We went to the beach ALL day. I'm
sorry to sicken you all but if it makes you feel
better I will be looking for work in Perth in a few
days to cover the cost of all this relaxation!!
We were to meet Deirdre, the girl I worked with in
Compaq, at 10pm in Paddies, but we were early so we
went to the bar next door for a drink. Two Balinese
fellas started chatting to us, Yoman and Nyoman. We
chatted about various things but one main thing was
evident and that was that they are the same as any 20
year old fellas in the world, theyre sex mad!! There
dream was to meet an Australian woman who they could
marry and settle in Oz. He said his monthly salary
was 70 US Dollars a month. About 65 Irish Pounds.
Yoman, was a diving instructor and when I heard this I
talked to him about the chance of us doing it. He
said he would lift us at the hotel at 10am on
Thursday.
We countinually checked if Deirdre had arrived at
Paddies and finally meet them at midnight. Her
friend, Imelda and Paul where with her and Enda. Good
nights craic until 3am.
Wednesday 13/06.
No breakfast. Just about managed to
get up in time for Lunch. Another Club Sandwich!!!
I've heard of been clubbed to death, but we are being
club sandwiched to death!!!
After leaving restaurant, Claire realised there was a
cockroach on my rucksack. You can just imagine the
scene we made in the middle on a shopping area
dropping the rucksack and emptying the contents to see
where the wee fucker was!! I finally got rid of it.
I hate to think what might have happened had Claire
not noticed it.
I felt sick all evening so I stayed in the room,
whilst Claire went to the beach and got chatted up by
the locals. No doubt the thought of life in Ireland
appeals to them, crazy isnt it, everyone in Ireland
would love to live in Bali!!
Thursday 14/06.
Up at 8.30am. I got that feeling I
used to get waiting for Gerard Gavvy to turn up for a
lesson. Yoman, to his word, appeared at 10am, much to
our dissappointment. We were getting rather nervous.
We picked up another couple, from Switzerland, Tobias
and Alexander. It was a fifteen minutes to Nusa Dua.
The swiss couple decided not to dive and went for a
walk instead.
We put on our wet suits (very sexy) and then meet our
instructor, Mustifer. He took us through what we would
have to know. We went out on the boat. Claire began
to feel very sea sick, and decided against diving.
(she says she will definitely do it in OZ). I donned
the tanks mask, said an Our Father, a Hail Mary and a
Glory Be, and then put in the mouthpiece.
I sat on the end of the boat just like they do on tele
and leaned backwards into the water. We stayed on the
surface until I felt calm and then he went below me
and we submerged. It is the weirdest, and most
magnificent experience I have had. It is so close but
yet so detached from the real world.
I swam over beautiful coral and differnt shaped and
colours, but the fish were so bright and colourful.
Because I was blinkered I could be looking forward and
next thing this blacked and white striped fish with a
bright yellow tail would swim past my mask about 3
inches from my nose. Un f**king believeable.
At one stage Mustifer showed me an unwater cave and
pointed in it and I could only see a few small grey
fish. Mustifer then wrote SHARK on the sea bed. I
didn't wait about for long.
We emerged from the sea after 21 minutes and we had
went down only 8 metres (the limit for a beginner).
But I would recommend it to anyone. The best
experience I have had so far on our trip.
That afternoon and today, Friday we just spent on the
beach reading.
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