Diving is amazing. And inexpensive - ish. (45 $ for two dives)
Briefing
Getting briefed by a vietnamese guy is not good.
Phang is a sweet guy who we can't understand. He kept saying you need to SWINKALIE. And I kept asking my diving mates what the hell he was saying, because you can't escape the briefing if it's your first time. But nobody bloody knew.
A french dude clarified.
Equalise! Aaaaah.
Going down isn't easy. You have to breathe only through your mouth, and the first 2 minutes is a little overwhelming. Because he left me 7 metres down on the ocean floor and went back up to get my other 2 diving buddies.
I'm thinking - "okay... I want out. I want out. I want out. Hey... look at the pretty yellow fishy."
And then it's all good.
He doesn't hold on to you and if you're comfortable, you swim around the reef.
The underwater signs though are a little confusing.
A thumbs up means I want to go up.
A thumbs down means I want to go down.
And three fingers up with your thumb and index finger making a circle means - everything's okay.
So you're 20 feet down and he asks "everything okay?" in sign. And I say thumbs up! You know.. it's great... and he starts to take me on top.
So he's pushing the button(air valve) that takes me on top .
I'm pushing the one that takes me down, and we doing our own little jive in the ocean. Who says I can't dance?
But the corals and the fish you see down there are amazing.
I can't imagine that it's as good as
That's when the Canadians, Mark and his cousin, invited us to their hotel to use their pool.
So me and this Chilean friend - Fernanda are paying 4$ per night for our rooms.
The Candians Ryan and Mark and paying 135$.
We just got scared that if we walk through the hotel entrance the doors would starts beeping, sirens going off "Poor people alert, poor people alert"
Anyway, we use their pool and then made them feel bad about staying there.
Today their shifting out.
Caught my 10 hours bus ride to Saigon in the evening. My next bus to
Wish me luck.
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