honeymoon in fiji - part 2

honeymoon in fiji - part 2, aka: mackerels and mantas and sharks, oh my! 

eric and i love animals and we love the ocean, so snorkeling and diving are on the top of our vacation lists every time.  this trip was no exception and we got to check off some pretty cool things.  i saw my first sharks close up, eric saw his first squid, and we both saw amazing mantas so close you could touch them.

first off: holy mackerel!  i've been waiting to type that since we saw them :)  while looking for mantas we came up on this ball.  have you ever seen so many fish?!  their mouths are open!

then while snorkeling on two different occasions we found ourselves in groups of squid!  they are so beautiful and change into crazy colors.  it was a special treat.

i still have never been able to see sharks while diving, so we scheduled a shark dive!  we saw tons of grey reef sharks that were bigger than eric and a black tip.  i loved watching them swim around so gracefully, although we didn't get super close... next time!

and i've saved the best for last.  manta rays!  wow, they are amazing.  the biggest one we saw was 7 meters from wing tip to tip.  they're majestic like eagles gliding back and forth and doing circles, i could watch them swim for hours.  the visibility wasn't amazing, but that's great for the mantas - there was lots for them to eat.

fiji underwater is awesome.  we were pretty much like this the entire trip.