When I first arrived in Sharm, sunglasses, suitcase and snorkel, I was taken by the colours, the music...the shisha. ;) But what stole me the most was the diving. It was like nothing I had ever experienced before. In the water, mask on, regulator in, tank strapped on tight...I felt so calm. And under the rippling waves the water stretched out for miles. And the different shades of blue all melting into each other with ease.
The fish! Napoleon Wrasse. Parrot Fish. Clown Fish. Goat Fish. Butterfly Fish. Moray. Eagle Ray. Sting Ray. Scorpion Fish. Pyjama Fish. Gobies. So many beautiful fish. It was a world that I have never even imagined. It was something so different, so new to me. The first time I went down I could barely believe my eyes. I never expected anything like it. I thought it would just be a few silver fish and some sand and that would be all. But the life down there! It makes you think that we are only visitors in this huge wide world - so much more colossal than our own. You could stand on the edge of the boat, speeding out to the diving sight and look out to blue water and blue sky. But it was when I was diving in the blue, I knew I had to write it down. And this is what came. Puppets :)
If you're ever in Sharm El Sheikh, ready to explore the depths of the sea, check out Red Sea Diving College www.redseacollege.com for first class training and the best location; right on the coast!
Click on the link below for a free download of Puppets, available until the end of November 2011 :)
