Headed off to Mabul today for 3 dives. Really nice island with beautiful beaches, palm trees, and great waters for diving. Swam with turtles, huge scholes of barracuda, sting rays etc. The colours were amazing and it was a great feeling to be diving again. It is such a fantastic feeling to be able to control your movement in 3 dimentions...its like flying and having total control of where you want to be. At first I had a little trouble controling my bouyancy but within about 10 mins I could control my position almost perfectly...its such a good feeling!!

Heading out to the island you pass little villages of huts on stilts in the middle of the sea. There were guys out there in their 70s out in their one man paddle boats a good half mile from anywhere...probably off for the weekly shop!! Such a differet life!!

In the evening I joined some of the other divers and for a meal. We were with one of the Dive masters who was a local and he ordered all the local fish delicacies along with a few shared beers with all the divers sharing their stories and jokes...was such a good night...Cant wait for tomorrow!!