| Diving can be a truly spectacular hobby, and many | | | | allows you to save both on accommodation and on |
| people now go on holidays especially to go diving in | | | | the cost of diving, as well as being a unique place to |
| some of the world's best spots - Australia's Great | | | | stay. However, be careful to travel light, and take a |
| Barrier Reef, for example, or South America's | | | | short trip on a boat first to see whether you get |
| Galapagos Islands, among many others. What these | | | | seasick - you'll have no fun on a live-aboard if you do. |
| dive sites have in common is spectacular marine | | | | There are lots of other things to be careful of if you |
| animals, with sharks being a particular favourite, as | | | | do decide to go diving. For one, you need to make |
| well as colourful coral and other interesting marine | | | | sure not to come up too fast, as sudden changes in |
| plants. | | | | water pressure can be harmful to the body. You also |
| To go diving, first you need a qualified instructor and | | | | need to be careful about the heat of the water you |
| access to scuba apparatus. It is a good idea to learn | | | | dive in (it shouldn't be drastically different from body |
| the basics of diving in your home country before you | | | | temperature), and about wearing a wetsuit to avoid |
| travel a long way to go diving, as you will have more | | | | getting stung by the many underwater creatures and |
| fun in exotic locations if you have at least some idea | | | | plants that can give you a nasty scratch. Don't worry |
| in advance what you're doing. | | | | too much though: as long as you pick a good diving |
| The most popular diving holidays are often | | | | school, your instructor should go through all the risks |
| 'live-aboards', which means that you live onboard the | | | | with you thoroughly, and give you all the equipment |
| dive boat for the entire duration of the trip. This | | | | and knowledge that you will need to avoid them. |