Second day of diving….

March 20
Up very early…..out on the boat to the east side of the island with Heski, my dive master, captain and assistant captain.


Captain and Jerro, the assistant captain holding the conch

Heski, my dive master.

First dive was at Karangsari. It was an easy dive, so easy that we stayed under for 54 minutes. We saw 2 turtles and. 2 lion fish!

The second dive was at The Blue Garden. The current flows hard at this site….it takes you up, down, out farther and also turns you around. I was very nervous going into it. The first 5 minutes of the dive I was worried….Heski said he could see panic in my face. However about. 5 minutes into the dive I settled down! Just went with the current and stuck close to Heski. We saw about 8 turtles….1 was sleeping, another was eating and watching us float by. A small shrimp, really small. But the best was a Spotted Eagle Ray, very rare. Spotted eagle rays have venomous barbed stingers behind the pelvic fins, located by the tail. Their size, from fin tip to fin is 2-3 m. I didn’t have a camera but downloaded a picture from the World Wide Web!

Back at the resort, I headed off to you 90 :minute Balinese massage! I was JELLO! It was amazing. Went for a swim and then headed out for a walk.

New homes…

Trimming branches….no WorkSafe here.