I successfully passed the open water dive course! Diving the coral reefs surrounding the island is like visiting a whole new world accessible only by breathing underwater. The diving certification will allow me to go on dives up to 18meter/60 feet. Mariella has joined us on the boat for most of the dives. She snorkeled while we dove for about an hour each dive. She was on the boat with the driver when they found a venomous sea snake in the hull of the boat. Included are some more pictures around Gili Trawangan. We were thoroughly amused by the elementary age children celebrating their last day of school for the week. We watched a swarm of kids run through the center of town and down the pier wearing their school uniforms. Most were not wearing shoes so they kept on running with huge smiles on their faces and leaped off all sides of the pier. The cats around here are pretty lazy. Some photos of the lounging cats are in the slideshow. I also put some photos of a fraction of the animal life we’ve seen while diving. I will post some photos and video footage shot by our dive instructor. Yesterday we saw devil rays, white tipped sharks and a five foot sea snake. Today we saw some lion fish, and a few moray eels. We see a few giant sea turtles on every dive. Fantastic! : ) We head to Melbourne, Australia in 10 days. We are looking forward to seeing our adopted Aussie family. Our English friend Chris has shot a bunch of fish including this 2.5 foot puffer fish we ate for dinner the other night.
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