Missing scuba diving …
It’s itching right now. I have the scuba-diving-itch. For some unknown reason, I went to Google Earth and looked at my favorite diving destinations. It’s been a year since I went scuba-diving the last time and I feel the urge to put some pressure on my brain. I think it’s the warm weather that made me think of water again.
During my Google Earth session I also went to the Sudan. The photo above is a screen-grab from Google Earth showing a wreck just off “Port Sudan”. I still have the fondest memories about one of my more exciting diving trips there. We went on a two-week live-aboard on the “MS Aurora”, leaving from Port Sudan and diving the southern parts of the Red Sea. The ship’s captain and crew were all italian and I loved every minute on the vessel.
Places like Sha’ab Rumi, Sanganeb (the lonesome lighthouse), the wreck of the Umbria, the Toyota-wreck and Cousteau’s under-water habitat come to mind (a sub-merged metal structure where Cousteau and others would live for prolonged periods). Bluish endlessness. How I love it!
I’m glad that Pia shows some interest in diving: every time she sees the scuba-photo in the bedroom she asks when she can go under-water. When we have a bath together she practices scuba-diving by holding her breath as long as possible in the tub: we are up to 15 secs now …