{"id":2398,"date":"2012-07-20T03:52:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T10:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2013-12-10T19:11:35","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T02:11:35","slug":"scuba-diving-albania-llamani-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2398","title":{"rendered":"SCUBA Diving Albania: Llamani Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 13, 2012*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grocery Store in Himara<\/p>\n

We stopped by a grocery store in Himara and bought cheese and bread to complete this evening’s dinner. <\/p>\n

My computer had six bars after our two deep dives; we had to stay out of the water for several hours – the next dive was deep, too.<\/p>\n

We drove to Llamani Beach and humped our stuff to the “public” corner of the beach.<\/p>\n

Llamani Beach<\/p>\n

Idit was tired and so was I; we rested under the umbrella for an hour with all of our diving gear around us, to the staring eyes of young kids and curious adults.<\/p>\n

“What does your computer say?” Idit asked.<\/p>\n

“It says we can fly in 23 hours,” I said.<\/p>\n

“I don’t trust your computer,” Idit responded.<\/p>\n

We geared up and entered the water.<\/p>\n

Idit had never dove here, but was told this was a good spot by a friend.<\/p>\n

We got a lot of curious stares as we kicked out<\/p>\n

We got a lot of curious stares as we kicked out.<\/p>\n

We surface swam over sand until we found a reef to descend on.<\/p>\n

Logged SCUBA Dive #419<\/p>\n

Dove with Idit<\/p>\n

Llamani Beach
\nHimara, Albania<\/p>\n

Air Source: Private fisherman\u2019s compressor in Saranda
\nIn With: 2900 psi
\nOut With: 300 psi
\nMax depth: 102 feet
\nWaves: Flat
\nVisibility: Up to 50 feet
\nWater Temperature: 74 degrees, colder next to the fresh water springs
\nAir Temperature: 99 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 40 minutes or so<\/p>\n

Llamani Beach Reef<\/p>\n

There is a nice reef structure along the wall.<\/p>\n

Llamani Beach Reef<\/p>\n

Llamani Beach Reef
\nFresh water from the mountains oozes out of the sea floor, turning parts of the visibility blurry and the water colder.<\/p>\n

We found a Greek license plate…<\/p>\n

A Greek License Plate
\nFuck Greece!<\/p>\n

We did a perfect navigation back to our spot, swimming at a depth of 15 feet as our “safety stop” and swim home.<\/p>\n

My hand was like a prune!
\nOh my God! My hand was like a prune.<\/p>\n

This had better be temporary, as there is no television in Porto Palermo, the only thing I will have to do tonight is drink beer.<\/p>\n

Idit makes dinner.
\nBack in Porto Palermo, Idit made our last meal here from the fresh vegetables we bought yesterday and the bread and cheese that we bought earlier.<\/p>\n

Beer, tomatoes, bell peppers, cheese and bread
\nBeer, tomatoes, bell peppers, cheese and bread – a complete and healthy Albanian meal!<\/p>\n

Idit left to get some well deserved rest later in the evening.<\/p>\n

I said good bye to my newly acquired friends at the restaurant below the bungalows and had a good night’s rest before Idit picked me up for the journey back to Tirana.<\/p>\n

The water had gone out sometime during the night, so I couldn’t take a shower; I hope I didn’t smell too bad.<\/p>\n


\n*Due to time constraints, lack of reliable internet access outside of Tirana, power outages in Tirana and the strength of Albanian beer, posting of this article has been delayed.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

July 13, 2012* We stopped by a grocery store in Himara and bought cheese and bread to complete this evening’s dinner. My computer had six bars after our two deep dives; we had to stay out of the water for several hours – the next dive was deep, too. We drove to Llamani Beach and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,34,9,28,3,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2923,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions\/2923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}