Saxophone's first experience
Many years ago, Maruko's mother and I went to Maldives for our first honeymoon. Blue sky and white clouds, exquisite beaches, stars all over the sky, coconut groves and drunken sunset. Looking at the blue pearl-like island from the water, I have been amazed. ...
Sack (Maldives for short) consists of hundreds of small islands in the Indian Ocean, including an island and a hotel, with speedboats nearby and sprinklers in the distance. We chose a small island in Ihuru, and it takes 30 minutes by speedboat to reach Male, a round pearl-like island. Only there is a light blue lagoon near the pier, where the sea water is the most beautiful and layered.
Because there is an island opposite Ihulu, which is also managed by Banyan Tree Hotel, we can take a speedboat to eat at the opposite hotel for free every day, feed manta rays, sometimes go fishing, and sometimes watch dolphins with the opposite hotel.
It may be the first time to come to the sack, or it may be that Ihulu is so beautiful. Almost every day is the two of us, breakfast, lunch, dinner, afternoon tea, midnight snack, our own position, our own beach, our own island, and the days are wonderful. ...
Blackie and I began to get to know each other. Did you ask me about snorkeling? I brought a mirror and flippers from the diving center. I'm neatly dressed. I tried it and found nothing wrong, so I went straight into the sea from the beach in our room alone.
The moment your head sticks out of the sea.
Woodmen of the World. ......
Many small fish ... many corals ... many colors ... even turtles. ......
The first time I went snorkeling, I saw so many things at first sight. To be honest, I was shocked ... The sea in Sanya used to be a swimming pool with waves.
After swimming a few times, I suddenly found that I looked down at a submarine cliff dozens of meters deep, and there were many big fish like sharks swimming around below. ......
I'm a little flustered at this time. I'm short of breath. My snorkeling mirror has become blurred (my nose is probably exhaling), and my breathing tube is half breathing (now, I can take off the mirror underwater, wash it, drink a can of coke, peel an egg, count the money, take the mirror and float).
At that time, I was in a hurry, paddling hard, and my eyes became more blurred. When my hand was scratched on the coral, I saw red blood floating in the water ... choking the water, and I finally got to the beach and stood up quickly. The first section of my right middle finger is deep and my skin is turned over. ...
Go to the diving center quickly, and don't worry your wife. The foreigner was so enthusiastic that he even took out Yunnan Baiyao, cotton gauze and disinfectant, which stopped the bleeding in a short time and gave me a bunch of band-AIDS.
But he explained a lot to me in English, and I probably understood a few key points. Buddy needs a diving partner. There are 12 entrances and exits on the island. You can sail or snorkel when cutting coral. Snorkeling is prohibited near the dock because it is easy to be hit by a motor. There is a shark whale shark turtle manta ray here, very proud!
These can participate in the research of PADI and can be used for diving all over the world in the future.
I was a little scared ... and asked about blood and sharks. They all laughed. I don't understand.
Honeymoon every day for the next few days, hot springs, sunset fishing, sailing with dolphins and eating with sharks. I just hurt my finger and didn't go snorkeling in the sea.
On the last day, Maruko's mother said that she must go to the sea to have a look, so she brought gloves (gloves are not allowed at ordinary times for fear of hurting marine life). To tell the truth, I still have to pretend to be calm in front of the woman I love.
On that day, the sea was sunny, colorful fish flowed around, Nemo was shy in the anemone, lionfish walked in the water grass, moray eel opened its mouth to scare people, parrot fish shit and fart while eating coral ... Under the deep ditch, several small sharks swam quickly. ...
Completely different from the quiet sea island, there is such a beautiful world under this light blue and deep blue. Really beautiful, obsessed with beauty, completely pure and natural, only the sound of breathing, but also can hear your own heartbeat. ...
This snorkeling lasted almost an hour. When we came out of the water, we found that we had circled half the island. On the day we left, we returned our equipment to the diving center.
A foreign grandfather who often meets at breakfast often walks with crutches, and his hands are shaking when he eats. Visually, the 70-year-old man saw Parkinson's disease and disabled people from a distance, and came in with diving equipment. ...
There is also a lady who can catch eight fish with two bottles on her back and an underwater camera. The diving instructor is a handsome blonde. She bandaged my wound. I am very excited about my endless English and dance descriptions. Whale Shark This is the first time I know about whale sharks. It turned out that they saw a whale shark more than 20 meters long.
The beauty around us has been ignored, and good things may be bred in expectation.
This sea contains so much beauty.
So is our life. There are so many beautiful things waiting for us to discover.
The next day, we changed to a water flying island, Vila Valu, which is also owned by Agasana. AV island for short. Isn't it cool ...
Beautiful beach, long water house, each villa has two floors near the sea, three sides of the bed are panoramic glass seascape, a small swimming pool of its own, a hammock hanging on the sea, and a big terrace on the roof. Even when you go to the toilet, you can see fish and turtles in the sea under the glass under your feet ... When you eat them, you find that they are all from China.
People in China like to live in houses on the water. It's expensive. Look at the scenery!
Foreigners like to live in sand houses. Very cheap. Go diving!
