just lovely

I.Love.Snorkelling.
yesterday we took a convoy of killions (theres about 13 of us here at the moment) through the pineapple fields, past the lovely mountains to the north shore of oahu. shark bay was this nice little lagoon with water that was really sparkley. like you know how when you go to the beach and its late afternoon and the sun catches the water and it sparkles? well it had that sparkle all day. and coral and fish fish fish. bright orange and blue ones, ones that looked like rosellas only they were fish (think about it), polka dotted ones, big massive ones and nemo fish, and much to troys enjoyment we saw what is known in hawaii as a humuhumunukunukuapua'a. its a real fish google it. and there was this lovely school of little yellow ones with black stripes that we got to swim over. it was all so pretty i looked down and went oh! then went oh! at the next fish and oh! again it was very exciting. but thats not the best bit.
i saw three turtles! the first one was out on the other side of the bunch of rocks sheltering the bay. i am normally a bit of a woos when it comes to swimming out far and deep but i was so excited and followed my brother out there and in a minute there was this massive turtle. john-ashleigh touched it, so of course i had to. it was all slippery like it had moss growing on it. j.a. said it turned around and looked annoyed like it was gonna bite me, but it didnt. then we went around another corner and there were two more, one the same size and a smaller one. and i was so excited that i had to share, and made troy come out again (he'd just gotten dry) and he proceeded to chase the little one around this rock. the wildlife probably hate us now. but anyway it was sooo nice and fun and relaxing.

and today we went to waikiki and hung out at the beach. the waters really clear blue and next week we're gonna go back and sail. even doing the dishes is fun, we had the accompaniment of my cousin kayley on ukelele while we cleaned. ahh this is so good and i just walk around thinking yay! all the time.