{"id":2755,"date":"2013-09-23T06:11:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T13:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2755"},"modified":"2013-09-23T06:11:02","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T13:11:02","slug":"wrapping-up-my-diving-trip-to-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/?p=2755","title":{"rendered":"Wrapping Up My Diving Trip To Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been back home for several days, still suffering from jet jag.<\/p>\n

I am going through my pictures and editing my video; the video should take at least a week to edit properly.<\/p>\n

So, let me conclude where I left off, just after my last dive…<\/p>\n

September 15, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nWe keep cool, in the pool.<\/p>\n

My deep, cold as “Hel” dive is over.<\/p>\n

I was offered another dive, but I was supposedly getting a ride from a lady who was driving back to Warsaw.<\/p>\n

A man named Valdek hooked me up with the ride over debriefing last night.<\/p>\n

I needed to pack, settle my bill with Kamil and hope and pray that the ride would materialize.<\/p>\n

Being a Californian, I am used to drinking people promise shit and have them later forget and flake out – “Oh, sorry, I was drunk and forgot.”<\/p>\n

Well, from what I have seen, Poles come through with their word, or as best they can.<\/p>\n

I drove in to town with Kasia and Kamil and another one of the Polish divers.<\/p>\n

Sure enough, Aga was at Nelson’s, drinking tea and talking to her boyfriend.<\/p>\n

“Are we going?” I asked.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, in a bit, you have time for dinner,” she said.<\/p>\n

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\nMy last meal in Hel – Cucumber, fried pork and potatoes.<\/p>\n

Aga drove me all the way to my friend’s place in Warsaw, where she dropped me off.<\/p>\n

September 16, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was 1 AM, and I really hated waking my friends, Wiktor and Tusia, up at such an early time.<\/p>\n

My friends Wiktor and Tusia rented a room at a Hostel for me…<\/p>\n

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\nThe Wilson Hostel in Warsaw – $40 a night for a private room and there is a bar downstairs!<\/p>\n

September 18, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

I spent the next couple of days catching up on my blog and unwinding from my trip to Hel and back.<\/p>\n

The Polish food, beer and Vodka made the couple of days seem like a few hours.<\/p>\n

It rained all the time though.<\/p>\n

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\nI treated Wiktor and Tusia to a meal and beers for all the help they gave me.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, I took a cab to a cheap hotel close to the airport, where I stayed until my early flight out the next morning.<\/p>\n

People ask me time and time again, “Why do you dive in such weird places? Hawaii and Mexico are closer, cheaper and warmer.”<\/p>\n

That’s exactly why I went, because diving is just not about what you see under the water. It is the people you meet, the place that you go and the entire experience of the trip.<\/p>\n

Diving in Hawaii with a bunch of other American tourists sounds boring.<\/p>\n

Where’s my next trip?<\/p>\n

I don’t know; I’m broke.<\/p>\n

Anyone want to go to Albania?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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