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| As I entered the still, cold water, my mind focused | | | | My guide informed me that we would reach the |
| on the sudden freezing sensation that ran through | | | | coast with his car. The problem is that his car was |
| my body. My waist was now underwater, then my | | | | the poorest cars I had ever seen in my life, literally. |
| shoulders, finally my head. I sunk deeper and deeper, | | | | The outside of the car, made out of iron, was |
| yet I was still breathing. | | | | rusted, one window was broken and sand and pine |
| As I entered the still, cold water, my mind focused | | | | needles claimed home on the driver and passenger |
| on the sudden freezing sensation that ran through | | | | seats. It looked as this car had never been washed in |
| my body. My waist was now underwater, then my | | | | twenty years. I was scared on the road that the |
| shoulders, finally my head. I sunk deeper and deeper, | | | | engines would blow up any moment. |
| yet I was still breathing. The flaming sun high above | | | | On the way, we met this funny old woman |
| was shining at its most, and I could see clearly | | | | progressing slowly in the middle of the road in an |
| beyond my mask. My teeth were biting on the | | | | electronic wheelchair. Normally, if this ever happened |
| breathing apparatus and with the marine pressure, | | | | in France, the driver would step out of the car |
| breathing seemed too easy. As I went further below, | | | | rentals and rudely tell the woman that she was |
| I discovered one by one the splendors of the ocean. | | | | disturbing traffic. But here, the driver simply laughed |
| Never had I seen such stunning beauty. | | | | and just waited for the old woman to notice that |
| The crystal azure water reflected perfectly the sun | | | | she was a small inconvenient for the cars behind her. |
| light during sun holidays I could see the white beams | | | | We arrived, at last, after a long way of slow motion |
| slithering on the sand which then seemed alive. The | | | | with our good friend on the road. We checked all our |
| dark seaweeds and the twisted rocks covered with | | | | equipment and I followed the travel guide between |
| the most wonderful varieties of coral made this | | | | the rocks covering one side of the beach. We |
| moment almost magical. And then, in this amazing | | | | entered the cold water and the guide gave me a |
| stage, the show had just begun, as a mass of | | | | short but precise briefing of all I needed to know. He |
| diverse colorful fishes paraded not too far away | | | | taught me how to say with signs if I was OK, if I |
| from me. I had never see so many different species | | | | had a problem or if I was critical. He then showed me |
| of fish at the same time in the ocean. | | | | how to check my oxygen, what to do if water ran in |
| A few dozen minutes ago, I was walking on the | | | | my mask, or in my mouth, and how to decompress |
| sidewalk. Besides me, a few lonely cars passed on | | | | my ears as we go deeper. |
| the dark grey road. I was near Kenting, | | | | And now there I was, in front of this aquatic |
| Taiwan’s most southern point. As I walked, a | | | | madness. I saw more wild fish than I had ever seen |
| particular resort attracted me.. It seemed nice, and | | | | in my whole life. I even spotted a gigantic sea urchin |
| had attractive scuba diving posters on the door. I | | | | well hidden in the rocks. I was so excited and |
| entered and saw a little shop filled with swimming | | | | accidentally broke a bit of coral with my elbow. I |
| items and small decorative souvenirs. I asked a man | | | | didn’t tell my guide as I knew that this would |
| behind the desk about the scuba diving posters and | | | | not make him happier. |
| he told me that for a quite reasonable price, they | | | | We go out of the water a few minutes later and we |
| could give me a professional to show me the aquatic | | | | got dried up with some towels the guide had |
| landscapes. | | | | brought. He offered me a hot cup of coffee which I |
| I agreed and he took me to the back of the building | | | | greedily accepted. The wind was freezing me but I |
| where all the supplies were stored. There, I could see | | | | was so happy to have passed this one in a lifetime |
| a variety of diving suits, air tanks and other useful | | | | moment. We went back to the resort without |
| equipments like masks, weightsÂ… They gave me a | | | | encountering anybody. The manager lent me a room |
| black colored suit which wasn’t really | | | | where I could take a shower and change. The next |
| comfortable, and they made me a weight belt | | | | thing I remember doing was going back to my hotel |
| depending on my mass. I put all my belongings in a | | | | booking and resting in a sofa watching TV. |