That day changed my life…

We chose the company Sea Frog to guide use into the water for our really first discovery dive and none of use regretted it. Our instructor, Jon, explained the basics and we went straight into the deep blue as soon as he checked that our level of self confidence was good enough to go.
  
    
  

As soon as my head was immerged under the waves, every inch of tension due to the stress that a “first time experience” can procures sometimes, simply disappeared. My breath calm down, my heart slowed down, my brain stopped producing thousand of ideas per seconds, the sounds were suddenly round and constant, my body floating with no pain… I had the sensation to be in a meditative state of mind. Something that I’ve never experienced before or maybe twenty eight years ago in my mum’s womb. 

The sensations were amazing and just for themselves, justified the experience. But not only…

This underwater location is ranked as one of the most beautiful place to dive on earth. Sting rays, blow fish, colorful soft coral, Murray eels, turtles, squid, various little and big fish… And maybe once every now and then (but more then than now): sharks!

As we started our journey under the sea after deflating our bc, all I could see was this intense blue surrounding me. I was just behind Jon and after few kicks of fins, he turned around to signal me a black tipped shark, basically three meters away from us. 

The big and “felin” animal passed in front of us and moved away with grace. It was unique and exceptional. 

That decided me. It was too exciting, too beautiful not too continue diving more in my life and after two minutes under the water, for the first dive of my life, I couldn’t denied that it was a f*~¥ing sign!

When I came back on land, I registered to pass my open water exam. It was a lot of money for my tiny backpacker budget but suddenly my trip appeared to be not only a discovery of lands but I had to consider also checking what the underwater world had to show me.

Alexia had other plans but I decided to stay few more days in Koh Phi Phi, which suddenly didn’t look that “ugly” anymore… The only real problem was my fear of deep water. I was also scared as hell of having water in my nose (I know I’m a baby) and I knew that a part of the test was to remove your mask below 6 meters.

Trust me, I’m an ocean’s daughter but I’ve been traumatized by some swim class lessons during my childhood and I have to admit that as an adult, I like being surrounded by water, being close to the water, being in the water, but if water comes to my nose, I’m like a crazy little girl and suffocate and dramatize everything… 

I told Jon, but he replied really sure of himself that he will make me do it. And he did. And I didn’t cried. And I nearly not panicked. And I was so proud of myself… Something that I never thought I would do in my life was like an unlocked box. BOOM!
If you ever visit Koh Phi Phi, please say hi to Sea Frog instructors and let them persuade you that diving for the first time will be the best day of your life…