12th March 2011

Yesterday, while we were diving Mae Haad reef, one of Crystals dive boats went to Chumphon Pinnacle, and saw 2 whalesharks!!!

So this morning, in the hope that they were still hanging around, the boat returned there fully packed with 60 divers including us.



The conditions were not too calm, the sea was rolling well... and after a 45 minute choppy journey, we arrived at the dive site.



Needless to say, no whalesharks appeared, but we saw a decent size school of big boy barracudas.. cool! Once everyone had returned from the dive, we went to White Rock. The journey to White Rock was even choppier! Jen struggled, not quite having her sea legs yet.... but made it.



White Rock was uneventful, some nudibranchs, angelfish, and a sting ray... but Jens camera leaked a little so we spent most of the time worrying about that.. Once back on the boat, we removed the camera and dried everything out... luckily its all okay..

Speaking of things breaking, the throttle cable on the bike snapped last night... so I had to take that to a mechanic in the afternoon... so we are without vehicle at the mo..

We spent the afternoon swimming and relaxing, then at 7pm, Jen went to a clothes swap party with Tracy, and I chatted to Carsten at the Crystal Bar.

Tomorrow, Jen starts an Open Water Course! It was a bit of a surprise to get one so quickly... but great...

x

SD