I'm pleased to report, whilst it was impressive, the snorkelling is not better than sex! I took a day long trip, to 6 snorkelling sites- an ambitious target I thought on several levels, first I'm not really that keen on snorkelling, the whole breathing under water I find makes me panicky, secondly I'm a bit scared of fish, and thirdly the sun is very strong here. Anyway I had to see what all the fuss was about, covered myself with sunscreen and a t'shirt and went for it. First stop there were loads of fish- big ones, littles ones, nemo ones, pink ones, ones with teeth (scary)! The coral was a bit broken and dead in places- but impressive all the same. Second stop shark point- cue jaws music.. The boat driver caught a small fish and starred pulling it apart to attract the sharks *jaws music*, when they finally turned up they were not quite jaws sized- nothing compared to the great whites in South Africa- thankfully!! We then found some giant turtles, swam along with them for about half an hour. They were such graceful animals, massive and majestic- loved them! At lunch we stopped with a load of other boats, there was a really annoying English girl, stood outside the cafe complaining about everything- she had cut her leg on the coral, lost her sunglasses, got seasick... Etc. She walked into the cafe stood straight on tiny kitten sleeping under a table- killed it straight out!! I know it's totally awful but I really struggled not to laugh- she was clean out of luck and good karma for that day!

After lunch I could only manage 1 more snorkel- whilst I had been very careful about the sun on my back and shoulders, it hadn't really occurred to me that my ass would be in full sun all day! It's fair to say I caught the sun- I write this post uncomfortably perched on a 9 hr bus rise with a very burnt ass- photos available on request *right to refuse reserved!*