Day #10- Scuba Diving



2/21/12



We were looking through the brochures in our hotel for an exciting activity because we left today unplanned. Samii decided that we all should go scuba diving in the Arraial do Cabo Marine which had clear water with hills and a fishing village behind it. We got into a cab that took 2 hours from our hotel to get there. So many tourists lined the shore and we even talked to some Americans who were enjoying their trip. We were warned though from the other tourists that the water was cold even though it was summer. At first Wini was unsure when she first got her gear on, but once a local gave us lessons she eased up. Samii squealed as she first flipped into the crystal clear water from the boat. You could see everything so clearly it was if there wasn’t any water at all. We saw schools of brightly fish with stripes and dots swimming in different ways. There were also huge sea turtles and Anna got really close to one. Meredith swam over to it and ‘named’ it Crush like the turtle in Finding Nemo. We learned that streams from Antarctica bring cold water with lots of nutrients making life abundant. Once we all finished our scuba diving, we went to dinner close by. After an early dinner we came back to the marine to watch the gorgeous sunset. We reminisced about the animals we saw and we unanimously decided this was the best part of our trip.