Sea Stories

   A bittersweet day. Bitter because these were the last three dives of my stay, sweet because how it ended. A 6 o'clock start to the day, but the few missed hours of sleep proved in our favour as a couple of white tip reef sharks came to greet us, although they were quite far below us, but a perfect place to watch their graceful movements. Along with the sharks, 2 metres of Napoleon Ras graced us with it's presence. Its sheer size and beauty were all, of course, lost on film. The second dive of the day held nothing too spectacular, although just being in the sea is good enough for me. 

   Though the dive itself was not the most exciting, the speed boat ride back to the hotel proved amazing. Just looking out at where the sky touches the sea i saw fins breaking the service, and started pointing madly. The driver seemed to notice and sped off in the direction of the fins, as we got closer bottlenose dolphins appeared under the surface, swimming straight up to the boat, jumping up straight in front of our eyes. At least 20 of these magestic creatures all around the boat, my instinct was to grab the camera and lean over the front of the boat, and i did. All i had to do was put my hand down and touch the surface and they would swim right up, letting my hand brush against their smooth skin. I managed to snap a few photos [above], despite the fast up and down motions of the boat and how quickly they jumped and played in the water. Difficult business! But had to be done. This was definitely an experience that will stay in my heart next to last years whale shark. Everything is so beautiful.