Day 16 SCUBA

20/03/13
Today I woke early, showered and went to get breakfast before either of the others was awake. Today was the first day of my 3 day, PADI open water diving course. When I arrived at the 'centre' (the back of The Dive Bar) I met my instructor, a long-haired, middle-aged dude from Brisbane called Deano. After 10 minutes 2 German girls turned up who were also doing the course, but within half an hour they had left again because they couldn't understand the video fully, so the rest of the day I had one to one tuition, I certainly didn't mind. In the morning I just watched the video and answered a few questions about it, after lunch we rode 6km on Deano's beat-up bike to a fancy hotel on the beach front because it had a massive pool. We kitted up and went under the surface. We didn't do anything complicated, just the basics and because we had extra time a couple of more advanced techniques. I haven't done an open water dive yet but I think that I will get hooked on scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) diving. Whilst I was working hard the other 2 had hit the beach and returned lobster red but thoroughly relaxed. After we were back together we went to the tailors again , everything was wicked, the only problem was my sleeve lengths, they had got them wrong by 1 or 2 centimetres on each garment, an easy fix apparently. George also decided to get measured for a suit because he realised what he was missing out on. Our transport this evening was the scooter the others used to go to the beach, somehow we managed to fit all 3 of us on the one seat, I have to say that I have been more comfortable. Surprisingly we also had some rain this evening, not heavy or long-lasting but it was accompanied by some impressive lightening, Not a large bolt or fork but a sprawling sheet which illuminated the sky, at first I thought it was an electricity cable sparking, which in truth is probably a more likely situation.