After the first two dives the ship arrived at our destination, the Ocean Quest, another larger boat where we will spend the night. The Ocean Quest, in addition to being bigger has fewer people, since most only spend the day and return to Cairns. The atmosphere is more relaxed, and the crew as enjoyable as the first boat. The cabin is anything but television, I guess that does not reach these waters. And the Internet nor thought. Great!
Soon comes the time for the next dive. Irene goes with his advanced scuba lessons, and I along with Mark and Sonia. Mineko, who at other times he went with the breathing tube, begins to feel nauseated by the constant motion of the boat and this time he is on board.
Marcos Sonia and I are going down. This them memorize the map before downloading it. The bottom line is much deeper, giving almost afraid and do not stop watching the depth gauge, we should not go too low. We found that there is not much to do so down, and maintain a depth of 13 meters along a wall of coral, anemones and goldfish. Follow the planned route (which taste that comes from knowing that we know where we are), but nothing spectacular as turtles and rays and sharks ... little fish here and there, corals, and a large, colorful fish, parrot fish. And I think I begin to control diving, I feel it easier to control buoyancy, and take pictures without problems ... but the sealed box, I discover with horror, is completely overshadowed by in and out all the photos as if using a smoothing filter such as those used for portraits of glamorous. I do not know if there is a defect in the box, or just not close well. But hey, it seems that no water.
Back to the boat Mineko me "gives" a bag of what has driven while on the boat ... I still says he is enjoying the ride. All crew are so nice, and tourists, all dedicated to diving, interesting stories from other places they have visited.
After dinner comes the dip was waiting. It is the night dive. We leave deck, where crew members are attracted to fish food. I guess they do to see if there are sharks, this is the time when sharks are most active ... and find a shark among the fishes. Faster, more active than the other fish, it gives chills. And then I see another and another ... A total of four or five. I was beginning to freeze the blood. Will they cancel the tour?
Apparently not. These sharks are not to be hazardous, since the guides do it and tell us that we prepare to enter the water. Somewhat hesitant, I start the computer, and then the excitement back into the water, together with the trust given by others, who did not mention sharks make me forget my fears, and I get together with the group, this time going with a guide.
nocturnal fish are much larger. I do not know any of them, and it seems that sharks have been robbed enough food and have gone to rest. In some ways it disappointed me a bit, no sense of danger. Water, dark, prevents us from seeing much, and follow the light guide. All around us we see large fish following our trail of light. They seem to have color, or simply lack of light makes them appear to be gray or black. Eyes large and bright, are adapted to darkness.
Back on the boat waiting for us a delicious homemade dessert. Mineko, who remains elusive too well, also points to the dessert, and take notes while enjoying the dive data, the need to show my experience ... that is, if I leave the pocketbook at the hotel the next time.
And while we relaxed and talked about the day's events, an instructor gives me a special diving for the next day. The place where we are is quite deep, and go for a deep dive workshop. It is part of the advanced diver course, and I offer to take part in this dive. As an incentive tells me that this workshop will be worth as part of my advanced course if I take it in the future in any place qualified, and also has said that Marcos themselves to be involved, as Mark does not speak English I could do as an interpreter. The course costs extra, not much, and I insinuating that should be free for me if I do as an interpreter. But no school, and finally agree to take part in the course, paying whatever it touches. Immersion will
next day, at 6 and a half in the morning. Quickly become more than 11 pm, and at the end of the day exhausted and thinking about the early start the next day, we go to bed.
... but it is not easy to sleep on anything that moves ... I am surprised that Mineko, who was ill during much of the day, sleep right away. And I'm in bed trying to sleep, with the ship's movement and the sound of a door or something that is out and who will not stop chirping to the sound of the waves ... time passes ... midnight, one, two ... intermittently sleep, waking every hour. The excitement of the last day, the anticipation of things to come, the ship's motion, the light of the full moon, majestic, seen from the bed, the creak of the door ... it all comes together to not let me sleep.
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