Asia

During a dive at the house reef in Aquaba I see a blue fish. The color is so striking; I know at once it is a false stonefish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus).
I always find it strange, the tropical fish have these notable colors, there is nobody to see it. This colorful Scorpio stays motionless, he knows he is poisonous, that gives him confidence. I am fully aware of that, but I am not scarred either. I want to get closer and closer, I need to take a picture of his eye.

During our last dives all we saw was sand. Where have we ended up this time? No colorful reefs, no beautiful coral gardens, only dull looking sand. This is not what we expected for this trip. We heard many enthusiastic stories from other divers about these dive sites. Could it be that diving on a sandy bottom is really worthwhile? We decided to rely on our guide and continued diving. Fortunately for the next couple of weeks we realized that there really are a lot of different animals living on sandy bottoms. The only thing to do is watch out for them very carefully.