I’m aware that yet another post of our time on a tropical island paradise is likely to be stirring up the odd pang of jealousy however I’m afraid this is another one. As the end of the honeymoon hoves into view we decided to take advantage of the “romantic night” special and spend a night [...]
Archive of entries posted on September 2010
It seems Llamas are land mammals after all
After my second abortive attempt at my open ocean dive I’ve come to the conclusion that I must be a land mammal after all. Despite the improvement on my last lagoon dive I have yet to convince the reptilian part of my brain that submerging oneself into the open ocean with only a bunch of [...]
Cloudy with a chance of cloud burst
I was due to do my open dive this afternoon but I woke up so bunged up I decided to delay it yet again. I keep reminding myself I have plenty of time and the experience should be fun. However I have been acquainting myself with the local Maldivian wild life while out of the [...]
Finding the Signal
With no diving excursions today we set about mapping the island. Despite my earlier comments there is GPS signal around and fairly good visibility of satellites. However the signal-to-noise ratio is pretty bad that most of them can’t be used for location. I’m not sure if this is by accident or design. Despite this I [...]
Losing Weight
Today I had my second lagoon dive to run through the rest of the basic diving procedures. The simulated air failure (by turning off the tank) wasn’t nearly as scary as I thought it would be on account of the relatively slow way the residual air between first and second stage gets used up. About [...]
Unfamiliar Territory
Today was the day of my first dive. Although Fliss is already a qualified diver she came with me to refresh her skills. The morning was spent in the lagoon and went reasonably well. I do seem to have trouble equalising pressure, especially in my partially deaf ear. It was hard to follow the mantra [...]
Mysterious Islands in the Sea
We have arrived on a tropical island paradise. It’s only slightly disconcerting that the GPS on my phone still hasn’t figured out where we are. Although so far smoke monsters and polar bears have not been in evidence. The flights weren’t too hard to deal with (6 and 4 hours) but we nevertheless fell to [...]
Wow
You really don’t appreciate the build-up to the weekend without the sense of calm relaxation that descends afterwards. Sure there have been simple tasks to achieve like returning suits and doing the washing. However there is no longer a list of things to be done related to the wedding preparations. Even if some of the [...]
Once more
Well that’s the legal bit done. It all passed in a bit of a blur but Fliss was wonderful and we’ve been enjoying calling each other Husband and Wife. We knew it was real when we changed our Facebook status*. We also crashed quite early and slept like logs. I have no idea how we [...]
