Swimming with the sharks
Luceyblue
Ina&Buc&Simon&Amanda
Thu 18 Jun 2009 23:35
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Early up this morning to swim to the
sharks!
We took the rubber boat out to the pass where
the lagoon starts, and drifted with the current along the most fantastically
beautiful coral reef. We ended up by a hut perched out in the water on styltes,
and with the families on Vagabond Heart and Pegasus, we watched the children
STROKE a sea bass (1.5 meters).
Most sharks here are Black-Tipped Sharks and
friendly enough to not pay any attention to us. But there are other types
too, so no swimming at sun-up or sun-down, because those are the sharks'
feeding times. Other than that, they do leave you alone.
Buc and Simon are currently dismanteling one
of the leaking windows, so there is A LOT of black rubber lying
around everywhere, as well as a few curved windows that rest on matrasses
on the foredeck. Catherine is still living with us, making Amanda incredibly
happy. Right now, the girls are dancing around on the boat to the music Brittany
Spears, getting covered in all the stuff that Buc and
Simon scrapes off.
I am writing this, trying to keep out of the
way.
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