Time to dive

April 3, 2013, 1:40 am
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We boarded the boat the night before we started diving. 15 divers, from Canada, Australia and the US were my ship mates for the next seven nights. The ship was beautiful. Everything was done right. The cabins were mostly double but they did have two single cabins, one of which I snagged (for a heavfty but well worth it price).

Immediately, I began to feel intimidated. Everyone else had way more dives than I did, and for a couple of people, this was a return trip to the lagoon for them. It was kind of funny actually, I seldom find myself in that situation but it was a good thing to feel like I was the under dog again. I seriously wondered on that first night what I had really gotten myself into. I settled into my cabin resolved at the fact that all I could do was take it one dive at a time and trust myself and my instincts to keep me out of trouble. I loved my little single cabin, the bed was cozy and it was nice to have my own space to escape to when I wanted to get lost in my thoughts or needed to get out of the sun.

Dive #1 – Fiyosumi Maru
Depth: 88ft
Time: 50 minutes

Unbelieveable. I can’t believe I was ever scared! On this dive I saw human remains, gas masks, bicycles, bottles, guns. I cut my leg on the inside of the ship. Sometimes skin diving has it’s downfalls.

Dive #2 – Fiyosumi Maru
Depth: 94ft
Time:40 minutes

Went inside the pitch black engine room, was crazy. Saw a skull that was imbeded into the ceiling after an explosion, saw a snappy eel. I went deep inside the ship on this dive and felt very comfortable, all fear has kind of turned into focus at this point.

Stubs.