Snorkel: Making friends.

Описание: Kina, sweep, cook's turban, parore and floating.

My nephew, Lulu and I had a good time out during the last month of Summer. I think we went out later than we usually do as we tend to stick to early mornings but I remember a few people out and an annoying jet ski nearby haha Even though it's summer, some of the spots we go to tend to still be empty or only a handful of others in the area - so, plenty of room for everyone. I often like to watch everyone in the water and see what they do and how they do it. I've always enjoyed watching open water swimming, especially. Something I would like to do but actively avoiding haha

I remember this outing because I was basically just floating around and having a nosey here and there before collecting kina. I love to just let go and float - it's one of the absolute most freeing things one can do in the water. Sometimes, I have to be careful because I tend to get too comfortable and fall asleep haha

I fed some of the small reef fishies like the Sweeps and then later some Parore that I was following around. I really enjoying following fish around. However, later when Lulu came in - he had three Parore on his stringer; rolling eyes here. So, now - I never feed the fish when Lulu is nearby or we in the same set of bays hahaha I was like... I just made some friends and then you killed them. I felt guilty.

I do admit though that over recent years, the reef has changed and a couple of years ago, I thought that people had stopped collecting kina as never used to see as many people out. But then I thought, maybe they were only taking the bigger kina but we still go out after summer and there would be lots of kina around - probably too much to be honest.

Made friends and then Lulu ate them.

Never again.

February, 2024.