TheExpatJournals.com

Let’s be honest…while I thought it had been about 5 years since I had been diving, when I started really thinking back, it had been a shocking 13 years since my last dive!  And what a miserable dive that was which no doubt contributed to the lengthy absence.  My last dive involved total equipment failure because I neglected to test the equipment first.  And climbing out of the sea, I shred my hand on a rock that I have the scar from to this day.  Catalina Island off the coast of California.  Kelp forests, bad visibility and not much marine life.  But let’s not dwell on that. (more…)