4:55am and my morning alarm call has roused me from my slumbers right on cue...must thank my friends at the mosque but I think they forgot the coffee and croissants I ordered. The boat pushed off 9am only ten or so of us and a couple of snorkellers. First stop white tip avenue - max dive time was 52 minutes and the max depth reached was 21m. Turtles, turtles and more turtles...green, loggerhead and hawksbills - sleeping on the coral, swimming under us, towards us, over us and past us....fish..? too many species to mention in every colour on the charts and from tiny to immense. On the surface between dives the turtles are popping up to mate, swimming under the boat....we all got back in for a snorkel to pass the time. Unfortunately I left
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