...but Blue Sharks all around us ;)
I had no time time to write till now. The day before yesterday, Greg and I were on a trip with 4 other
freedivers, including Fred Buyle, french friends of him and a "local" dutch guy, Gjalt. Meeting Fred was quite nice, because I really love his work as a photographer and also his conservation work he did with his friend William Winram.
Even less than five minutes when we arrived, we had the first blue sharks circling our boat. Not easy to go into the water as quickly as possible, when there is only one small deck-entrance and everybody wanted to be the first one ;)
The first one was very curious and I was surprised how calm and relaxed it was. The conditions were absolutely perfect! Best weather, clear and calm water, and after some time we had 5 sharks around us. I only saw one female, forgot to ask the others. After over 3 hours spending in the water in my 3mm wet suit, I needed a break to warm up, for me it was also enough. Maybe if I had a photo camera with me, I had spended some more time, but with my gopro I had a lot of good sequences to cut in the next weeks ;)
But now some pictures, enjoy! (Thanks again to Greg for most of the pictures)
Later Fred invited us to his house were his french friends prepared some parrotfish Polynesian-Style (mhh I love it!!!) and me cooking some spaghetti (my special azores edition ;)). We had some nice talks about freediving, local problems (rabbits) and other misc stuff. The Clock was ticking very fast and we had to take the latest ferry back to Pico. Hopefully we will do this again. Nice people and an awesome day!
Thanks!
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