No! It is an airplane!! There is an airplane sitting at the bottom of the sea bed!! This is when we were expecting to see corals and fishes!

Our first reaction was that it was a plane crash. But the plane was laying down too nicely on its bed (not a sign of crashing in) for that to be true.

Turns out that in an effort to boost tourism, the government lowered a plane last year to attract divers. The water is so clear that you can see the plane from the surface without any effort.

According to the internet, in some dark humor, one of the tourist divers has set up a artificial skeleton at the pilot’s seat too!!

Our captain indicated that we are going to be near a coral reef and should see some interesting stuff. He slowed the boat and eventually had the engine idling. Suddenly, something big showed up under the glass bottom. The three of us were very excited. Till we realized that it was one of the guys there cleaning up the bottom of the boat so we could see clearly!!

He went from one boat to the next doing this! I do not think I have seen anything like this!! Have you?

As we were walking towards the boat, Sharmila noticed it first. A lot of dates… fallen on the ground… and trampled by people like when flowers fall down. Was a bit of a shock for me since I love eating them 🙂

You see the guy standing there? Near the base of the larger of the two cranes that you can see? Now zoom in… Yes, it is a mannequin! I have no idea whey they have kept it there!

Which is an irony given what the ship seems to be surreptitiously doing!!