SHARK! Just kidding. Now that I have my Rescue Diver course under my belt, Mark and I have been working on my PADI Advanced Open Water Certification. Typically the AOW is what comes first but I’ve never been one to do things the logical pedestrian way. The advanced course really isn’t that difficult, there’s no test…

In an unexpected turn of events, I’ve been working on my Rescue Diver course! I was planning to get it done this summer with Mark, but that was looking less and less likely as we’re pretty limited with him getting only one day off per week. So we had decided to focus on completing my Advanced…

Scuba diving was not something I always dreamed of doing. In fact, it was something I would have been content to avoid for all the rest of my days, had I not ended up on Koh Tao. I’ve seen Jaws. I’ve seen Open Water. In fact, open water has long been my greatest fear. Which makes…