Scuba diving on Sado Island

So as mentioned before, Shizuka's birthday present was actually to go Scuba diving and I decided to go the whole hog and do the whole PADI training course thing. As luck would have it the day after she had expressed an interest, Greg introduced me to a scuba instructor who just happened to wander in to Immigrants that night.

So, Shizuka had to sort things out, and gets all the books and copies of the tests you have to do before starting - a good thing because it meant we could spend more time in the water when we got to Sado. For those of you who don't know where Sado island is...




The big green bit is Japan.

You will notice that Sado is an Island and therefore the first problem is actually getting there. There are two practical methods, the ferry and the Jet boat - and before you get too excited, the jet boat isn't quite as glamorous as it sounds - but it is considerable faster than the ferry (though considerably more expensive)