{"id":1301,"date":"2018-08-23T22:08:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T20:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2018-08-23T22:11:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T20:11:50","slug":"inland-sea-to-azure-window-remains-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/2018\/08\/23\/inland-sea-to-azure-window-remains-and-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Inland Sea to Azure Window Remains and back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here go a couple of pictures from one of my favourite CCR dives: starting out from the Inland Sea, going through the tunnel keeping the wall to your left, passing by <em>G\u045bar ix-Xi\u045b<\/em>\u00a0(commonly referred to in English as Old Man&#8217;s Cave), until you reach the (now) remains of the Azure Window. \u00a0And it is indeed a majestic sight to behold: wonderful jagged pillars rising from the depths and reaching nearly all the way to the surface. \u00a0This was the course of our most recent dive, with a runtime of 121 minutes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1303\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1303\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1247_s_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1247_s_web.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1247_s_web-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1247_s_web-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1247_s_web-2000x1414.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1247_s_web-136x96.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sight of the jagged pillars: the remains of the Azure Window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We took in the beauty of the site of the remains for a few minutes before returning the same way we came, and exited once again at the Inland Sea. \u00a0We encountered some interesting marine life during this dive, including some big fish busy at their hunting game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1302\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1302\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1264_s_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1264_s_web.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1264_s_web-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1264_s_web-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1264_s_web-2000x1275.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ed_GOPR1264_s_web-151x96.jpg 151w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The buddy poses by the remains for a picture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rocks of the former Azure Window might be have lost their original glowing-white look when they had first submerged beneath the waves, but the relatively new landscape is as stunning as the first day it was formed.<\/p>\n<script language='javascript' type='text\/javascript'>function getWR360PopupSkin(){return 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