Our first octopus! We saw two of them. It was really great when they swam away from us. I was hoping we'd "get inked" but we were never that threatening to them that they felt they needed to "ink" to get away!
Between dives we have to spend some time on the surface to help prevent nitrogen loading. In between the first and second dive we had this view to enjoy as we ate pad thai and jumped off the upper deck of the dive boat.
Laine and van being perturbed over the fact that I wanted to get a photo of them. Can't tell, can you?
Local long tail boat heading out into the harbor. This was the view we woke up to every morning from our hotel room and got to enjoy as we sunbathed by the pool! Paradise, truly.
One of my personal favorites - a Lemon Yellow Box Fish. It's so dainty, cute and shy.
Laine getting ready to descend into the deep blue at the dive site Bida Nai. It's a beautiful rock reef around a huge rock island. We rented an underwater camera for the trip. It was great!
The fan coral was awesome, but we never did see the sea horse that was on our list of things to see. this trip. There is always next time. That's what makes diving so fun, you never know what you are going to see. The visibility on the first dive wasn't the best, but it was still very, very beautiful.
These tubes of coral are really fun to look in to see what's hiding. They come in fascinating shapes and sizes.
We saw not one, but several very friendly leopard sharks. This one was so friendly, a man in the other group got to pet it.
Laine, unda the sea! She looks so relaxed and at home here. I hope she gets lots of opportunities to enjoy this marvelous sport. It amazes me that 70% of the Earth is ocean. We have a lot to explore!
A rather large Undulated Moray Eel. He was just sitting there minding his own business opening and closing his mouth. He was a beautiful blue green color.
We saw a lot of sea stars on this trip. This bright blue one really stuck out on the reef. If you look closely, you can see the darker blue spots on the sea star's body.
Beautiful and colorful fish were all around us. This pair of Redfin Butterfly Fish were amazing! I must tell you, it is a lot of fun to look up their names in our reference book.
We saw a school of Chevron Barracuda. They have really sharp teeth that look scary! 
We also saw this little anemone fish - relative to Nemo! I love these fish. They are so friendly (most of the time). Laine got attacked by one when she was checking out the Flounder! It was protecting it's babies.
We are so happy that Laine can scuba with us, now we just need Joe and Blair to learn how, too. Then it will be a family event. Hugs from Malaysia.
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