Some people felt hard done to when their Birthdays fell during the first lock down but it soon became apparent that nearly all of use would experience a ‘lock down Birthday’ as this terrible pandemic developed.
I had made arrangements to summit Puncak Jaya with a friend for my Birthday but Indonesia closed its borders and I found myself unable to travel internationally.
Nonetheless, I was lucky to be able to celebrate over the course of a week by travelling to the coast to freedive and driving off-road into the desert to camp overnight. I even got a cake to mark the occasion and am very grateful 🙂
I feel so lucky to have the amazing friends that I do, they made my time so special and memorable.
On the day, I managed to achieve my personal best freediving to a depth of 41.2 metres on one breath; I will capture my experience via a separate post but here is a picture in advance:
The alternative Birthday allowed me to spend a lot of time reflecting, catching up with friends old and new on small memories and life events and of course speaking to my Family to let them know how much I love and missed being with them.
It was great to still be able go through old pictures that my Mum had kept – thanks to God for modern methods of communication!
Zakaria Diving Instructor Freedive Master Instructor & scuba
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