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Sharks, Sharks, Sharks!!!!!
WARNING: This means you Mum! Sit down, breathe calmly and remember I’m writing this post dive, so I survived. If you had said to me a year ago, “How do you fancy doing a baited shark dive with 30 plus apex predators in Fiji? You descend down a mooring line in a current. Crouch next […]
Nature at its best – The Garden Island of Taveuni
June 20, 2017
It’s been an incredible week here in Taveuni. The island is far from cheap and is unsurprisingly filled with honeymooners and surprisingly impoverished American and European students all volunteering and wearing inappropriate clothing more suited to Ibiza. Trying to stay here on a budget has been a challenge. Diving has been my biggest splurge but […]
Diving The Great White Wall, Fiji
June 14, 2017
The Great White Wall is described by many as one of the must-see dive sites in the world. I first heard about it last spring while I was in Istanbul. An American woman on the news planning desk asked me if that was the reason I was going to Fiji. This led to internet research […]
Goodbye SavuSavu hello Taveuni
June 13, 2017
Across the water from Vanua Levu lies Taveuni. The garden island is famed for the famous and rare flower Tagimaucia, found growing high in the mountains. It’s also a place divers come to stay and visit the rainbow reef and the world famous Great White Wall. I’m here for week. I packed up my life […]
Dive Master certification day – The final hurdle
May 30, 2017
“You know Asha, this is not a true picture of what the ocean is normally like,” said my instructor Big D looking at me with a stifled smile. My worried face was reflected back in his mirrored faux Ray Ban aviators. “Errrrm what do you mean?” I asked awkwardly pulling at my rash vest and […]
Into The Abyss
May 13, 2017
“The Martini Effect” sounds like a condition coined by the writers of Sex And The City for single bar-hopping women. It’s not. Neither is “being Narc’d” a term used by skateboarders in baggy Carhartt pants. And “The Rapture of the Deep” is definitely not a z-list movie shown on Channel 5 on Sunday afternoons before […]
Under Pressure
May 3, 2017
The pain started as a tight squeeze on the bridge of my nose. I lifted my face upwards looking at the sunlight shining through the water and exhaled hard. The corners of my mask clamped down onto my face as water and air were forced out of the bottom. The pressure eased momentarily, but as […]
The Pool is Open
April 24, 2017
It’s been almost two weeks since my bags and myself were weighed at Nadi airport before I boarded the tiny plane to SavuSavu. As it soared over the turquoise blue landscape I was filled with excitement about plunging back into the warm water for the next ten weeks. The Drummer (my new flatmate/manager of the […]
Australia
April 10, 2017
From the moment the plane touched down in Australia the heavens opened. My first two weeks in Sydney were soggy to say the least. The city saw unprecedented rainfall throughout March and all my friends blamed me for bringing the British weather with me. Typical. Everyone needs a scapegoat. I was wearing waterproof trousers in […]
Taking The Plunge
March 5, 2017
Relief was the biggest emotion I felt the day I left Caqalai Island. As I clambered into the boat to take me onto the next leg of my journey I had several options of what to do next but no firm plans. Do I leave Fiji altogether go straight to Nadi catch a flight to […]
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