Under-Water Wonderland

Just been to a wonderful small island resort, 15 minutes away from the capital by a seaplane. You must be thinking that I hardly ever work, but I am also beginning to believe that I live and work for holidays now, and not the other way around. Anyhow, I took a few days off to go to one of the affordable resorts (if such a thing exists in this country..)

It is funny how this resort was selected. When my boyfriend and I were in the forest resort in Madagascar last year, we met a swiss couple who told us about this place. It is a simple bare-foot island mostly for diving and snorkeling in the house reef. It turned out to be a beautiful, unpretentious and calm island with an amazing beach. The best place in the country so far. What was also nice was that we did not have to count every penny that we spend and all inclusive buffet food was great. I sound like writing for Trip Advisor, don't I?

We have rented a underwater camera from their diving centre. These photos were taken during snorkeling around the island. It was so much difficult than I imagined. You are floating and obviously fish is swimming. These are some of decent ones from my attempts. They don't really do justice to show how beautiful these under water creatures are. It is really a wonderland with an explosion of colors and all kinds of shapes.

With watching countless hermit crabs, diving, playing chess, never missing the two-for-one cocktail-of-the-day "happy hour" and occasional dramatic storms, time passes rather too quickly. I hardly finished one third of my "destructive emotion" book I have brought.