scuba diving, you have to be there to believe how very fascinating this adventure sport is! and the feather in the hat was that it was in sri lanka that my dad proposed we sign up for it! now that sure is something.........scuba divin' in the sri lankan seas!!!!!!!!
it was evening, around 6 o'clock when we , on the way from the famous Unawatuna beach to our hotel in Bentota, stopped by a scuba diving centre in Hikkaduwa to do some R&D , and made up an appointment for scuba diving the next morning. that was one restless night!
we arrived right on time, excited as we were. the instructor greeted us and showed us some videos,gave us some notes, and taught us the sign language. after that we had to fulfill certain formalities,wear our scuba diving costume and gear and then be off!!! now, we were taken into the shallow waters to do some exercises,clear our masks, control pressure difference and its effects and learn to breathe through the oxygen mask, but that was most of the fun part. it took us some time to learn those exercises, upon which we qualified to do scuba only upto a certain depth. as bad luck had it, we were short of time so we could not learn and improve much, so we could only do the scuba upto about 2 meters . but none the less fun!
the instructor took us one by one into the deeper water, and i was the last. when it was my turn, i braced myself, to go ahead and experience! the instructor took me to the coral reefs, the beautiful flower-like patterns formed by the corals were a sight!and the fishes! they very well complimented the dark blue background with their fancy colours.it was a completely different world, untouched and pure, giving you the feeling like you have entered the sets of Finding Nemo! the sea floor, sandy and off-white, the beautifully coloured corals, the blue ocean with the sunlight hardly penetrating its mysterious blue-yet-transparent sheen, and the wonderfully colored and shaped fishes..........you imagine the scene yourself!
i really hope and look forward to entering this world again, and this time i will be ready to explore this land of fantasy, dreams and marvel.
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