This morning at 6:30 we got up to go snorkelling. We got wetsuits and fins( and we had our own snorkels) at our fancy dancy hotel and then headed off to the West garden reef. Our guides name was Seif, pronounced "safe," so I figured we were gonna be fine. We saw some incredible fish, squid, dolphins, and moray eels. Seif was not being so safe when ha started diving down to poke the moray eel and telling us to jump on to wild dolphins. It was amazing, and they were so close. Our guide We asked him if moray eels were dangerous, and he laughed and said they only bite if their life is being threatened! Then we saw dolphins and he said jump, jump! So we panicked and just jumped off the boat to see dolphins. It was sooooooo cool and they were really close, but they were also very fast, so Seif kept picking us up on to the boat and catching up to them and then jumped in with us. It was really really awesome. We went snorkelling at a different spot, and there were tons and tons of fish; pufferfish, box fish, trumpet fish, parrot fish, sea snakes, trigger fish, clown fish, moray eels, Dori fish, etc. It was amazing. Unfortunately my camera battery wore out and I couldn't take photos of the second spot, where there were more fish than the first spot, but oh well. I also got stung like a zillion times by bluebottle jellyfish, and my arms and legs are all red and puffy, but it was so worth it, even if it hurt a ton.
The dolphin picture looks a little scary and beautiful at the same time. I thought sea snakes where dangerous too. (if there life is being threatened)
I am sooo sure your skin is going to be green when you get back.
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Kallalei
2/9/2014 01:02:32 pm
Hello Lia!
Awesome! You went snorkeling and saw lots of underwater sea creatures! It is sooo cool that you swam with wild dolphins. It sounds like the jellyfish stung you a lot a lot of times because you said your arms were red and puffy, that is not good.I hope your arms get less puffy and don't hurt as much. The trumpet fish look funny! They are all long and skinny and I also think they are really cute. Can't wait for the next blog post! Have a nice time on safari.Take lots of pictures for me. Bye for now, can't wait for your next blog post!
love Kalla
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Heather
2/11/2014 10:00:33 am
It looks like you are having an AMAZING time!!!!
I just wanted to personally welcome you to Flex officially. I know that you should have received your welcome note by now. You will have a lot of terrific experiences to share next year when you join the Flex Family. We are off to Hawaii for Spring Break and hope to have an opportunity to swim with dolphins also :) Heather
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Uncle Trevor and Auntie Lianne
2/15/2014 02:04:34 am
The blue in the snorkeling pictures is just amazing!!
You couldn't keep up with the dolphins?
Will it feel weird to be in a camper van and not in the ocean?
Loving your posts!
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Monika
3/23/2014 07:31:43 am
Great post, Lia! WHAAAT an extraordinary experience swimming with the dolphins like that! Very cool sea snake. YIKES for all the jellyfish stings though - you're very brave! By the way, did you know jellyfish are taking over the world? Remind me & I'll tell you about it sometime. Or maybe by the time you're finished this trip you'll be able to tell ME about it!