Waterboy
Registered: 03/31/05
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When I was staying at Desire in July of 2004, I was chatting with a guy by the name of Doug Garman, who passionately insisted that if I was to ever contemplate diving on the Mayan Riviera, there is only one person that I should dive with. He gave me the name of Paul Hensley. Well, I was unable to dive on that particular trip due to some unfortunate circumstances, but that all changed recently.
I have just returned from an Easter vacation in Puerto Morelos, and Paul Hensley was the first person I called. In fact, I called him on his cell phone from California prior to leaving, and each time it was he who answered - each time his enthusiasm for diving, and diving with him at his sites, became more and more contagious. I was not to be disappointed. Although I dived four times with him, he promised me a shark dive, and the last two are dives I shall never forget...
We dropped down to about 105 feet in a rip roaring current and were quickly delighted by the sights of large moray eels, manta rays, turtles, grouper, and thousands of small and large school fish. But it was soon with an adolescent urgency that he began to swim toward a shallow cave, where he excitedly pointed out a nurse shark at rest. He urged me to swim under the ledge and together we began to stroke the belly of this magnificent creature. Here I was, at one with my fears, caressing one of the most awesome habitants of the ocean. The remainder of the dive was filled caves, spotted eagle rays, and other exciting adventures, but my shark encounter is one I shall never forget.
It was really a stroke of good fortune that I found a dive master with such passion, a dive master who knows his game as well as he does, a dive master who is so intimately knowledgeable of his playground. He went out of his way to make sure that I had a good time. Guess what, I'm already planning my way back there. Thanks Paul, and thank you Doug.
Greg Langdon
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