My Qualifying Dive

Hello guys, this is how you look twenty meters under water....What a brilliant experiance. I came face to face with sharks twice where if I stuck out my hand I could have touched them. I have added a photo of the reggie sharks we saw. We dove 30meters to see a shipwrech-WOW!!

This all in Umkomaas, about 60km from Durban. I am officially an open water diver and I cannot wait to go diving again in two weeks time, this time in Sodwana.

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Sias and myself
Totally beautiful...
Sias and Ruan having a drink on the beach after a day of diving. We had a braai on the beach!!

My Pixie is growing up...

Just some random family pics..

Amber just loves her handbag and high heel shoes...Sitting with daddy on her jungle gym at home...
Hee Hee, daddy also has to slide down. What a sight to see someone weighing 100KG + sliding down a kiddies slide
Oumie and Jess
Amber and her favourite aunt, they adore each other!

My Open Water Dive

So, after a month of lectures and two pool sessions I finally did my first two open water dives at Bass Lake this weekend. Sias has been diving for years and I finally agreed to go down with him.

Thailand snorkeling practically convinced me that I have to give it a go!!

The dives didnt go too bad as we still had plenty of skills to do down at the bottom such as taking your mask off under water and putting it back on, removing regulater, clearing mask etc. This all to qualify as a open water diver so I can dive to a depth of 18m...

We went down to 10 meters today .Next week we are going to Umkomaas to Aliwal Shaol for the see dives. Apparantly one of the top ten dive sites in the world and almost guarenteed to see Rekkies (sharks) and plenty recked ships.

Watch this space for beter pics and updates.

Some Honeymoon Pics

This was our first night at the Amari Coral Beach Resort in Phuket!
We started our honeymoon in Singapore and were there for 2 and a half days before flying on to Phuket in Thailand.
My photo's are very 'deurmekaar' but I thought I would post them anyway!
I am just waiting for Sias to downlaod pics from his camera with all the island photo's from the psi psi island and we also went to the island from the movie the beach!
I had an amazing time. My inlaws are going there in December and I hope they enjoy it just as much as Sias and I did.

The bars in Phuket actually have the South African Supersport channels.....

Having my first Mai Tai in Thailand/Phuket the day we arrived

They have these warning signs up everywhere

Anell, I posted these especially for you!

Proof that we did wear the tops you bought us!!!

Picture of the resort we stayed at. Amari Coral Beach Resortin Phuket Thailand!

Sias ordered this strange meal when we were still in Singapore. It even had fish scales on it. From the look on his face you can see what he thought of it!!

Sias buying my Dad a lense for his camera in China Town

This was taken at the Singapore zoo.

We had to take the rapid underground train and a bus to get there!

Their elephant show was amazing even though you cannot compare the beautiful african elephant to the asian elephant!

Sias on the underground train. I must admit I have never walked so much in my life. I came back from honeymoon 4 kg lighter!

Infront of the mall in Phuket on our last day in Thailand

I even met Elvis in the Magaretha club!! The music was so good there we visited it about three times. This place is in Bangla road in Phuket. At night they close the whole road and it is just a party street!

This is where you find the ping pong shows and the lady boys...,.

I did more video taking on our holiday and Sias had the camera so I will defnitely be putting up some more photo's.

I have to show you the scooter/tuk tuk and beautiful islands!

The Reception

Walking towards the reception area after all the formal photo's
Entering the reception with the black eyed peas 'tonights gonna be a good night' playing

My Dad getting ready for his speech

Cheers

My maid of honour 'Anell' doing a toast


Candice and DirkJessie and Bonita
Andy and Chantal
Shawn, Nadine, Xanthis and Tannie Martie
Uncle Andrew and Aunty Valmai

Nanna and Ouma Bokkie ( Sias's ouma)

Uncle Mike & Rina
My Mom, Amanda and us!!
Sias and I going onto the dance floor for the opening dance. We chose to do the cha cha to the song Time of my Life from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack!

Opening the dance floorHalf way through the song the DJ switched over to Christina Aguileras 'Candy Man' and the girls did a fun dance for the guys! Even Amber was dancing along!!
The guys and their shades checking us out...

Dad and I dancing to I loved her first from the Father of the Bride movie

Amber in the swing of things
My three very sexy bridesmaids
Nadine caught the flowers
Sias removing my garter

All in all the best night ever. One I will cherish for years to come!!