Brittni’s Blog

On the last day in Cartagena I said to Brent and Vlad, “Okay, guys, next stop is Taganga where you are going to learn how to scuba dive.” Taganga used to be only a fishing village, but is now known for being one of the cheapest and best places in Colombia to learn how to and go scuba diving, so the first day we looked around at a few different dive schools and on our 5th place we found Calipso, which is the cheapest school and only NAUI school, opposed to all the other PADI schools. Of course its a matter of opinion, but a lot of people consider NAUI to be the better of the two and since my dad and I have NAUI, and of course because it was a little cheaper ($240 for the Open Water Certification), Brent and Vlad signed up and started the next day. I’m telling you, I’ve never seen either of these guys so excited before and I’ve never seen so many high 5’s. The course lasted 3 days and entailed 2 pool dives, 4 ocean dives, 2 classroom sessions, and the written test. Everyday the guys seemed even more excited than the last, especially after the first days in the ocean. I’ve been proud of them everyday, but especially happy because they decided to do the Advanced Certification on a 3 day scuba safari, which I went along on for fun (since I already have my Rescue Certification).

First Class: \"This is a regulator\"	First time setting up the equipment
Dive School-Equipment Area	Setting up the Equipment
.	\"Dang it, how do I get this on here?\"
.	First dive - In the pool.
\"Wow, that was so awesome.\"	\"Imagine how its going to be in the ocean.\"
Ready for the BBQ at the dive school.	With British Tom.
BBQing with the Isrealy dive instructor - argentina style.	Beach at Taganga.
Fish for lunch with Tom.	.
Beach.	.
Restaurant on the beach.	Main road in Taganga.
Ice cream place.	Fruit stand.
How we found Calipso.	.
.	Brent and Vlad.
.	Brent, Vlad, and Brittni.
Where we went to the Safari.	The hammocks on the safari.
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Dorm in the dive school.	The dive boats and fishing boats in Taganga.
.	Passing the test!