Well, in the time I have left, I’ve been trying to squeeze-in all the things I really like one more time. I’ve got one more trip on the ‘big-boat’ tomorrow. Hopefully it’ll be a great time. Here are still a few species I hope to see. I would really like to see dolphins, Whalesharks, and especially lionfish (they’re really cool). Yesterday, I went out with some friends to the close islands. These are the ones a kilometer of shore fro the Al Suadi resort. It was nice. There was a bit of a current, and a little tough to swim through, but the current stirred things up and everything was out feeding. There was a lot of ‘pretty fish’ (like Nemo) out. For some reason, there was a billion of the little, square, Arabian boxfish. There was also a lot of surgeonfish, angelfish, triggerfish, and reef-fish. Right under the boat, there was a sea anomie, with a clown fish living in it. It was exactly like Finding Nemo. It was actually pretty cool. I also saw a dead turtle under a rock (sad, but it happens).
Well one of the things I have been thinking about, related to snorkeling, was what exactly I like about it. I must say that it totally saves my sanity, and is always a really peaceful experience. It ‘zens’ me out on the weekend, so I’m ready to face the week. I think that it really ‘tunes out’ the world, makes you focus on the world around you. You end up living life, in that moment, entirely through your eyes. You are completely focused on the processing of the visual data before you. You don’t really have the time to think about anything else. In fact, you don’t have time to think. You are just processing. If you try to comment on what your are seeing as you are seeing it, you’ll miss everything. Because of this ‘refocusing’, your inner monologue quiets down, and is reduced to a whisper (if at all). I have rarely experienced myself being so ‘in the moment’ before. I believe this is the reason that I do it so often, and that I enjoy it so much.
Well, I’m off to ‘fight the good fight’. Have a good time in the ‘free world’. With any luck, I will have a new post after tomorrow, describing all of the wondrous and strange things I’ve seen.
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