Finally! The photos that Drew and Kimo took of our scuba adventures are here for you all to enjoy!!
I really thought I was going to feel like a mermaid when I went scuba diving. With all the gear and tubing and heavy weights, I kind of felt like an underwater version of Iron Man instead.
Even though I couldn't channel my inner Ariel, I couldn't be happier with the up-close and personal experiences I had with some of her friends.
I know it's hard to tell, but that's me! If you zoom in on the photo, you can see that I still make squinty eyes in underwater pictures.
Ashley, aka Bad Ash, aka awesome new neighbor
Will, aka WilSIN, aka awesome new neighbor
Can you spot the sea slug?
Honu hanging out
A Spanish Dancer: a very large and colorful sea slug (or nudibranch)
Will chilling out at the bottom of the sea
Lionfish! He's clinging to the coral upside down
White Tip Reef Sharks at Mala
Swimming with turtles
okay, so it's actually the same turtle in every photo that follows...he was making the rounds
Bryan and Honu
Will and Honu
This big Honu was taking a nap
Paige--the scuba diver!
Ashley leading the pack
Group shot!!
(from left to right) Kimo, Will, Ashley, Bryan and Me
Couples!
Uf. Our goggles were a tad foggy.
Ashley and Will--why are their goggles so clear?!
Drew. Thanks to this guy, we all were able to try our hand at scuba diving. He's leaving for Australia at the end of the fall. We're going to miss him!
A big school of goatfish
Someone found this huge shell, so Drew orchestrated a little photo op:
Kimo
Will
Ashley
Bryan
Me
Will
A few atmospheric shots to show you our surroundings on our second dive at Mala. We were swimming through and around and under the ruins of the Mala Pier.
The rubble underneath the pylons are huge concrete slabs from the pier. Some of them have collapsed in such a fashion that they created dark recesses that the fish use to rest under--like the white tip reef sharks shown up top.
Mala was my favorite dive of the day. Not just because I had become much more comfortable with the gear and the act of diving, but also because of how beautiful and otherworldly it was.
Take a look at the video that Drew shot of us doing a swim through during our dive at Mala.
Not too shabby for a whole bunch of first-timers, huh?
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