We just got back from a liveaboard dive trip to the Similan Islands. We'll get some photos up soon. Uriah manned the camera underwater and she took some nice shots. In short, it was a great experience. The Similan Islands is a world class dive location and we saw lots of cool stuff like manta Rays, sting rays, turtles, eels etc... We also did night dives which is very cool, though on the second one I had to abort the dive as my tooth was killing me during our descent.
I have now discovered that I have an uncommon diver's ailment called "Barodontalgia" also known as "tooth squeeze". It occurs when you have a crack, cavity, or damaged filling in a tooth or anything that allows an air bubble to develop in the tooth. That air bubble expands and contracts during pressure changes underwater which in the worst of cases can case your tooth to EXPLODE! Yikes. Im okay and it didnt cause much drama except that I could only do the first 7 dives and missed the last four. It was very painful and I thought for a second I might loose a tooth as while I was at about 6 metres down I touched the tooth with my tongue and it felt like it was going to fall out. Ive done some googling around and I think its related to the fact I grind my teeth at night and that I may have damaged a filing. I got to find a good dentist now.
Uriah didnt go untouched either. She had some problems with one of her ears and the jellyfish really enjoyed Uriah's skin.
We'll get into the highlights of the Similan Islands soon. see ya
-Derek
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Darn. that tooth thing sounds really painful! Cant say I have heard of that before, but I have been stung by fire coral when I did a liveaboard at the Whitsundays. And that REALLY hurt. Hope ur jelly fish stings wernt as painful Uriah! Well done on getting ur license etc. Turtles and Mantas, awww.. im so jealous :)
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