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Scuba Diving in Santorini Published: 14.10.2008 | Author: Mike | Category: Extreme, Holidays, Hotels puma heart patent rojas , Recreation And Sports, Travel & Leisure
I had always fancied scuba diving but never quite got around to doing it. I have snorkelled in some of the most beautiful places on earth 鈥?off the coasts of Australia, Kenya and Mexico 鈥?but never got around to taking a PADI qualification to really explore the world beneath the waves.
Last summer I was on holiday with my girlfriend in Santorini, an island off the coast of Greece. The hotel in which we were staying, and this is probably true of all the Santorini hotels puma heart patent verdes , had a number of brochures detailing the diving schools available on the island. The brochures all showed amazing pictures of people scuba diving in clear water, exploring caves and reefs and ruins.
The sea temperature in this part of the world is very pleasant and the idea of coming away from my holiday with more than just a tan became more appealing the longer I thought about it. There are at least five or six different companies offering scuba training and there was a fairly wide range of prices. The one I chose wasn鈥檛 cheap, but I checked the Internet and discovered it would cost me about 50% more to do the same thing in the UK. When it comes down to it, learning to dive in the frigid waters of some flooded quarry in the UK doesn鈥檛 appeal nearly as much as learning in the clear blue water of the Aegean.
It took 4 days for my girlfriend and I to get our Open Water Diver certificates. There was a mixture of theory and practice. Each night, when we got back to our Santorini hotel puma heart patent rosa , we were exhausted and ready for bed. The trouble is, there are so many great restaurants and bars on the island that it seemed almost a crime not to experience them. So we did.
Santorini hotels, bars, schools and every other building you could think of are painted white. The effect was nearly blinding during the day. Don鈥檛 forget your sunglasses. There are lots of towns and villages on top of the cliffs which ring the bay, and every one seems to have a perfect little restaurant or bar offering great food and stunning views of the lagoon. I am not surprised some people go back year after year. If you want my advice though puma heart patent negras , you should do most of your exploring under the water.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Kobe Bryant announced Saturday that he is not going to play at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics this summer.
"I've had my moment," Kobe said in a pregame news conference in Salt Lake City before the Lakers' game against the Utah Jazz.
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Kobe was on five different USA Basketball national teams over his career, with a combining 36-0 record in international competition. He won gold at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. state of New York on Friday tightened transit system security as a precaution after an explosion at a London subway station.
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