Snorkeling in HK

We've been jonesing for some time in the water, so last weekend we grabbed our fins and snorkels and headed to the northeast part of Hong Kong to a place called Sai Kung. One of the areas in Sai Kung has a preserved sanctuary type area with hundreds of types of coral. There wasn't great visibility because of all the people swimming around and kicking up dirt, but we could see down about 2 meters and there was some beautiful and really interesting looking coral (a few pictured below). When we first started diving we were usually preocuppied with checking our air and learning how to be bouyant and looking for big fish. Now that we've adapted to the underwater environment we find ourselves looking for the little things; tiny fish feeding on the coral; fish that are camoflauged against the ocean floor; crabs or sea cucumbers creeping around. I'm starting to understand what my dad meant when he said, "I always liked the fact that my job took me outside hiking around and being in nature, but it wasn't until I started being more observant and learning about my surroundings, why things are the way they are and how they interact with each other that I really came to love it." I feel the same about the ocean. It's a completely different world and we're excited about learning and observing it more fully.


A scary sea monster!

Some stud! (you can guess who did this post)