Apparently, I like to sleep unendurably cold temperatures; my control of the AC has forced my mates to wear thermals to bed
Ok EXTREMELY sunburnt; grabbed a jacket so I wouldn't burn more, dry pack, walked to jetty, speed boat to Rangali, breakfast, getting stuff for the trip
This time, drove straight through the lagoon through Maamigili instead of starting at Mandhoo and working our way around the U shaped MPA
First shark!! at around noon, 8 meters!!! dove in, took footage/pictures; apparently, there was another even larger one nearby but no one was actually able to see it in the water
Climbed back on board, went to bow to rinse off goggles but large swell knocked into the boat and I half fell out of the boat; actually dangling horizontally off the boat, more than half off, clinging to the lip of the boat and pulled myself up; lots of cuts/bruises/blood everywhere; rinsed it off, whatevs all in a day's work
Sailed around for 5 minutes or so then SHARK!!! TWO OF THEM!!! jumped off the dhoni and went after the first one; the two sharks were circling each other when we first arrived on the scene; followed the first guy around for a while but then he dove down
Switched to following the other shark (3rd shark of the day); he was filter feeding, open mouth, gaping, pushing water through his gills; stayed for a long time but lots of tourists and scene; got very very very close to this guy! almost high fived him; followed a long ways until he dove down
Climbed back on boat, rinsed off, sat down to eat some trail mix, just poured a handful into my mouth when SHARK!!! our dhoni circling the Dhidoo area; fourth shark jeez alright dove in after it and got photos; can't remember much about this one but he wasn't in the reef area, was in the deep blue water
Got on boat again; at this point, should have known not to do anything else but prepare to jump off again, but rinsed off, bit into an apple (I'M SO HUNGRY PLEASE JUST LET ME EAT) when SHARK!!! fifth shark of the day, dove in after him, got pictures and footage; this one much more aggressive, tried to tail swipe me twice, then dove down, climbed down when he was out of sight
Saw a mobula ray when cruising around on dhoni! so cool!
Went through channel between Dhidoo and Ariyadoo on the way back; hat blew off again!!! and Hasan, Ibrahim (Hambi), and Amim turned the dhoni around again to get my hat AGAIN; joked about supergluing it to my head (also almost knocked Katie overboard when climbing on to top deck)
Got back to Rangali, cleaned dhoni, got more trail mix from tuck shop, back to pier to wait for boat to Mandhoo; talked to Hasan, Hambi, and Amim, lots of fun, complete jokesters; got on speed boat back to Mandhoo, watched sunset, ate dinner, did data
Hung out with Zayn while doing data on our porch, listening to music and playing guitar; singing Goo Goo Dolls and The Calling and pretending that life would always stay this simple and that we would never grow up
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