University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus

University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus

Friday 20 December 2013

Day 9 - The Power of the Ninja!


The day began with a rough start. It had rained most of the night and was raining hard in the morning. Walking to the Amory Café was quite the feat since the random downpours really didn’t help on our journey to have a strong cup of Joe. At the café, Les and Chris gave us the news that we might not be able to go snorkeling until later or maybe not at all.  At first I wasn’t too keen on going either because the sky looked about as wild as a hornets nest. However as the day passed the sky grew slowly clearer. Les and Chris worked their magic and got a guide that would take us out to the reef. Our guides name was Ninja (wickedly awesome name). Ninja was a unique looking fella - his face was similar to that of a sea turtles and his hair was a mixture of braids and dreads.  When Ninja talked he had a raspier voice then my grandparents - the dude sounded old as nails. Needless to say right from the start of the tour you knew that it was going to be great.  First we all got fitted with flippers, goggles and snorkels. Then we got into the boat and drove off into the sea heading for the reef.  The water was great.  The salt was a pain, getting a mouthful of salt water was revolting. It didn’t help when Tony would trick us into looking down further, which resulted in us having a snorkel filled with water. Good old Tony.  The best part of the snorkel tour was the sharks and stingrays. The nurse sharks are harmless, so we swam with them. We were in with the sharks and Stingrays for about 30 minutes when a storm started brewing at the edge of the reef. Before we could all get out of the water the downpour started again. The trip back to the pier was a constant flow of harsh rain. Back at the resort it was still raining but we had one big problem. We gave Les our keys while we were out in the water. So five of us (Jan, Mikey, Holly, Tony and I) went out on the hunt for Les. Running through streets was quite amusing. The locals cheered us on and had a good laugh.  It turns we had no idea where he was so we returned back to the resort. After everyone got settled we headed out for a small lunch at a local place. The rest of the day consisted mainly of relaxing - we had no set plans except supper so everyone did their own thing at a mellow pace.
By Ben Kuhstoss

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