If you were to ask an American of what comes to mind when they think of Australia, I bet a lot of them would mention Great Barrier Reef. We all learned about it in grade school and how amazing it is.
For those who know, I was suppose to have an internship after my semester in Australia, but the company changed its mind. So instead I took a short trip up to Cairns to check out the Great Barrier Reef.
Shamika (by now you should know who is Shamika) and I visited a Wildlife Park to which we got a free ticket from a stranger. The next day we went scuba diving and snorkeling in the ocean.
The Wildlife:
The deck outside the wildlife park. I remember that day..the sun light was just right, enough but doesn't burn. The breeze so relaxing and moist. Makes you want to take a nap. Feel like being at a balcony of an Italian villa =)
Scuba Diving and Snorkling:
I was fully geared up in my scuba diving wear and was in the water. Before going down, the instructor had to teach us a few skills like equalizing your ears, breathing through the generator, and clearing water out of your googles. I failed the equalizing my ears part. I did it the first time but when my instructor dropped me lower, I couldn't, so she had to ask me to go up. Nonetheless, underwater is totally difference. All sounds are muted and the water was surprising clear. Breathing through a tube is not as scary as you think. But if you don't equalize your ears, it hurts like hell!!!
So the pictures are taken by Shamika:
Fishies!!!!
Nemo!!! Can't miss it =)
Clam.....with pearls??!
Going to the beach and snorkel!
Me in my wet suit (taken with an underwater camera thus the blurriness).
Down we go...
Snorkel, snorkel, snorkel...
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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