Gili Air Day 2

Started my diving course today! My instructor is called Linn and she is Norwegian, and very good. Im doing the open water course which is 3 days and after that you are certified to dive up to 18m.

Had to start the day by watched the videos so found a nice spot just next door in a cafe to do this. Took about 2 hours and it goes through the basics of equipment, the process and the physical effects of diving. Then had a little break and at 12 we got in the pool. Another girl called Briana had joined- she wasn’t doing the open water just an intro to diving but they combined us.

We learned the basics; breathing, inflating and deflating the jacket, clearing the mask and floating for about 45 mins. I managed to pick it up pretty quick- think that one dive 8 years ago helped 😂. Then at 2pm was out into the sea to a site just off shore.

Unfortunately Briana had some difficulty equalising (when you have to pop your ears on the way down) and so we tried a couple of times but she just couldn’t do it so she went back on the boat and we carried on without her! (Turns out she had blocked sinuses and had a nosebleed after 😬)

We were then kind of in the wrong place and the visibility wasnt great but I just followed Linn until we found the reef and saw lots of fishes! We also saw a really big turtle just having a rest at the bottom 🥰

All in all it went pretty well so feeing good about the next couple of days (have to do one more pool session and 3 more dives and an exam!). Linn set me up on the SSI app so I can do some studying and log my dives.

Went back to the hostel and met some of the girls there who were going out to see the sunset so went with them - it was a great sunset as it had been the best weather in a while (no rain!) and then we had dinner and a couple of drinks before bed ☺️Read more