Hideaway Island

Today we took the day off from visiting the church and helping out ... we all felt it was well time for a beach day.

The day started with a lovely sleep-in and we met at ten o'clock and caught a bus from just outside where we are staying.... i was amazed that we fit all 12 of us plus the driver in one minivan! We enjoyed the views as we traveled to Hideaway Island. The beach was beautiful and you can see photos of it on facebook. To my surprise the beaches here have very little sand and there was coral where sand would be on an Aussie beach. Apart from the lack of sand, it was amazing because we were swimming among the fish, and they would swim so close and not be scared away by people.

We all had a go at snorkeling whilst we were at the beach ... for some of us including myself this was the first time, and was truly incredible!

Also at Hideaway island there is the worlds only underwater post office which we all had turns to stand on top of it. Later in the day some of the group (Jono, Adam, Ash, Dave, Nika, Harv, Kaye, and Tom) went on a snorkeling tour of the reef, Whilst myself, Ben, Katherine and Nami stayed on the beach, and had some lovely drinks and lunch before going back to do some more swimming.

After we returned most of the group headed down to the markets then headed out to Vietnamese for dinner whilst some stayed back and cooked food for dinner.

A good day, 4 days down, 6 to go!