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| Scary and exciting all at once |
Here I
was thinking this holiday would be all about rest and relaxation – I must have
momentarily forgotten who my partner in crime is. James has lasted three days
in the chilling out zone. This is quite a feat for someone who cannot sit still
and did not bring a book with him! He is steadfastly refusing my offers to
share Fifty Shades of Grey.
Today I
am grateful for having a husband who is full of life and kicks me out of my
conform zone. I could have easily spent the day on a sun lounge. But he wasn't
having that. He won, and we had the best day of the holiday so far.
Today we
swam with stingrays and reef sharks. It was an incredible and confronting
experience. Coming from Australia, where sharks eat you and a stingray killed
Steve Irwin, it felt very wrong to be so close to them. As we fed the stingrays
their sandpaper like skin glided over our feet, hands and stomach. They think
nothing of rubbing right up against you in search of food. The most confronting
part of the whole experience was putting our heads under water to watch the
stingrays and noticing more than 20 reef sharks circling less than a metre away. We
were assured they are vegetarians, but it was still slightly terrifying. We are
conditioned to be scared of sharks – to get out of the water if you hear a
siren or see a fin. It's so counter initiative to stand still and stare as they
swim towards you. It seems ‘outside of my comfort zone’ is actually a very
rewarding place. Note to self: I need to spend more time here.
PS. Sorry for using a stock image. We were to busy making sure a shark didn't get close enough to eat us that we forgot to take our own pic.
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