well, There was definitely something lurking in the dark, deep waters. I tried to adjust my eyes through my mask, and there I saw it � a cold, evil figure. It caught sight of me and started to slowly move towards me, its awkward cumbersome body dragging along the bottom. Without any thought of safety for myself I ascended from the water � no time for a safety stop .. no time to signal to my buddy.. I had to escape the evil.
My buddy immediately followed me.
Regulator out of my mouth, gasping for air, eyes wide with terror, I said with extreme fear in my voice �Did you see that? In the darkness, there was something there�. My buddy smiled, took my hand and said �There�s nothing there. Let�s give it another go�.
I positioned my regulator back into my trembling mouth and cautiously descended putting all my trust in my buddy�s reassurance. I stared back into the darkness, squeezing Russ� hand as tight as I could. Then my eyes started to adjust, there was no monster � no fear� only the deep end of the Mayfair Swimming Pool. I smiled � I have a feeling this is going to be a fun journey��I am going to look for Nemo!
I now found myself on a plane flying towards Cyprus escaping the coldness of British waters after completing the confined water sessions. I had been to Guildy on 2nd November 2003 and decided it was something I was definitely not going to do for my first open water. Purple swollen face, red nose and blue lips all squeezed into a tight rubber hood would do nothing for Cameron Diaz - so I had no hope! Nope, I wanted warm water and 100% waterproof mascara.
My first dive was at Sheep Dip, Larnaca (slightly warmer than Guildy) with Russ and Mark from Octopus Dive Centre. It was a rocky entry with surge but was fairly easy to tackle in my new wetsuit booties. The only difficult part was putting on my fins which was almost certainly hysterical to the on-looking eyes.
For more : http://www.bsactravelclub.co.u k/reports/cyprus.html
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3:43 PM on September 02, 2008