Follow up report

Feeling MUCH better! :)

The 24 hour bug passed in almost exactly 24 hours :) Which is a big relief becuause it meant that I could go on the 5 hour snorkelling tour with everyone :) It was pretty amazing. The conditions weren't great, it was extremely windy, and thus choppy and cold. The seats were a bit uncomfortable and we kept getting splashed by bow-waves. BUT the snorkelling was awesome. It was quite cold, but we both had wetsuits. The corals were incredible, huge colonies, very complex growth structures, not brilliant colours in general, but there were occational colonies which were vividly coloured. There were thousands of brightly coloured fish of all kinds, and they were surprizingly approachable, letting you get within a couple of meters of them before swimming away.

Our friends Maria and Antanas went swimming with a manta ray, for 20 mins or so, and they described it as an awesome experience. The ray was gigantic, 5-4 meters in wingspan, and was accompanied by dozens of smaller fish "riding" its back. Occationally the ray would do a complete roll so they could see his underside, mouth and gills. It was quite a challenge to keep up with him though, since he was swimming with a decent pace into a current and into the wind. Nomi and I weren't strong enough swimmers to try it, but Antanas took several photos with our underwater disposable camera. I look forward to seeing them!

Today is really the last day of our holiday. Tomorrow begins three days of tavelling hell. Over 650kms driving tomorrow, over 550kms the day after, then a four hour flight home. Oh well, I guess there is a price to be paid for a good holiday :)

Time to go now. I probably won't get another chance to post till I return home, and there won't really be anything to talk about anyway :)

Seeyas later!
Neil