November 10, 2002 The Whitsundays, Australia
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Another early day on the Samurai. Up at 7 for breakfast, then we sailed to another coral beach. You could do another dive for $20US, but I didn't want to push my luck, so snorkeled instead, which was excellent. There were so many fish, and you could swim right through them. There was one fish, nicknamed Elvis, who was as big as me. It was unreal. I followed him around for awhile, then a boat nearby started throwing food to him, so he and an entire school of fish swarmed all around me.
We go back to Airlie Beach around 3, and I had some time to kill until I caught the 11 pm bus to Hervey Bay (pronounced Harvey Bay), which takes 14 hours. A few of us from the boat got together for drinks at the Wanna Be MTV Spring Break bar at 9, then I was off at 10:30. To be continued...