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| Brazilian boy and mom look on. |
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Wake up early and when I look out I see overcast skies and lots of wind. Arg! And then by 7 am it is sunny out. The boys are debriefed by their instructor Mateo (from Italy) who is a hit with the boys. We then take a 30 minute boat ride over some fairly rough seas to our dive spot by the island opposite Phi Phi. Once guarded by the island, the sea is much calmer. A Brazilian family is upset when they see our 10 year old diving, and their 10 year old was told he could not. We are thinking something is adrift with their story and the boy is acting up because of this. They seem to have money as we picked them up off their sailboat, and then returned them to it later. The mom told her son to not worry about it, they would take him diving in Antigua as it is much nicer there. The boy refused to snorkel in the second round but eventually was coerced into the water by his mom. Our boys were told that sometimes things don’t work out, but they better never act like that. They agreed. Then they had was Levi described as the most amazing experience of his life. The boys were under for two sessions, both over 30 minutes each time. Lots of fish life, and the closest one can get to experiencing flying. Cindy and I snorkel and after some adjustments on our masks, have a great time checking out the fish life. The coral is not all that sensational as I believe it is still recovering from the tsunami in 2004. We are back at the hotel around 2 pm, and these prairie folk crash for the afternoon. We are good in the water, but it is not our usual element, so we are exhausted. Nate on the otherhand is still good for an evening swim. We came to Phi Phi for a snorkel experience. After Friday I was worried that it was going to be a bust, but today made the venture out here well worth it.  |
| Ready to go. My best ever photo bomb |
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