Day 27 - July 23rd

Wow, it's hard to believe that I've been here 27 days already. I leave in just one week which is also hard to believe.

Sunday was a great day. We were able to go shore diving in the morning, we went to a cove off mile marker 4 on Ali'i drive and had an really nice dive. The visibility was great and there was a lot of life at the site. Right off the bat we ran into an octopus haning out by a small coral head, but he quickly ducked down into the coral and out of site. We also saw a turtle swim lazily by.

This area is unique from the other areas that I've dove so far because it is a place where there are Lagoon Triggerfish, something that I haven't yet seen. These are a beautiful fish, splattered with a ton of color. We didn't see any until the end of the dive, but we saw several as we were swimming back to shore, they are so pretty.

We also got to go into some more lava tubes on this dive. They are pretty awesome because its basically like a cave, only not all dark because there are holes at the surface where streams of light pour through.

That evening I started work on my final project, a compilation DVD of my pictures and video, as well as some of Martina and Jim's video of things I didn't get a chance to shoot (or didn't get the great shots like they have!).

I may be hard to believe I've been here for a month already, but looking back over my picture files, which have over 1,700 pictures, I can believe it!