The big adventure truly begins once we get onboard ofthe Pro Dive Boat, meet all the crew and other passengers, drive to the reef, put on the gear and finally plunge into the pristine clear water!!!!!!!!! This is it, the moment I was so excited about. The big show starts now: welcome to the Great Barrier Reef’s Giant Aquarium!! I don’t exactly know where to look at as I’m surrounded by curious colorful fish, multicolor massive corals…until a cool green sea turtle shows up and says hello to me! Waouhh this is so exciting! Finding Nemo, of course, let’s go deeper and look for him and his little family. Since the movie, he has become a real reef star! His tiny babies are just so adorable!!!!!

All this emotion makes me forget that I’m not a fish yet and it’s time to go up! But the good news is this is just the beginning of the trip! Many other dives will follow and who knows who I’m gonna meet then! Surprise…! Speaking of which, one of the biggest surprises was to go for a night dive…I didn’t know this was even possible J! Trying to stay calm, I followed the group: “this is going to be your most relaxing dive ever!” The instructor told us…was not really convinced but this was actually an unforgettable experience! Plunging in the black water, swimming peacefully on line following the torches of your fellow divers, not knowing what is around you…Each coral corner is full of surprises…we saw Brian the giant (huge) and very old turtle sleeping below a rock! And unfortunately we didn’t come across a shark. Too scared of us, crazy bubbling humans, reef sharks escape and wait for us to go to sleep before coming back and hunt for the night…