J's Shark Encounter

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J took advantage of the low prices for scuba diving in Thailand and got his Advanced Open Water Diver certification while we were on Koh Nangyuan. He did 8 dives in 4 days and had a blast with Attilla, his Hungarian instructor, and his Australian dive buddy, Greg. They did two 30 meter (100 foot) deep dives, a night dive, and several others. The deep dives were around a pinnacle far from land, so large schools of barracuda, tuna and trevally were passing by, intermittently being picked off by eight 1.5 meter grey reef sharks. One of the other divers got some great shots and movies with his underwater camera of sharks circling us, so J hopes to post those soon. It may have been the nitrogen narcosis, but the sharks were more beautiful than scary; it's clear to see why they haven't needed to evolve for millions of years.

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Photos

Shove Off
This divemaster was also Hungarian.

Coralscape
The yellow on the coral is a Christmas tree worm.