The Life Aquatic

The diving course has started and we’re done our first two real dives on a coral reef , in 12 metres of water in the Parque Nacional Tayrona. Needless to say, it was absolutely amazing down there. We saw about 8 Morey Eels, a weird lobstery crab thing, huge "brain" corals and thousands of fish. It really is another world down there, and my first steps into it have been incredible. Breathing with the scuba gear is a lot easier than I thought it would be and it's really relaxing swimming around checking out the world below. The instructors are great as well, and if you’re ever in Taganga, Columbia I highly recommend checking out the Poseidon Dive Centre.

Life hasn’t all been diving though. We've still got the apartment and continue to have a great time together. Jenn left yesterday though and the others are leaving on Monday or Tuesday for home or other countries while I stay a few more days and do the advanced dive course, so I can dive in the Galapagos Islands. It’s been great hanging out with these guys, so it will be sad to see them leave.

I’ll be leaving the day after I finish the course for Cartagena, a busy colonial city in the north which is supposed to be breathtakingly beautiful, before heading to Bogotá for eye surgery and to hangout with a local guy I met on the Ciudad Perdida hike.

Everyone I’ve met during my travels who has visited Columbia raves on about it, and so far they are spot on with how great it is here. If anyone is traveling in South America I heartily recommend coming here, you’ll love it… and Venezuela too... definitely go there :)