Sábado 30 Julio

Hola todos !

This morning we had to put the alarm, breakfast and then meeting in front of the reception for our day trip with SHARKS !!!! So excited !! and a bit scared... I took some pills against sea sickness. And here we are, 9 in the bought, all of us foreigners, 3 girls from england, a suisse guy, an american couple, a "old" woman from the netherlands and the 2 of us. 

After 2 hours of disturb sea, we can finally sea boats, plenty of then circling in an area, and in the middle of it, plenty of FINS !!!! We were dispatch in 3 groups of 3 and we are going to swim with them 3 times !!! So excited !! We are in group number 2, so with envy we watched the 1st one jumping in the water, and swimming to follow the fin, already going away.

It's our turn, OMG i'm so scared, and excited, and i'm asking myself so much questions : Am I gonna swim quiclky enough, what if he goes towards me, is he hungry, or dangerous ???? But once in the water all my scary thoughts just vanished and I'm mesmerized by what I'm seeing. WOW he is so big, and so beautiful, and look strong but at the same time armless.

So I am swimming but not too strongly, apparently the sharks is letting us keeping up with him, I could swam from tail to head, he is big, long, majestic ! The guide ask us to stop and go back on bord...too bad, can't wait for the next round !! 

After our 3 turns each, it was time to go back... I wasn't looking forward it, 2 hours in a disturbing sea... I sat in front, in the sun to get most of the wind, to make me feel better. We stop near the north of the island, on a reef, where we could do some snorkeling. But first we ate a quick lunch : ham sandwichs, I only felt like eating one (felt too sick). Then we jump in the water, to feel free from the rolling of the boat.

The reef was not that impressive, we saw some fish and the currant was quite strong. I stayed in the water as long as I could, but then it was time to go back on land ! We went straight to the hostel, and I spent most of the late aftrnoon in bed, feeling sick. We went out for diner again, but this time is was not feeling hungry and Damien did not want to go back to the same place. So he ate a hamburger made in the street and I bought a sandwich in a shop. We sat down on the main place, near the basketball court. It was nice.

Hasta mañana !

Caro et Damien

PS: I have been in Mexico for 5 weeks ! (5/9)