ALMOST RARO TIME..

This time next week I will be deciding either to have another snorkel over the reef just a stone throw from the beach or have a cold beer. I can picture it now, swaying palms, hot sun on my back, a bead of sweat on my brow. Decisions, decisions, life can be hard when you are on holiday.

It's not my first time to Raro. I went there a couple of years ago to shoot a wedding for Womans Day. It was love at first sight. The pristine beach, tropical blue sky and swaying palms, my kind of place. Paradise. I then went for a snorkel in the aqua blue water.

I was swimming along, amazed by the beauty just a few feet below me. Fish of all shapes and sizes and colours, I felt like Jacques Cousteau exploring the undersea world for the first time. I spotted a little fish over a coral head and decided to dive down to have a closer look. It was so cute hovering over the coral its little fins going backward and forward really fast. It was if it was winding itself up for something, and sure enough it was. It flew at me like a rocket and bit me on the arm. The little shit. When I turned to get away from it, it bit me on the back of the leg. They say through a dive mask everything is 1/3 bigger, well this little guy was like Nemo but he had an attitude like a Great White. I left him alone only to be attacked by another little nutcase a few meters away, what the heck was I getting myself into. I got a nip on the back of the leg from him too. When I got back to shore I told a local what had happened and he told me that the fish were guarding their young and any intruders where given a nip. Maybe I'll just stick to the beer and develop the tan.

Heaps of great pics.Highlife Party, Remix party. It's PARTY, PARTY ,PARTY !!!

Have  great Xmas , thanks for reading my Norrie's Week and we will catch up next Year, it's going to be a cracker.

Cheers

Norrie.