15 Feb
Skipped a few days activity (lovely Hoi An will appear soon!) to report on a dive trip which exceeded expectations.
Nha Trang is touted as the "dive capital" of Vietnam - I wasn't expecting Thailand quality conditions, but a two dive trip with Rainbow Divers proved a bit of an eye opener. Its not a place to see big fish, but there are all sorts of wierd and wonderful little things in amongst the sand, coral and rocks.
7 o'clock departure from the dive shop, and short boat trip to Mun Island, and we were in the water for the first dive by 8.15am.
The sea here is a shade of turquoise .... it was so calm, like jumping into a swimming pool...a cold one...at 23-24degrees, we shivered our way through the second dive. Luckily the underwater highlights took your mind off how chilly it was.
The pictures tell the story - really healthy, colourful hard/soft corals, with some anemones and their feisty Nemos. More banded pipefish than I've ever seen in one place. A large cuttlefish, several frogfish, a dragonet, devil scorpionfish, multicoloured featherstars...the list goes on. The pics are just a taster, and prove that my old Canon Ixus 60 can cut the mustard underwater (Canon WP-DC4 housing)...any limitations are with the photographer!
Watch this space for some stonking underwater photos from the Similans!
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