To be honest, I was a little scared of heading out to sea for 3 days of diving. After our Port Douglas day diving trip, I began to feel ill and developed a fever... most likely from ingesting way too much sea water while snorkeling in the big waves on the reef. It was too late to cancel the trip, nor did we really want to cancel the biggest excursion of our entire holiday. So I spent the entire day before in bed, taking some paracetemol (what they call acetaminophen everywhere else in the world), vitamin C, and lots of water.
The trip ended up being amazing. The first day was a bit rough as I was still recovering, but the rest was smooth. Consecutive diving lets you get into a rhythm so it just becomes clockwork for you to suit up and jump in for yet another dive. I would compare doing a 3 day live-aboard dive trip to staying in a ski resort for about a week doing 5 consecutive days of skiing (or snowboarding). Its just so much better than doing a single day trip. Like on the 4th day of skiing/snowboarding, by about the 6th dive you are totally in the zone and feel you could just continue diving/skiing everyday, forever. And like week-long ski trips, this dive trip allowed Astrid & I to become much better divers.
A few people onboard were doing their Advanced Open Water course, something I've always wanted to upgrade to. At only $100 AUS, I was actually planning to do it this trip but given the cold I got just beforehand, I opted to not push it and hoped I would just be able to dive at all, and not feel worse over the course of the trip.
The food onboard was also super healthy and tasty... probably the best we've eaten since in Australia. And going 4 days without alcohol must be a record on our holiday and I'm sure was a welcome break for my kidneys and liver :)
Diving in the GBR is fantastic... I'm sure it won't be a question of _if_ we come back, but more of a _when_ we'll be back.
Till next time...
Syd.
No comments:
Post a Comment