Sharks, nemo fishes | Discovering a new universe

Diving.... it is hard to write about this experience. I came back from this diving trip from Tioman and I tried to tell people how it is, but I do not think that I managed to transmit the feelings, the experience. ....

Few years back when I was a student in Oradea, I used to listen to a song, Sterbinszky - Fly away with me. And whenever I listened this song, I knew that there is an island somewhere far away where I will feel in a certain way. And I had that good feeling whenever listened this song. And always that certain feeling. Feeling of freedom, of discovery, of adventure, of happiness, of completeness, of calmness. Since then I have been in different situations when I was listening that song and kind of felt that this was the thing I was thinking of when I was a student, but there was always a feeling that it is not exactly that. That I still did not found that place I was thinking of, I still did not found that experience.

Early morning I was on a speedboat to Tioman on the sea, could feel the breeze and the fresh air.... waterdrops were hitting my face as the boat touched the water and was jumping on the waves.... The sun was just above the sea and the small islands we were passing by were still asleep. And I was just smiling and listening to this song and I knew it that this is the place that I was dreaming of few years back, this is the experience I was looking for such a long time. Even writing these things now I am smiling and feeling again that happiness, I can smell the sea, I can feel the breeze on my face.

On the way to the diving site, full of excitement:And under the water.... it is a totally different world, another universe.... There are no KPIs, no tasklists, no cars, no people.... it is just you and the underwater world, God and the nature. Just you and your thoughts and the beauty of a different world. It is hard to describe, you are part of something so great, you are one of the many elements of this underwater world. If you act in a way, the fishes around you react in an other way. It is funny to see how a fish is swimming towards you, looks at you and after that goes in an other direction. Probably just evaluates me whether if I will eat him or not. And the corals are so beautiful... thousands of colours. And the fishes as well. Big and small, and colourful. Living together in a perfect system. You can see how the small fish is cleaning the big fish, or how these cute nemo fishes are living in harmony with the poisoness plants. It is like watching Discovery Channel or National Geographic live, just that you are a part of it.

The Nemo Fishes:Fishes everywhere :)
Of course the most exciting thing is to see the sharks and swim near to them. If you are still, then they might circle around you, but if you start swimming, then they just go away. I saw two black tip riff sharks, but these were harmless. Anyway 1.8 m is the longest from this type of shark :) So I have the advantage of the height :):):):)

No picture with the sharks, they are too fast, but you have this blue spotted ray, very peaceful and very beautiful:

This fish really exists in the sea, so far I met only on the menu of the Singaporean restaurants. I like this one better :)It is interesting in diving how your breathing keeps you floating and just filling your lungs with air takes you up, and just breathing out the air takes you down. Air is the most precious thing under the water, but just in the real life, you have to get rid of the most precious things sometimes in order to be able to float. And sometimes you need to get as much of it as you can, just to keep floating.

Me posing for the camera in true Asian style. I know - I know, bad hair on this photo... Discovering the underwater world.... and profiling my sexy legs...Happy faces after diving...I am definitely hooked by diving and really looking forward to be under the water again, to explore more and more from this unique world. But even if I will go back to Europe soon, I know that I experienced the thing in Asia. I found the treasure. Mission Accomplished.