Okinawa (Part 1 of many...)

I got back from Okinawa yesterday. Over the next couple of weeks I will put up some pictures from the trip and write all about them. Today, just briefly, I want to tell you about my dive experience. I haven`t been scuba diving since I lived in Australia about 15 years ago (when I was in my junior year in University and did an internship in Sydney for 6 months. ) At that time I did about 15 dives over a few days in the Great Barrier Reef and got my "advanced open water" scuba license. It was an eye-opening experience for me. Anyway, I decided to try it again off the shores of Ishigaki. The ocean and coast was absolutely magnificent!! I did two dives, and one snorkel. Because it had been 15 years since my last dive, of course I was a little rusty. But after a few minutes, I got the hang of it again and remembered bascially what to do.

I saw tons of beautiful fish and other sea creatures and the coral reef was also really interesting. The cruising on the boat was also a lot of fun! But the water was a little rough at some times, and I almost got sea sick...But luckily, very luckily, I managed to somehow NOT get sea sick. That was a plus!! Anyway, because of "K-Tours" my trip was perfect! On a 10 point scale, it was an 11!! Below, are two pictures which another diver took and emailed me. The manta ray!! Wow! This fella is quite a monster!! Much bigger than I expected!! I will continue more about Okinawa later, and for the next few weeks. Hope you look forward to the stories!