two more big dives today

the first was the deep dive - 100 feet underwater.

strangely after the initial equalisation - i didnt really notice much difference - if it wasnt for the depth guague telling me otherwise, i would have assumed i was still at 60ft. whilst underwater we did a few test an experients to show how the body reacts & how substances react to the greater pressure levels. one of the examples was cracking an egg underwater - the pressure from all sides compacts the yoke to something the size of a little marble. we played table tennis with it until some fish noticed it was edible - and the whole school descended around us, picking it apart in a matter of seconds.

after this we went back to the reef, saw some incredible life again - including two loverly sea-horses (which camouflage excceptionally well in the coral).

i still feel a little nautious for the first few minutes that i am underwater, but the problems i had with slow decent/slow equalising no longer seem to be around

the second dive was better again - it ended up being a drift dive around a smallish rock island for 44 minutes. and i got the underwater camera to play with as part of the "advanced skill". whilst it wasnt that challenging it was more than exciting: underwater photography has pretty much installed itself as my new fantasy career choice, combining three or four things that i love a lot.

ill get the pictures back sometime tomorrow and hopefully get them online soon after - this should include the first couple of pictures of me underwater as well.