Days 6 and 7: first weekend on Asi

Last night was Helens leaving party. We were meant to have drinks and pizza down at the Pondarosa, but given the alcohol ban it seemed more like a children's party!! 

Helen had stocked up on sugary fizzy drinks for everyone, rather than putting money behind the bar which would have been normal practice. 

The pizzas were great and we all played card games and drank Mountain Dew :)

Today was awesome. After a trip to the gym and lunch in the mess, about 15 of us went down to English Bay. It looked even more stunning in the sunshine.

We lounged around on the beach for an hour or so then I went to test the water. It was so clear you could see the bottom and there loads of fishes. Black fish and ball jack mostly apparently and also some silver thin long things. I was feeling brave so had a go on a spare snorkel and it was awesome. Helen took some photos on her waterproof camera so I'll upload those when I get the chance. 

Further down the beach there's a rock pool and a sort of gap called the washing machine. It's high enough for people to dive off the rocks, if guess it's only about a 3 metre jump off the rocks into the washing machine. My bravery was not faltering so I climbed up the rocks determined to give it a go. From the bottom it didn't look that high, but it certainly felt it stood at the top looking down. The side of the rock were very sharp and I started to doubt myself, worrying that I wouldn't be able to jump far enough away to clear them. I had seen for myself with my snorkel that the water was deep enough so I wouldn't hit myself on the bottom. I wanted to change my mind, but instead I just went for it. I didn't dive or anything, obviously, I've never even jumped into a swimming pool before so I can't believe I actually did it!

After that we had a barbecue on the beach with some tuna the guys had caught and frozen a week or so ago. 

Amazing.