The Bends

Hello friends, luckily, I don't have the bends, but I did go SCUBA diving today! It was really fun and I'm glad I got over my apprehension and did it. I have to do 4 dives in 2 days to complete my Open Water Diver certification, so tomorrow I'll do 2 more dives. I felt pretty relaxed in the water. We were 12 meters deep at one point. I had no sense that we were so far under water.
I was concerned about controlling my buoyancy today, so I don't feel like I got a really good look at all the fish and coral. I did see a lion fish and a really big, bright blue starfish. As I feel more comfortable controlling where my body is in space, I'll be able to focus on the wildlife a bit more. The day on the boat was a really nice break from days of tours and buses and all that. My instructor was really nice and helpful also.
This town is a nice little beach town. Big waves, sun, islands, diving, etc. It's been nice. It's warm, but not unbearably hot.
Not a whole lot more to report. I had a delicious Thai curry with prawns for dinner. Yummy. I think that makes up for the Pringles I had for lunch. I felt silly about it, but I just really wanted Pringles.
I tried to post my photos online tonight, but am having some difficulty with it. I'm going to have to find a tech savvy traveler to help me with it. Photos soon!
Tomorrow night I take an overnight bus to Hoi An, which is supposed to be very nice. Cheap tailored clothes are supposedly a big draw.
One of the members of the family that runs the hotel I'm staying at is a photographer. Apparently he used to take people around on his motorbike. Then some tourists gave him a camera and he started taking pictures. He had a photography exhibition in Norway in September. I bought one of his photos that I thought was particularly nice. I wouldn't have bought it, but he put it in a tube of pvc and stood on it and showed me it wouldn't get damaged in my backpack. I'm going to have to ship a box of stuff home sooner than I thought.
I hope you are all well!