Shipwrecked

I just finished our dive video from Bali and am so excited to share it with y'all.  It's amazing to me that we even have this since I never thought I would be able to scuba dive.  I'm extremely claustrophobic and have a crippling fear of sharks! (Let's just say I'm glad that I never ran into any Brunos under the sea.)  I think back to a few (even though there were many) of my freak out moments before starting our scuba certification when I really thought I wouldn't able to do it, but I'm so grateful I did!  It was only through the help of my supportive hubby and tons of "you can do it's," even when I thought "No, I can'ts!"

Our dive in Bali was to the USAT Liberty shipwreck, which is almost always misaddressed as the USS Liberty shipwreck.  It is just a few meters off the coast of Tulamben and is famous for being the most accessible shipwreck dive site in the world.  This allowed us to make our first shore entry and boy are those tanks heavy!  The USAT Liberty was an armed cargo ship, built in 1918, that served during WWII as a supply ship.  After being torpedoed by the I-166 Japanese submarine in 1942, it limped over to Tulamben where it sat beached for many years.  However, in 1963 the ship met it's final demise when volcano Gunung Agung erupted and shook the enormous ship to the bottom of the ocean.  I can't help but think that the villagers of Tulamben were pretty happy to see that behemoth disappeared below the water!  And I'm happy it did too, because what an awesome site to see!

ENJOY!

I love this crazy sea monkey! 

And just wait cause we have lots more monkeys to come...