Posted by Alexis at 8:44 AM, August 17, 2007
I went in the ocean
Well if you know me well you might be surprised to hear that I actually went on 2 boat trips to swim with the fishies.. on the first one the girls came and it was a bit over whelming as small children on a boat was kind of freaky.. but i spent 30 mins swimming with the fishies while the girls were in the child minding.. it was lovely.. we saw some fabulous fish and lots of coral ... I relented and let Claire don a wet suit and a life vest and go into the kids pool/cage thing off the side of the pontoon.. it was lovely.. she splashed about with Phil.. she had snorkel and goggles and flippers.. very exciting moment for a little girl...
the next time we went on a smaller boat and journey to a reef off the edge of an island.. we actually had to jump off the back of the boat and just swim out to somewhere and look for fish.. The girls spent the day in child care for this one. i was much more relaxed as i didn;t have to worry about them.. so off we went .. I get getting water in my goggles and had a mild freak out a couple times.. once the coral was touching me.. and another time i can;t remember what but it was something like the coral was about to touch me and i couldn;t see it.. and i was freaking out and then at one time i couldn;t find Phil.. he was behind me of course and hhmm well i was okay after a few mins.. but over all it was hugely succesful.. perhaps i will be going in the ocean lots from now on..