Dive, dive, dive

I am refreshed. I have been diving. What was I thinking? Work! How could I have been so silly to think that I would like to get back to work - hee, hee! I have instead been to Apo Island, off the island of Negros and dived, dived dived. I love to be around other keen divers, it is great to share the same thrill and excitment of going to a new dive, seeing new things or talking about all the other opportunties to dive around the world. The weather has been a little rotten to us on Apo island, with a few days of rain making the visibilty a little poor, which is a shame as there are some beautiful corals here and if the sun had been out and the waters crystal clear it would have been most lovely. However, the water was a little churned up so although the corals were pretty they did not offer too much of a wow factor, but on the up side I have seen few new creatures - dragon sea moths, funny little critters that crawl along the sandy bottom with dragon like noses, ornate ghost fish, from the family of the sea horse, ribbon eels with their brightly blue and yellow skin and a few old familiars - turtles and nudibranchs and big schools of jacks and an array of anenomes. All fun and exciting and thrilling for me to be back under the water. Why work when can carry on enjoying myself like this!!! And just so you know that you are diving in a diffferent location there is also top side stuff to keep you on your toes. Apo Island has a small community living on it and the weekly community highlight is the Saturday night disco, held al fresco on the basketball court. The whole town turns out, but mainly the children and the grandparents and the foreigners dance - much to the delight of everyone else watching. A very friendly and homely experience and much enjoyed by everyone.