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July 14, 2004
5-7th July - Diving from Sihanoukville
5th – Diving from SHV today. 2 dives, first one was a Nav dive, current changed direction and was quite strong, so 2nd leg was just to get back to the boat. Second dive was going to be a deep one, but current was very strong, and the anchor didn’t have a good hold, so we were dragged to a not so deep place, but still good fun going into ‘absolute’ darkness for a minute or so, 26m. It was actually quite disturbing – once you hit complete darkness, and you can’t see the light in your hand. I almost freaked out, but reminded myself that I was holding onto the anchor line, which was my safety line, and I relaxed a bit.
6th – Diving today with the boys, plus Manchester and a couple (Nev and Sandra). 3 Dives today, one was a Naturalist dive, second was DPV – Divers Propulsion Vehicle – one of those cool motorised diving scooter thingys, like James Bond (SOOO much fun), then a night dive – pretty cool (bio-luminescence is very, very cool underwater – better than just beach, you can spin around, stand upside down and throw magic balls!). Very tired after a long day of diving. Had dinner with Nev, Sandra and Manchester, before hanging out with Caan.
7th – More diving – today with a couple of Indian guys. Two dives, both at Elvis, first dive was good…. Got separated from Andy, and watched fish for a while…. Second dive was worse vis, but still ok. Had dinner and drinks with Tod, Andy, Neem and Fred at Italian restaurant (had fish egg spaghetti), then went to Dusk for more drinks.
And Mum, you wanted to see a pic of me kitted up in diving gear? Here we go…
But I can do even BETTER than that! Click HERE for a video clip of me doing my very best James Bond dive impression!
Posted by Dan at July 14, 2004 04:59 AM