The scuba dive: the second checkout dive is at Devil’s Den, which concludes our training sessions.
The venue: Devil’s Den is overhyped.
Under ‘no camera’ rule, & 1st time use the dive phone case.
The cave is tiny.
Now is the off season and I found it to be crowded at time. The dive master said during the season, it was much more crowded.
The iconic photo is all there is – which I saw long before the diving. So when I knew our checkout dive would be there, I was excited.
… more pix at Yelp, Google Maps …
Through two sections of stairs (one is very narrow), that leads you down to the cave, you see the iconic photo.
The cave is privately owned. It was formed by a karst window. The human and animal bones found in the cave were of about the same age, 13,000 years ago. The spring water is 72° year around. On a cold day, the white moist rises through the opening on the ground, hence the name.
The place is popular as a training site for divers. The snorkelers are mostly tourists for photo ops – the language I heard were distinctively foreign.
The diving experience: The terrain is rocky which makes it interesting but with too many divers, it feels uncomfortable. I bruised my legs from the rockers. What I’m looking for in open water diving is wide opened space, leisurely pace, and colorful creatures. Hopefully I’ll accomplish them on my own dive.
We met up at the shop at 7:30am, arrived at Devil’s Den at 10am. The next 50 minutes is spent on paperworks, signatures, orientation, waiting for the last mate to arrive … There are a lot of papers to be signed – so do leave enough time … “why not done this online?” They replied, online could not do all …
Before the dive, we spent considerable time in the pool – because we didn’t get the last pool time on Thursday.
One of our mates is bit of timid who always needed extra TLC. Didn’t get out of the pool till 2:15. A little snack break, then heading to the Den at 3:10. Done two dives by 5 and went to the first meal of the day at 5:40. It’s a long day.
The two dives 2:58 in the water
- 3:34pm, 32′
- 4:33pm, 34′,
这个巢穴由喀斯特窗口形成.发现的人类和动物骨头的年龄大致相同, 约有13,000年的历史.
大妈一意孤行 偷偷照了两张 – 小师傅耐心等了一下 不好意思再多照. 可惜了 好景
”小哥 俺就是想轻轻松松 游游泳 看看景 照照相 没想变职业…”
小哥当成耳边风 [大哭]
我们五人中 父子兵的爸爸最难教, 我们总是要等… 18岁的儿子学的最好 笔试💯… 考笔试时俺忘记坐在他旁边了 [呲牙]
俺开小差也是乘着他忙着教爸爸. 二把手也耐心 二个人轮流教爸爸 [强]
