Brian took me scuba diving yesterday. When I close my eyes I can feel water surrounding me, pushing me with the swaying surf, it cannot be resisted. The underwater world is a dream, in which one can only exist for so long. It is calm and relaxed. It is graceful and alive, foreign and unique. Dr. Seuss meets God.
The first dive we did was around a shipwreck. Once some thing is lost in the ocean it becomes part of the viscous blue world and only resembles the life it once had. Where cranes and ridging once lived colorful coral have made their home. On the decks where humans shouted commands and toiled for progress, fish haphazardly float around. It is eerie and alive.
The second dive we did was along a coral shelf. Cliffs of coral that dive into the darkness. Canyons that are more inhabited with life then their above water counter parts. Fish dancing and feeding on one another. Movements in water are more like a bird through the air or trees waving in the wind. Only you are forced to either flap like a bird or wave tike a tree.
We have all been snorkeling and enjoying our time here. But somewhere more secluded calls us before we shall have to return.
We are taking off from here today; we will head east for a day, looking for a remote harbor with out the lights of man. Then we will begin our journey west, back to Guatemala. And stop a few places along the way.
May life be as fluid as the ocean. Daniel and Family
