Thursday, February 09, 2006

The joys of paradise, before it goes pete tong....

Up early for a swim and some yoga. Dark morning, (days are getting shorter), sunning struggling to get up, sea was choppy but warm. We'd seen some dead jelly fish on the beach but thought nothing of it, a common occurance. Then I saw a reef shark, first one actually in the area (although reknown for it), only a tiddler, couple of feet long. Again, press on.
About half way across the bay the bay) one of the little buggers wrapped himself around my leg. Been stung before, not a biggy (nasty bee-sting really). Swam rest of the way, straight to the shower. Large scar across both thighs. Eirik decided to do the return leg i whimped out starting to cramp, and nursing sting marks. Then Eirik got hit, several wrapped around arms and torso... he pulled out half way through the walk back!
The cramp and rather nasty stingy turned to a rather unpleasant nausia as I limped back... seems it was actually a pretty bad case, needed 40mins lie down, don't feel to hot now... that could be cause i'm stuck indoors working whilst the sun beats down outside... oh well... it is still paradise some of the time.