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Jordan - Aqaba & Red Sea

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Pics from my time in Aqaba taking a PADI certification course (underwater shots courtesy of my wonderful diving instructor)

In beautiful port-side Aqaba, awaiting the start of my PADI diving course Views[13] The morning sessions of Days 1 and 2 were spent doing drills in the pool Views[13] Heather enjoyed watching me be a goofball Views[13] Oh, how I love those wetsuit booties!! (I'd wear em all the time if I could) Views[14]
 
Heading into the pool for some drills Views[14] Unloading the gear down at the beach for an open-water dive Views[11] Heather in her snorkel-hooker get-up Views[13] Heather and me, all suited up Views[15] The entry point to the reef - right off the beach!! Views[15]
 
Views[13] A group of Jordanians trying their luck at catching fish by hand on the shore Views[14] A big group of snorkelers and divers from the company I took my PADI course with, having a lollipop break after a morning in the sea (I'm in the bottom right) Views[18] A lionfish Views[14] Views[12]
 
Views[14] Clownfish (aka Nemo) Views[15] Clownfish (aka Nemo) Views[14] Views[14] Pygoplites diacanthus Views[14]
 
Anthias Squamipinnis Views[13] Views[14] Anthias Squamipinnis (the orange ones on the right) and mimic blennies (the white ones on the left) Views[15] Triggerfish Views[12] Views[12]
 
Views[14] My favourite - porcupine fish! (unpuffed at present) Views[10] Greasy grouper (seriously) Views[14] Striped butterflyfish Views[14] Another lionfish having a staring contest with a sea urchin Views[17]
 
A moray eel patiently waiting for his lunch Views[12] A fellow diver checking out the scenery Views[12] Me (on the right) and a fellow diver Views[14] Pygoplites diacanthus (the fish with the yellow tail) Views[13] Views[14]
 
Me Views[12] Views[14] Views[17] Me, just chillin on the seabed Views[11] Two fellow divers checking out the shipwreck (King Hussein had it sunk on purpose in the Gulf to enable reefs to grow) Views[13]
 
Views[16] Views[13] Back on the other side of the water... Views[14] Views[13] Views[10]
 
Views[16] Views[16] Taking in the gorgeous sunset over the Gulf of Aqaba on my last night in Jordan Views[17] Views[14]  

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