| Many people ask me why did I choose to learn to | | | | I took my first scuba diving lessons almost ten years |
| scuba dive, and to be honest, if you had asked me | | | | ago, and since then I have experienced some of my |
| at the time, I would not really have known the | | | | life's most incredible moments whilst scuba diving. |
| answer. The truth of the matter is that, as with | | | | No-one can quite prepare you for a large Spotted |
| many things in life, I stumbled into it. At the time, I | | | | Eagle Ray staring at you from only a couple of |
| was busy doing my travelling thing, passing the days | | | | metres away. Being able to look into that large, |
| away visiting the various islands and beaches of | | | | curious dark eye, whilst trying to work out what |
| Thailand, it just seemed like something interesting to | | | | they are thinking, is an experience that cannot be |
| do whilst passing the time. | | | | replicated anywhere else, or in any other sport. |
| What I discovered was genuinely life changing. It was | | | | It is for these reasons, and numerous others, that |
| unique; it was the genuine escape that you hear | | | | scuba diving is today one of the worlds fastest |
| people talking about in the office every day. | | | | growing sports, and each year increasing numbers are |
| Ultimately, my life was changed by those few days | | | | taking courses such as the PADI Open Water diving |
| scuba diving in Thailand, and from then on, all of my | | | | course, enabling them to experience the awesome |
| holidays, even my honeymoon, was dictated by | | | | wonders beneath the surface. |
| where I could get in the water and scuba dive. | | | | So if you are seeking that next challenge, or are |
| Learning to scuba dive genuinely unlocks a door to | | | | maybe just looking for something different, why not |
| another, as yet unseen world. A world without | | | | consider taking some scuba diving courses and |
| words, and only the sound of your own breathing to | | | | learning to scuba dive. Nowadays, there are an |
| keep you company. A beautiful, blue world of | | | | increasing number of company offering scuba diving |
| weightlessness, which leaves you alone with your | | | | lessons both at home and overseas. The choice is |
| thoughts, and increasingly aware of your senses. | | | | yours. |