Maldiving

It was the moment I had been waiting for, the opportunity to dive into the beautiful azure water and experience the tropical ocean life. I joined a group of dive enthusiasts on a trip with Ocean Dive Desk in Male. On the boat with Sudesh (Red Cross), Minako (working in Maldives assisting with Japanese weddings) and Yasutoshi (on holidays) who we later named James Bond.

My buddy was 'Mario' the dive master his real name is Nixam.

My first dive was to Manta Point near Paradise Island where we saw about 5 huge Manta Rays swimming majestically around us and then a school of about 20 devil rays came over head. I was testing out my new camera housing so didn't get a chance to photograph them. But just recently I was sent these pics of the mantas from my friend Yasutoshi in Japan alias James Bond.



The next dive was on a reef called Margiri Rock and was abundant with colourful fish, a morey eel and lionfish.




And this is how Yasutosh earned his name, James Bond!