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Had an early start this morning as we decided to hire a motorbike and go over to Shark Bay, which is at the bottom of the island to do some snorkeling and hopefully see some sharks! We were told it was just one road and that it would be easy to find, however after finding ourselves going 'offroad', down steep sandy hills where we had to then physically push our pathetic scooter up the hills as it wasn't powerful enough to make it up! We eventually found Shark Bay!
We went straight into the see with our snorkels on and swam out to the coral. It wasn't too clear and when you see a 5 foot black tipped reef shark swim up behind you in murky waters the feeling you get is not all that great! Luckily these sharks haven't ever attacked anyone (there is always a first time though...)
A little bit on edge we swam further out, Claire wasn't to appreciative of Daves doing the 'Jaws' theme down his snorkel but when swimming with the thousands of fish you seem to forget you are in shark infested waters! When heading back to the shore we saw sharks in the distance, but it wasn't until we realised that 2 6 foot 'mini Jaws' were swimming directly next to us that we decided to make a swift exit!
Got back to the beach where we had a rubbish picnic (bread and cheap ham - no butter) before going back to the pool and having a lengthy game of 'find the rock'.
Went out for a nice Italian meal as it was our anniversary and then met up with a couple from Coventry and watched the football.
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