May 5 - 9. Amed and PADI. Headed for the coast for some fish and salty water. The local mafia has the bungalow prices set to rich diver year round these days. Due to Melodie's keen sense we found the only cheap place and settled in. The only down side to the place is the noise from the locals cock fighting operation. We explored the rocky beaches and cruised the scenic shore line roads. Complete with rice patties and cliff vistas of the ocean.

PADI. Finally its time to get dive certified. What better place then Bali. Fuji? Check out the local dive places. Settled with one under Dutch operation which has the "best" equipment. More on that later. In total its three days diving. I was nervous at first since I've never breathed under water before. However, our instructor was good and we all passed. Got 100% on the test. The PADI videos are like watching a long advertisement with commercials about safety. During our training dives we did pool work and visited one coral reef and the Liberty ship wreak. Both extremely cool!

Took a day off before our last two dives in Amed. Did this Blog update from Amlapura. Now its off to the night market for some food!