One of the things about diving is that you're supposed to enjoy it with a buddy. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the best dive buddy as I'm so often lost in my own little underwater world. In fact more often than not my fellow divers accept I'm buddied up with my camera and we'll be off on our own adventure. However, as amazing as solo diving is, there is nothing like sharing the underwater experience with friends.
I spent two months filming dive sites for a scuba school in Zanzibar and as well as coming home with amazing underwater encounters, it was the connections on dry land that will stay with me for life.
In modern day life we so rarely have time to make the kind of connections that lead to life long friendships but when I'm travelling and exploring the world, that's when I find I have the time and space. Not everyone I meet is going to stick, some of the people are there to share a moment; be it a night on the dance floor or a companion for a crazy road trip but I've made some of the best friends while travelling.
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There's something so special about sharing adventures with people that I think cements them into your soul. And no matter how far apart you are or how infrequently you see them, when you finally reconnect it's like you pick up the conversation where you left off. I feel honoured to say that the diver in this video felt like a friend from the moment I met them, and five years later, although he's still travelling the globe, is now a member of my extended family.
Footage filmed in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Music Credit - Of Monsters and Men - Yellow Light - ATV Music - 2012
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