The house is in the lagoon for four days. All the corals under the water have been cut down, and there is not much ecology. Only go snorkeling by speedboat, many people dare not. We have experience and enjoy it, but we don't have much time to enjoy the beauty of the seabed.
Mint diving research begins
After this experience, on the plane home, Maruko's mother and I made up our minds to learn diving. The reason why this island resort is expensive is mainly in the underwater world, or to find a five-star hotel in China. You can't waste money just by looking at the blue sky and white clouds. ...
Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan Province Province, Okinawa, Great Barrier Reef, Maldives, Saipan, Tahiti … Where to learn diving?
Diving location prompt
First of all, don't consider expensive, learn cheap first; Great Barrier Reef, Maldives, Saipan and Tahiti gave up first.
Secondly, it is best to speak Chinese. Although it doesn't matter if you are underwater, it is the same to learn a driver's license, which is related to safety. It is best to speak Chinese. It seems that there is only Southeast Asia.
Thirdly, be close to hot spots, not too cold, otherwise diving equipment is too expensive, not to mention expensive tickets, and you can't do without physical strength; Okinawa and Taiwan Province Province have given up, and there are many similar advanced diving spots. The colder the place, the more things there are.
Finally, there must be delicious food, and you must eat and drink well when you come up. Where there are China people, there must be delicious food.
During this period, the birth of Maruko forced us to choose places suitable for the whole family every holiday, such as Phuket, Long Beach and Hong Kong. We just don't have enough time to learn diving in interesting places. It was not until Maruko was weaned at the age of one that we decided to take a trip to mint.
Maruko's mother is a travel expert. She likes to brush low-cost air tickets in 0 yuan, book foreign hotels with agoda and booking, and look at travel websites, wasp websites and owls to check all kinds of information.
Mint, from Shanghai to Manila, from Manila to Talibaran, and then take the train for more than 40 RMB for half an hour.
This is my first time to go to Alona Beach. The sand is average, but the small beach is about 1 km. You can find all kinds of small shops, which are much quieter than long beach, but there are all kinds of restaurants. I especially like an "Islamic State" Southeast Asian cuisine (the name is very domineering, and a terrorist organization has used it for many years. I wonder if they also eat curry).
The key point is infinite blue, which is very famous in diving. Many coaches I know are trained here. Near Mint, there is a very famous diving spot, Baricasa, where many divers come.
We stayed in Hayahey, a small resort hotel next to the diving shop, and the restaurant was next to the beach. 200-300 RMB seems to exclude breakfast, because breakfast is generally 20-30 RMB, and the starting point of learning diving is OW (open water diving, usually at most18m) and AOW (advanced open water diving, which can dive 30m). We have more time.
Our coach's name is A Le, a China coach who is no different from the native blacks in the sunshine. His chest muscles are particularly developed and he is also a master diver.
June should be the off-season of typhoons. In fact, we didn't encounter any wind at all, but there were only two students in the diving shop (there were a lot of students everywhere in the future), so the coach taught us very carefully and seriously. The most important thing is to always introduce us to the concept of protecting the ocean, not eating shark fins, protecting sharks and caring for the ocean.
Leave only bubbles and photos, and take nothing away.
A Le has spent so many years in Mint, but he has gained so many students who love and protect the ocean. This is the greatest happiness. Bless him, the poor man by the sea, and reap the love by the sea!
For the first time in Baricaza, I saw a diver storm on the third and fifth floors, and there were countless sharks and turtles. The most impressive is the black coral forest. Like the trees on Huangshan Mountain, large corals grow obliquely on the wall of the trench gorge, and there are several sunken ships on the seabed. When I walked past the hut, I felt like a fish, very comfortable. ...
Diving let me see the world from another angle.
Diving gives me a central state to experience perfect silence.
Diving new world
Mint Island, PG Island, Boracay Island, Duma Gaidi Island, APO Island, Layang Layang Island (our South China Sea Bullet Reef), Mabu Island, Kapalai Island and Shabadan Island. .....
Out of control, every time I come back, I will set the next dive, and everyone will go to the top ten dive sites, one by one in good order.
The equipment has been bought, and the underwater camera is still being updated. I have been poor for three generations playing SLR, and I don't know how many generations I will be poor playing underwater photography.
The benefits of diving are too great;
(1) Experience the unknown world
Diving can make people feel weightless. Seeing so many marine life, you can also find many rare experiences. The feeling of black trenches, plankton glowing like fireflies and glowing corals that I saw while diving at night has been lingering in my mind.
(2) lose weight
Diving can lose weight, and the heat consumption underwater is 7 times that of the ground (only 3 times that of swimming), except that you eat a lot of food every time you come up.
(3) Rehabilitation physiotherapy
In diving, the bones and muscles of the whole body are in a state of similar weightlessness, which can reduce the pressure of sports injuries such as joints, bones and muscles.
(4) Whole body exercise
The underwater environment is very different from the ground. Studies have proved that the resistance of people in water is 883 times that in air. The great resistance brought by water will increase the difficulty and total amount of exercise, so that you can complete an action with more than 6 times the usual strength, thus achieving twice the result with half the effort.
