Ourwalkabout.nl is a blog about the world trip Michiel de Wit and Judica Wondergem are making in 2010.


10 ° 6 'N, 99 ° 50' E
17 July 2010, 6:52

Together under

You would think that a joint training dive master track also means that you often dive together. Mass! Judica diving and I almost never together. Assisting in the course of an instructor is usually done alone and our programs are often forced apart. The more fun it is, therefore, while we're together once more to go under.

Yesterday morning we made a double dive at Chumphon Pinnacle, one of the deeper and more remote dive sites of Koh Tao. A double dip there is a small party, because it is very beautiful and so often we're not.

Unfortunately, the water in many places around Koh Tao lately cloudy. It rains here at night quite often and therefore a lot of dirt washed into the water. But our double dip, the water was very clear best! We could easily 15 meters ahead. More diving schools had plans in this beautiful place and when we went we saw submerged initially more divers than fish. It seemed as if we saw a school of fish swim. Particular, but also a bit sad.

The first of the two dives we were not together, but the second dive was fun. Judica took a slate with some of the rocks to map out and I could see her from my own memory all that around. With two diving is very special. With more people it feels like a trip soon, but if you only have to look at a person, you are much freer. Does your instincts left at the next rock, then you can do just that and you do not in conclave with the dive leader.

We saw many beautiful things under water: large groupers and prawns, small fishes cubic yellow, dotted and striped many shoals and beautiful predators. Very pleasant. And even better, because we were together we could undisturbed underwater even a hug or a (slow) exchange kisses. Nobody who sees it or who it bothers.