Snorkelling!

First of all - a big thank you to everyone at my (now ex) work and Alex and Suzanne for our watery presents. We spent the first on snorkelling and the second on a water park (more on that day of fun to follow soon).

Unfortunately, we had a little camera malfunction on our snorkelling day (the battery ran out before we took any photos), which means we are having to do the unthinkable and steal a few photos from the web to bring this post to life!

The beautiful Cham Islands
(no credit for the photo unfortunately)

We had a fantastic day with Cham Islands Diving who picked us up early for our one hour boat trip from the coast out to the islands. For me, the boat trip was definitely not a highlight of the day as it was incredibly rocky, meaning I spent the entire trip lying down!

However, the day soon improved when we anchored beside an uninhabited island and jumped off fully geared up in wet suits and snorkelling masks. We saw SO many fish and some amazing coral, both at this spot, and the second spot we were taken to for some more snorkelling an hour and half later. We could see (and dive down) to the ocean floor 10m below, which was teeming with incredible shapes and colours of fishies.

Here's a few of the fishes we saw:

We never knew starfish come in blue!

Saw lots of these black spiky sea urchins, a foot across!

And we even spotted a little nemo!

The day out also included a delicious lunch on a beautifully quiet beach on one of the larger islands and some more snorkelling from the shore before heading back to the mainland - a nausea free journey thanks to the tablet I was donated!

All in all a beautiful day - seeing some amazing sea life - thank you!!