Feeling changed by one trip

There can be so much said for travelling alone to a country you’ve never been to before but I think change is the best word.

I don’t think I’d be the same person before going on my trip, but it wasn’t until my last night it all clicked together.

Following a few friends I met around we opened a fridge in a minimart to find a small secret bar inside. It was such a surprise to me and opening that secret door actually lead me on an interesting path.

That’s when me and a friend sat down behind the bar and started chatting up with other people there. I told them about the trash in the ocean and that I really wanted to help. One of them pipes up and tells me does clean dive clean ups every week as a dive instructor living on the Gili islands.

Finally, it all made sense! I don’t even think I waited until I got home, I was so excited to see if Kilroy knew somethinh about it so I started researching right away.

That has been and continues to be my divemaster origin story.