funny stuff.i was paddeling out behind this canadian guy the other day and i saw a flying fish jump out of the water.These little buggers are strange looking things and if they were any bigger they would be like the scariest monster of all.Anyway this fish jumps then flys straight toward this guy.Im thinking "its gonna attack him" although they dont attack at all.Then it lands on his back with a bit of a rough tuchdown and the poor dood thought he was about to die.He screamed like a little boy and jumped of his board so scared and not knowing what it was on his back.Meanwhile im behind him in complete laughter.Pretty lethal fish i say and the poor bugger felt a little silly.I told him the story i heard of a friend.He was in indo surfing and a flying fish collided with a surfer paddeling out.It went straight into his eye and the barb-nose thing got stuck.A horrific image has allways plagued me of that poor man trying to get to a doctors with a scary little fish hanging out of his head.
Also in the water were turtles in the lineup.They were quite peaceful.The water was tropical glass and turtles would just pop their heads up,say hi in the local turle dialect (which is easier to understand than the locals) and be on their merry way.And to top it off there were hundreds of hand sized crabs spawning everywhere.They would hit your arms and legs while paddeling and i was constanly waiting for one to latch on to me but thankfully that didnt happen.
So the water is pretty alive here but with no big sharks which is great.I have read that some of the surf spots south of here have alligators,sea snakes and bloody boa-constrictors.Now that would make for an interesting blog entry
