today i went diving again. we did 2 dives, the first of which was a wreck dive. one of the ferrys that shuttles people back and forth between phuket and kho phi phi crashed into a rock in 1997 and sank to the bottom. now people are able to scuba dive thru the remains of the ship. wow. this dive was definitely one of the coolest things i’ve ever done. diving and seeing fish and coral is one thing, but swimming thru the wreckage of a ship really takes it to the next level. i’m sure everyone has watched the discovery channel and seen footage of boats decaying on the bottom of the ocean… can you imagine actually being inside there? this was so eerie and surreal. everything down there is sorta dark and murky and there are millions of schools of fish swimming thru the inside of the boat. coral has started growing on all of the boats surfaces and that gives the boat an even more mysterious look. we swam through the ship’s insides and also around the sides and on top of the boat. at one point we swam by where the ships bathroom was and there were sea urchins chillin’ inside the toilets. too funny. there were also tons of lionfish swimming around in there. they are the highly poisonous fish that have all the crazy feather-like quills sticking out: http:\/\/www.kidseyeview.com\/kidseyeview\/fish\/lionfish.jpg<\/p>\n
for the second dive we went to shark point. it’s a small island surrounded by corral reefs far out in the ocean. this dive was really fun too. we got to see this huge leopard shark that was about as long as i am. we also saw about 5 or 6 eels peeking out from tiny caves in the rocks. diving here is much better than on kho tao i’d say. the fish are more diverse and there is a lot of really crazy looking fluorescent plant life. i’m so glad that i ended up getting my diving license. and to think, i almost didnt bother to get it. that would have been the hugest mistake.<\/p>\n
the nice thing about traveling and being on vacation is that you have unlimited freedom to do as you please. when i woke up this morning i randomly decided to throw an extra country into the mix of my itinerary. so i bought a plane ticket to cambodia and i’m flying there tomorrow. i’ll get to explore the ruins of angkor watt and see a whole new culture…<\/p>\n
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