Me and Sarah had decided tht whilst in Australia we could not pass up the chance to see the Great Barrier Reef, and go snorkling on it (in it?), with that in mind we booked our flights and headed up North to the warmer climates of Queensland. Once there we set sail upon the boat Quicksilver to the reefs off the coast of Cairns. Me and Sarah decided we only wanted to go snorkling, as we were flying back to Sydney pretty quickly, and it's not particularly safe to go scuba diving and then go flying straight after.
We went out on our first snorkling session of the day with no problems, I wasn't killed by anything which is always a good start to any trip. After the first snorkling session however we had a talk from our snorkling guide Andre, he was talking about turtles, very enthusiastically, as he was Italian there was much hand waving an gesticulating and punching the air to achieve the deisired impact and importance of what he was saying.
"What do you NOT do when you see a turtle?" Andre asks us (us being the beused tourists)
".....touch them" Some one suggests nervously from the back
"No this is fine. What you must not do, is RIDE THE TURTLES!!!"
Damn! Now what was I meant to do with my turtle harness?
Who the hell is riding the turtles that Andre felt the need he had to explain that to us? I don't know, but I sure would like to meet him and shake his/her hand.
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