I really couldnt wait for my diving holiday and was counting down the days. It seemed to take so long but when the day finally came i just couldnt contain myself. My flight was with EasyJet and left Gatwick nice and early the morning. We flew to Split in Croatia and was greeted with the beautiful aroma of clean air, olives and vineyards found only in the Mediterranean. From split it was a sort ferry journey to Vela Luka, the base of Gorgonia Diving, where we was meet at the port by Tihana, one of the owners of Gorgonia Diving. Vela Luka has a beautiful and peaceful charm, one that i haven't experience anywhere else on my travels. We were taken the hotel 'Vala' where we meet the rest of the diving team and our instructor for the next few days, Steve.
The following few days were full of learning new things and having a great laugh with the guys at the centre. We practiced diving skills in front of the hotel in the shallow waters of Vela Luka. And then we went with the other divers on the diving boat. The 9m RIB (as i was told) was huge and had so much space for us beginners to use, we could hardly notice there were 11 of us in the boat! At first i was a little nervous as this was going to be my first 'real' dive, but along every step of the way we were under the watchful eye of our instructor and the other members of the team. The dive was fantastic, it was called the 'Blue Hole' and i would recommend it to every to ask for this dive when to you go to Gorgonia Diving. In fact all of the dive sites were fantastic, and we were told by other divers at the centre that the sites were the best diving on korcula island! On our last dive we were granted a fantastic surprise. Steve came over to us all and shoke our hands, he then reached into his pocket and handed us our certification cards.
I would reccommend visiting Croatia to everyone, and especially diving with Gorgonia Diving. The diving in Croatia is terribly under rated and it is truely as the Mediterranean once was!
