After feeling somewhat sea sick for the better part of five days, I am glad to come home. Wait? Home? I mean “home” as in land. I’m all dived out; 14 dives in 4 days. I’ve got 5 scratches from the reef (pushing it to the limit!) and a few very personal rashes from all the underwater movement. Let’s just say I won’t be impregnating any women for the next few days. [Can he say that?]

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We did two dives today and saw about 4 seat turtles collectively. Mr. Burns is actually kind of growing on me as a dive buddy. He’s dependable and always is about 1-2 meters above me (I swim about 4 inches away from the coral at all times which is why I have cuts).

Last night we went on the second night dive of the trip and saw a lot less than the first one. The notable moment was when I saw a cuddle fish near the surface. A cuddle fish may as well be a freaking alien for how out of this world it looks underwater. It looks a lot like a squid only it can change its skin color instantaneously to anything from the color of the water to a blinding light display that will sent most anything in the water into a trance.

On the dive before that I was staring at the bottom as Mr. Burns taps me on the shoulder and I look up to see a 100 meter golden belt of fish. It was like a river of gold in the middle of the sea. To this day, even more impressive than the shark feed, are schools of fish. Just like nature intended it, they absolutely overload your senses.

I decided not to buy the DVD because it was $100 US and I appeared in it for a collective 4 seconds. Sure the video was crisp and clear, but it was just full of people I don’t want to ever see again and fish. I warned the videographer that I would buy it if I was in it, but I will absolutely throw up if I have to see 18 people put their gear on in a row (the type of personalization that this videographer chose to use.) I don’t want a 60 minute DVD of EVERYTHING. I want a 3 minute DVD of ME. And I would have spent twice as much if he could do that.

I’m in Cairns for the next week or so and then off to Sydney for a few days. After that, Thailand!!! And Yes I’ve heard the news in Thailand. I’ll be Careful J

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