Today we had a slow first dive. However, it got more exciting when Ryan spotted an octopus in a hole in the reef. Our dive master was far away, so Ryan pointed at me to use my poker stick and get the octopus out of his hole so we could take a good picture. Yeah right....so we called our dive master over and he worked at getting him out. Apparently the octopus was having breakfast because we found an eel that was still partially alive that was gnawed on pretty good in the octopus hole. We got some neat pictures of the octopus. It is amazing how much they change colors and how quickly they do it. We also saw four cuttlefish on the dive. Again, they also can change color and do so very quickly. Everything down here does such an amazing job of camouflaging itself so it takes a good dive master to help you find things!
On our second dive, we went right out front of our dive shop. We saw some different types of nudibranches and a somewhat rare zebra crab. While taking a picture of the crab, Ryan got a little tipsy between trying to get the picture and orientate himself in the water with the big ole camera. He put his hand down to get himself straightened up and placed it right on a unique sea urchin that they have here. Apparently it felt like electricity running through his hand and arm. It hurt him enough that he was debating whether or not he should surface after about 15 minutes of our 75 minute dive. The pain subsided a little after 2 minutes and ached for another 15 minutes. The price we pay to get good photos! :)
Today we're taking the day off of diving and going exploring on the island. We're going to rent a motorbike and try to see White Beach and the local waterfall. Hopefully we don't get lost...I've heard it isn't hard though because there is about one road that goes throughout the whole island.
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