Scuba diving

Do you remember all the scuba diving gear Adam and Heather were packing when we were still in China? Well, I got to use it today when we went scuba diving. 

First, we walked through the water a little ways before we got on our yellow boat. Look what we saw right away! 

 Once we were on the boat I noticed there were some very important people waiting for us. There was a captain who drives the boat; a deck hand who helps the captain and a dive master who shows us where to go underwater. They thought it was really funny that I was on the boat with them, but they wanted me to tell all the kids who read this, "teri ma ka sea". That means 'thank you" in Indonesian. 

Adam and Heather held on to me tight when we jumped into the water. They didn't want me to sink because I don't know how to swim yet. 

Then we jumped right in. 

I was soaking wet but the water was really warm and clear. You can even see Adams fins underwater. They help him swim faster, especially when you see something really neat under there. Speaking of neat, we saw 15 blue spotted stingrays. Boy can they swim fast all on their own! We also saw 2 big turtles and hundreds of different fish and coral. Coral is really beautiful and very important for our oceans. It looks like colorful rocks or flowers underwater, but it's alive! Fish and other sea critters live in and around it, but It dies when people touch it, so be very careful! We want to take good care of our oceans! 

I really loved scuba diving because I got to see so many interesting things that live in the ocean. If you have time, look up Bunaken, Sulawesi. That's where we are!