brainstorms

Tuesday July 12, 2005

more notes from a beach far, far away...

scuba: very pleased with the diversdelight group. the instructors and dive leaders are excellent, equipment reasonably good. my buddy was iffet hotel's owner, a seasoned rescue diver and now a friend i look forward to seeing again.

total bottom time for all the dives: around 6 hours, including a six-person, 30min/15m night dive.

very disappointing to see all the well known dive spots devoid of lifeforms for which some are named; the octopus bay near turunc may have been once an octopus haven; there is now hardly any to be seen. my buddy and i were the only ones to locate one. [it was a beautiful, large specimen, well hidden behind its shards of pottery and rocks. i hope it survives] basically, diving around turunc/marmaris area is a deeply saddening experience. greedy and stupid fishermen seemed to have trolled most of the underwater life forms out of existence for a quick buck; some of them now sell fake sunglasses and watches while others run shuttle services and sit around in the town cafes. [there must be a lesson in there somewhere for some canadian natives and fishermen...]

wrote quite a bit of haiku. [i was surrounded by miniature events that needed to be captured. a neighbour's rooster was a constant source of noise and humor, and often deserved a well-aimed boot]

summer noon -
a rooster's call
suddenly stops.

read some more of brin's excellent kiln people. he mentions the inverse relation between fanaticism and competence; i made a note of it for a future blog entry.