Coral Bay

The sun setting over the Indian Ocean at Coral Bay

Beach we came across whilst quad biking

Nic on her quad bike

Nic a few minutes later....

Nic after too much sun!

We arrived in Coral bay with just enough time to pitch our tent grab some food and head down to the beach to watch the sunset over the Indain Ocean! We woke up the following morning full of excitement - we had organised a boat trip with a couple of Germans who were on the bus with us, to head out to the coral and also so that we could swim with Manta Rays! The Coral here is so accessible, only 50m of the beach or a 20 minute boat ride for the deeper stuff! We jumped on board headed to the bow of the boat and jetted off around the bay, with wind and spray gently lashing our sun drenched bodies! (Chhhheeessy!) was awesome! We had a plane in the sky helping us spot the big big fish before we jumped in and to make sure is wasnt a bad ass shark waiting for its breakfast. We were given the all clear and jumped in to be greated by a fish as wide a bus and about 9ft long! We a little scared to start with as it had a massive mouth - would've gobbled nic up in a heartbeat if it fancied something a little meatier then planktun!! They don't half swim quick, so after swimming hard for half an hour we all jumped on bored before heading over to the coral. We dropped anchor and spent about an hour searching amongst the underwater overhanging rocks / caves and crevases! We saw Nemos cousin, thousands of fish and realy bizzarre coral formations! Today was such a experience, absolutley knackered us out and will never forget it!!!

The next morning we woke up full of adrenalin as it was quad biking time!! We packed our snorkelling gear and turned up to a own private guide as no-one alse had booked a bike!! Before long we were speeding down the the beach at 40mph and through sand tracks kicking the back of the bike out as we went round corners! We stopped of twice to snorkel at places closed to the general public due to the fact it was turtle breeding time!! They were both a little scarey, one was like being in a big fish bowl with the edges being rocks! Fish were being trapped in the area when the tide is high so when David jumped in it freeked him out not enough space for a human being as well! Waves were just about coming over the edge again and visbalilty was becoming intermitent - the guide later said it has been know sharks get trapped in their sometimes but we hope he was jokeing mmmm...!!!

On our way back we we think Nic was getting a little over confident with the bike and decided to test its off road capabilities by driving into a bush - the guide wasn't happy! We both had to lift the bike out and carry on a little more conservativley after that!!

After the quad biking adventure we heading down to the beach again for more snorkelling. Once again we saw millions of fish. David spotted a turtle - it looked half asleep as it swam around! We then found another turtle which was happily munching away on the coral - they're just so beautiful!

A great day ended by wine, pizza and watching the sunset again!