Early to rise, ready for some Dauin diving! Darryl headed off to the small port area about 10 minutes drive to dive on the remains of an old pier. There were a few small fishermen's huts and one ship loading up in the port, but that was it! Looking out to sea you could see a plain, grey concrete block rising from the ocean about 50m away. That was where we were heading!
We got our dive equipment ready and walked in from the beach. The bottom was sand, scattered with various reminders of life assure ... rubbish! Out of the darkness appeared great pillars leading from the seabed to the surface. As we grew closer the color changed from a black, murky haze to a magnificent variety of reds, greens, blues,oranges, yellows and pinks! It was spectacular to see! Closer examination revealed the most magnificent variety of soft corals, sponge and marine life. We saw a number of beautiful nudibranchs, seahorses, frog fish but the highlight was a tiny flamboyant cuttle fish continually changing colour. Wow!
On returning to dry land, we took off our diving gear and jumped back in the truck to head home. Mistake ... we had to go backwards out of the parking spot and reverse gear didn't work. Out we got and pushed!
After a short rest we ate lunch at the market!. There was a nice selection of food on offer. We bought 2 different dishes to share for lunch and another 2 to take home for dinner!
In the afternoon we enjoyed snorkelling off the beach. We spotted 2 different types of moray eels hunting for their food and we saw many large garden eels in the sandy area.
A number of new families arrived this afternoon and some are staying at our homestay, others elsewhere in the village as ourd only has 2 rooms!
Chatting on the decking with the new arrivals provided the evening entertainment.
We got our dive equipment ready and walked in from the beach. The bottom was sand, scattered with various reminders of life assure ... rubbish! Out of the darkness appeared great pillars leading from the seabed to the surface. As we grew closer the color changed from a black, murky haze to a magnificent variety of reds, greens, blues,oranges, yellows and pinks! It was spectacular to see! Closer examination revealed the most magnificent variety of soft corals, sponge and marine life. We saw a number of beautiful nudibranchs, seahorses, frog fish but the highlight was a tiny flamboyant cuttle fish continually changing colour. Wow!
On returning to dry land, we took off our diving gear and jumped back in the truck to head home. Mistake ... we had to go backwards out of the parking spot and reverse gear didn't work. Out we got and pushed!
After a short rest we ate lunch at the market!. There was a nice selection of food on offer. We bought 2 different dishes to share for lunch and another 2 to take home for dinner!
In the afternoon we enjoyed snorkelling off the beach. We spotted 2 different types of moray eels hunting for their food and we saw many large garden eels in the sandy area.
A number of new families arrived this afternoon and some are staying at our homestay, others elsewhere in the village as ourd only has 2 rooms!
Chatting on the decking with the new arrivals provided the evening entertainment.
