We were up early ready for an 0800 pickup today. Sadly the pickup didn't happen and after ringing the dive school (luckily a chap staying here had the number) we found out they hadn't got us booked in !
No matter though, Alan, the owner, came and got us and by 0915 we were there; we'd missed the bacon sarnies and banter but the boat was still there so we were ok.
As the boat chugged accross Fethiye bay, we were introduced to the instructors and told what would be happening.
There were seven of us doing the beginners lesson, two couples, a young lad, The Boy and me, Mrs C having declined to try diving and just along for the ride.
We were given a briefing about the kit, signals, boyancy etc by a very friendly and cheerful young guy called Doga (I would imagine it's hard not to be cheerful when you spend your days diving in the warm clear waters of the eastern Med and getting paid for it).
Us beginners were split into two groups and we did two dives each, the first to get used to breathing under water and the second to feed some fish (including a rather grumpy looking moray eel). The Boy declined to do the second one, as did a couple of others, and so I was on my own for the second dive, just me and my patient instructor Doga.
I thought that diving was great fun, both exciting but also peaceful and serene; I only wish I had better balance as when Doga told me to kneel on a rock to watch him feed the eel, I kept overbalancing. It's certainly something that I will do again somehow.
Arriving back at the hotel around 7 o clock, we had just about enough energy for a pint and a pizza before sloping off to bed; Mrs C and The Boy are already fast akip and as soon as I finish this I will be joining them.
The best day so far.
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