probs wasnt the best thing to do.,.,..
the fish was so colourful it was so cool to look at (kept one eye around me incase a shark decided to come and bite my bum!) but the fish and coral was actually amazing if ever you get a chance to go and see the reef DO IT. |
swimming along as you do and craig the instructor started doing the awkward turtle hand movement which i was so confused about but the two HUGE turtles swam up beside me was actually one of the most surreal things ever, so i get to stroke a turtle and hold its fin whilest swimming along :) -- will post pics...
THEN only saw a nemo didnt i :) was so cool and actually looked like the film ha - so easily amused :)
after about 30mins in the water i was full on knackered...didnt realise it would be such hard work trying to swim down every time i was near the bottom i just kept floating up towards the surface - the guy was saying its coz im skinny but i think he was just being polite haha...
so back on the boat i met some super cool aussie girls who invited me to a bbq tomorrow called jamie and cass so that should be fun and got some free drinks coz they new the bar man - $8 for a smirnoff ice is NOT COOL.
The following evening we headed down to the woolshed was a hilarious eves, after demolishing possibly the yummiest steak for only $8 me and sophie decided to get on the booze, so after countless ciders we decided to drink a bottle of champagne since it was ladies night and a glass was free since soph works there we got a bottle, so by this point could say we was pretty boosy she decided to make me have the most vile shot - agwa. took quite a while to realise that it wasnt a shot of water but apparently its from the same plant as cocaine? (dont worry mum it didnt have any drugs init). but it was still digusing all the same.. so i decided it was enough and time to go back to bed...
woke up yesterday feeling slightly worse for ware but decided to go shopping anyways :) what cant cure a hangover aye ;) had the most yummy sushi - scallops mmmm.....
i booked a dive course! so this time next week i shall be a pro diver ;) ill be on a boat floating around for 3days - pops doesnt mind chilling around the hostel for a few days since her leg isnt letting her do much - what a bummer...but i have 2days in a swimming pool learning how to use the equiptment and then 3days at sea after that :) so friggin excited and abit scared that were doing a night dive - so we can purposely go and see some sharks, but i do want to keep my limbs intact so this is feaking me out abit! but we shall see how that goes! thats on tues :)
anyways waffed far too much now so im off to catch some rays :)
ciao for now xxxxxxxxxxxx
pro diver in training.
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