Daymaniyat Shells Excursion pt 2

 There is nothing more zen than swimming with turtles. Whale sharks was cooler but there is something about those big eyes and the way they go down and munch and pop back up and go back down. I really can't explain it. It's mesmerizing. Honestly though, I could swim with a whale shark all day too. I kept fearing I'd just keep going and suddenly pop up and be too far from the group and get left.
The waters around the islands were full of bright coral and fishes of all kinds. Unfortunately my GoPro picked that moment to die so all the pictures here are from friends and our guide from Daymaniyat Shells. That meant I got to be in a lot of the pictures but I would've captured the amazing assortment of other marine life. If you google it you can see better pictures than I would've taken anyway.








It was a beautiful day and except for dear Rose who got very sick for most of the trip, nobody wanted to return to real life again. I love that I was able to make some friends here and look forward to another adventure with "Oman Explorers".

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