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Gadji - Isle de Pins
Another beautiful day in paradise.

Yesterday and today we have been snorkelling in the most beautiful underwater scenery. The clarity of the water is incredible, even in the dighy in 8m or so you can see the fish on the coral heads as though through air. The corals are abundant and healthy, there are soft corals and sea fans, hard corals and sponges, grass and weed and numerous inhabitants all sparkling in the sunlight. The top of the reef area is huge and we can see all the way across in beautiful crystal clarity. The deep blue distance occasionally solidifies into a turtle, a school of silvery jacks, a huge Napolean Wrasse or some other large and fast fish. With all the activity and colours on the reef it is easy to stay in the water for an hour, but too chilly for much longer, but by the time we've got to another reef, the sun on the black wetsuits has warmed us up again and there is another magical experience waiting for us.

The last three sunsets have been spectacular, the evenings are utterly calm, barely a cloud to be seen and there is nothing to the west of us except reef, we watch the sun slide across the sky, seeming to speed up as it dives into the sea and sinks beneath the horizon. The last rays emit a green flash, then the western sky becomes a beautiful golden glow, deepening in richness as the light fades.

Shortly after that the stars appear and then the moon, occasionally Roxi sits in water so still we are surrounded by the stars above and around us.

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