(5) Beauty
People basically do not sweat when they exercise in water, which reduces the stimulation of salt in sweat to the skin. At the same time, the skin turns red and hot under the beating of water and waves, which dilates capillaries, improves the circulation function of subcutaneous blood vessels, and has a special massage function, which can reduce the relaxation and aging of the skin and make the skin smooth, smooth and elastic.
(6) promoting breathing
Compressed air is relatively clean, and you can breathe pure air underwater for several hours every day. The oxygen in the hyperoxic tank is filtered and compressed with high purity, which is contrary to lung flushing.
(7) Parent-child promotion
For a child of 10 years old, not only can he learn how to install complex equipment, but he can also master the necessary underwater survival skills. After becoming qualified divers, students will find that they have learned a lot, not only diving, but also knowledge of physics, physiology and oceanography.
In addition, if they continue their educational journey and enter the fields of geography, anthropology and history.
(8) Family harmony
For families who go diving together, another advantage is that they can cultivate their children's good quality of being helpful.
When your child gets the diving certificate, he (she) will become a potential partner of his/her father or mother. Potential family partners can encourage each other and improve their diving skills through practice. As long as you have the same interests, you can expand the scope of diving spots, enjoy underwater fun and share it as a precious memory of life.
The relationship between family members can therefore be well maintained and promoted. At the same time, it is also a good opportunity to cultivate children's awareness of marine environmental protection, and it is also of great significance to children's world outlook and outlook on life education.
Frequently asked questions about diving
Q: Diving ears are a little unbearable and stressful. There is something wrong with my ears. I went diving in Thailand in 2007. I didn't feel deep but I had a terrible headache.
Diving doesn't have any effect on the ears, the internal and external pressures are the same, and there will be problems in outdoor diving, so it's still very enjoyable to learn diving from PADI and get an international certificate. Ear pressure balance is the basic skill of OW. At first, I held my nose and exhaled, and then I could swallow my saliva. Many con artists in Sanya basically don't teach experiential diving at all, just 5- 10 meters. Of course this ear hurts!
Q2: What should I do if I meet a shark? In case my period comes. ...
Only tiger sharks and great white sharks in the world will attack humans who are dangerous to him on the water. These two kinds of sharks have almost been extinct by humans in nature, and there are so many fish in the sea that sharks have almost no taste preference for humans.
The so-called bloodthirsty is actually just the handling of drama. Of course, there is another product in this world called built-in tampons. If you really dive with your period, you don't want the blood to stay and be swallowed by a group of fish.
It is every diver's vow to love sharks and reject shark fins.
Q3: Is diving dangerous?
We have a spare auxiliary head to breathe, we have a diving partner who can give you an auxiliary head at any time, and we can also give you a breathing head accompanied by a DM diving instructor. We have a PADI certification exam that pays great attention to safety, so that we can master all the skills of safe diving. More than 90% of accidents are due to violation of regulations, such as not pulling an elephant while floating and being hit in the head by a propeller.
The funniest thing in recent years is the American forest fire. After the fire was put out, a fully equipped diver was found to have been burned to death. Classmate Conan appeared. This guy is diving by the sea. As a result, when he came up, he did everything right, but the fire plane took water from the sea, hoisted the diver directly and threw it into the burning forest. This is life!
Q4 I can't swim, how can I learn to dive?
PADI only needs to swim 200 meters. In fact, the old man and diver I met without feet didn't need to be able to swim. With the equipment, you can basically float on the water for several hours without any problems. As long as you can kick, Mama Maruko can nail three steel nails to her feet.
Q5 diving is expensive?
In fact, diving in Southeast Asia is generally not expensive. If you borrow equipment, speedboat+diving guide+eating = 200-300 RMB each time, which island is the 3000-5000 license mainly from? The Philippines is the first choice, followed by Thailand, then East Malaysia and finally Indonesia. The average dive for so many years is about 150, because I bought my own equipment later.
Q6 Is it a mess abroad?
Can live in China, lung function and heart function can be invincible. The Philippines has never won a war. This has been the case since ancient times. An army surrendered at 100.
Most Southeast Asian countries have been independent for decades, only engaged in internal political struggles and never invaded. Ethnic groups are lazy, natural resources are good enough, and infrastructure construction is poor enough. Coupled with the influence of some religions, we are kind to others and have a slow pace of life. We went to the local community to eat, drink and have fun, and we became one of them. A country with faith is kinder.
Speaking of which, I have booked my third trip to Mint, Philippines.
20 17.6.26-7.3 Shanghai-Manila-Talibaran Mint.
Learn diving in OW or AOW, Casa Coral Forest in Bali, turtles and sharks, climb chocolate hills, watch tarsiers, bee farm, spend holidays by the sea, snorkel and swim, shoot, skydive, eat seafood and drink beer. My itinerary has been fixed, and the number four ticket is about 1500. I will learn to dive, and the hotel will decide.
Hotel recommendation (for reference)
Henan resort if the whole family is together
Coconut palm in tundish
Both Tiptop and hayahey are suitable for primary experience.