Location: Christmas Island
We’ve been on Christmas Island for 3 days now because we arrived a day early. We had a pretty flexible day, which was nice. Shore time, dive time, lunchtime, study time. Those of us who went to shore had varying experiences. A couple of people managed to hitch a tour of the whole island that lasted two hours, while some of us battled with the internet at the Tourism Centre. Xmas Island is a pretty cool place. Everyone is super friendly. Last night, the police sheriff tried to help a few of us meet some of the locals; it was a much different atmosphere than a lot of us are used to coming from back home. Diving was incredible, and it was definitely the highlight of our visit so far. There was a giant coral shelf along the island with tons of life. I wish I could live down there for a year. I saw my first shark. It was about 20 feet below me and probably 4 feet long. It’s not a big one, but it’s still cool. We had chocolate chip cookies with dinner. Delicious.