DB - those are wonderful lines.... "couples only..." You're killing me. That is so perfect. who's gonna say no? Couples only...that is great.
This really makes me think - I mean, my dive prep doesn't only include or benefit me under water - I need to be prepared to stick to my plan BEFORE I hit the water. I need to be prepared to shed the insta-buddy,,,the tag along.
As this has never happened to me before, I was completely unprepared for this, and subsequently it impacted my trip.
I'm a very, intensely private person. I build hedges / silos around my wife and I all the time. We spend most of our time carving out a world that revolves around just the two of us. Doing same on a trip like this is a natural - brick wall city. Not being anti-social or tactless, just being cautious and protecting our interests first. Not to the extent that we ignore safety issues of others, etc.... Anyway, you get what I'm saying.
Like she and I spoke of in the car - its the two of us. We came, we dived, we had a kick it up time. Viz sucked, boat filled with rude bottom sifters...we still had a great time.
This doesn't mean we're blowing off the safety of a group - but it does mean we blow off the group when the group blows off their safety stop... (huh?
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Seriously - this has been enlightening. I need to expand my prep to include the insta-buddy scenario, and its close cousin, the "c'mon, just join us" scenario.
K