Kayaking:
Taking a Boat Trip to 4 Islands for Some Snorkelling:
I jumped into the water with my snorkel gear and was just about to get down to the business of watching pretty fish, when Scott began wildly gesturing with his hands towards my mouthpiece. Underwater communication not being a strong trait of mine, I thought he was telling me that there was something wrong with my snorkle (which there wasn't). So I put my head up out of the water to adjust, and in the process lowered my foot right into a sea urchin. Sea urchins have a rather nasty sting and so, 2 min into snorkelling, I found myself back on the boat to spend the remainder of the time soaking my foot in a pan of vinegar and having the boat crew whack at it with a knife blade to break up the stingers. Good times. Turns out Scott was just showing me the neat way he discovered to blow water out of the mouth piece. Lucky for me the water was crystal clear, so I had a decent view of some fish anyhow. (My skills in underwater communication are incredible. actually. - scott)
Best part of the trip was swimming in beautiful green blue water especially when the clouds rolled in and rained.
Strangest part of this trip was being dropped off on a little stretch of sand for an hour with hundreds of other people to pay a visit to a little cave full of wooden phalluses. Paying our respects to the fertility gods?
3 comments:
You guys still don't look tanned! At least i can stand outside in Edmonton and get fried by the suns ray off the snow.
Tanning is bad for you. Get with the times man. I hear it contributes to global warming and the increasing gap between the rich and poor, not to mention tooth decay and gingivitis.
You guys tell good stories. So far the sea urchin is one of my faves. Ha!
For the record, you are more tanned than me, even though I sunburned really badly in Mexico (it doesn't take much). I've been peeling for the last 2 weeks which is boat loads of fun. If not for the threat of skin cancer, etc etc, I would purposely burn, just for the glorious reward of peeling.
Also, Havilah, I like the shades and the hat you're sporting in some of your pics. The scenery's not bad either. ;)
It snowed again today...all day long. If for a moment you miss Edmonton...SNAP OUT OF IT! ;)
Alice
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