Today was our first full day on the Mantaray Island and we saw a Mantaray, a turtle and pretty much the whole cast of Finding Nemo… But of course that came with a few adventures along the way…
There were two dives in the day but as I am not a certified diver I couldn’t do the first one so instead stayed in the boat, it was probably one of the choppiest days of the year and within 5 minutes I had been sick over the edge three times. Unable to return to the island they instead left me on a stranded desert island on my own before returning to collect me later… I’d be lying if I didn’t wonder if I was about to experience my own castaway movie – luckily I didn’t!!
Anyway once on the boat I ‘manned up’ and went on the second dive. Within minutes of going under we saw a turtle and they are exactly how you expect them to be… Amazing! So relaxed and chilled out, whoever did their research on the characters for the Finding Nemo film did it well!!
Whilst climbing off the boat I managed to do a ‘duck and role’ resulting in me lying flat in the water… Forgetting I had my handbag around me! Thank the lord I didn’t have any valuables in there !!
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