Like a puppy dog he rolled over and over with joyful abandon. You could almost feel the whale speak, ‘scratch my belly’. There was absolutely no doubt that he loved our attention and we all loved his even if it was a little scary and intimidating at times. Our experience with George off the island […]
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There is a blue out there in the open ocean that can’t be described. When that black water is filled with a luminous glow, the bright sunlight reflected by millions and millions of tiny particles suspended. That blue glow, softly caressing, beguiling, comforting me, encouraging me to follow, down and down and down to follow […]
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I’m not the only one drawn to the mystery of the nooks and crannies of the world. Just like me these paddlers want to know what’s inside Swallows Cave. Just like me the darkness piques their curiosity, leads them to explore the cracks and the fissures and the places the light can’t reach. A short […]
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Blue water fan, a Tongan man, returning to his place of birth. Searching eye, a pirates smile, you’ve chosen to share your self. Ballerina you should have seen him dancing in that blue. Now he’s with me, always with me, tiny dancer in my head. Oh how it feels surreal being here, remembering you, only […]
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A tiny fin breaks the surface as the waves all around flatten in a way that disquiets the soul. Below a dark shape looms beneath the oddly stilled water. Without warning the tiny fin rises to becomes a massive black life-scarred body. Larger and larger until my vision is filled by an animal that could […]
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