left Main beach backpackers this morning, was collected by a guy from the Holiday Village who kindly dropped me at the door and carried my bag. I checked in and left my bag in the luggage storage...it was 7.30am so the room wasnt ready but they were so efficient they were all prepared for me checking in. I arrived at the dive centre on time, really excited for my first 2 ocean dives. My buddy, lucy, has been waiting to do this for ages and was so excited! we got our gear together, checked everything twice, and checked each others then on to the boats. The ocean was really choppy, with huge swell so the boat ride was a rollercoaster, but once in the water you barely felt the swell, there was some surge which moved
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