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Dive #5: Crystal Rock, Komodo, Indonesia

• Time: 63 minutes
• Max depth: 21 meters
• Temperature: 28 degrees Celsius
• Visibility: 20 meters
• Current: None
• Slope coral
• Fish, etc.: Eel, Box Fish, Turtle, Napoleon Fish, Grouper, Bat Fish, Lion Fish, Demoiselle, Parrot Fish, Trigger Fish, Surgeon Fish, Unicorn, Picasso.

We saw eels peering out of holes in rocks. They always have their mouths open.

We petted a sea turtle! We spotted it as it surfaced for air. it descended to us and picked at coral with its fins and beak. It wasn't bothered when we surrounded it and even touched its neck, back, belly, and fins. Jerome says that he's seen the same turtle at Crystal Rock many times and that the turtle is used to humans.

Kweilin and I got cold toward the end of the dive, partly because it's the longest dive we've done: 63 minutes.

Kweilin and I squeeze each other's hands when we want to show each other something. I'll squeeze her hand and point out a turtle, for example, and I'll keep squeezing until she responds.

I felt like I was swimming in a huge, amazingly diverse aquarium. I saw beautiful coral and healthy schools of little fish.

posted by Li at 3:48 AM