we woke up to beautiful skies today which meant our snorkel trip was on! having snorkeled in some incredible spots in my life – mainly in hawaii - i knew the great barrier reef off the belizean coast would be cool but i had no idea what was in store for us.
we saw turtles, eels, lobsters, sting rays, schools of fish and dozens of gorgeous and exotic coral. still, the highlight of my day was swimming with the nurse sharks.
while half our boat stood in shock staring into the water at the 8 foot sharks circling the boat, mike and i grabbed our snorkel gear and dove right in. being a traditionally cautious person this decision was extremely out of the ordinary for me. i guess i just figured, you only live once right? besides, if tourists were getting eaten by sharks off the coast of belize everyday, surely we’d have heard about it back home. oh, and there’s that small fact that nurse sharks are not perceived as a threat towards humans.
i mean, if wikipedia says so…it’s got to be true.
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