Two of the kind staff members at the resort took me for short hikes to viewpoints on the island to watch the sunrise and the sunset. Neither was spectacular but they were still pretty. No manta rays showed up, so I headed down to another island, Wailailai, to another resort where I was able to swim with sharks!! They were white tip reef sharks, so don’t worry they don’t eat people 🙂 I had a sort of a mixed mind about doing the swim with sharks because they feed the sharks to get them to come around. They spear a fish and hold it under water and the sharks circle around. I feel like that’s disruptive to their natural behavior. But it was really cool to get so close to the sharks. Some of them actually brushed against me!

While I was at Wailailai Ecohaven, I took a trip to the local village. We got to visit the school, which was a lovely experience. The students performed a few rhymes and songs for us. They were doing a ceremony to initiate their brownie girl guides that afternoon, so we got to stay and watch that as well. It was very nice. It did occur to me that it could be quite disruptive to the students’ learning if they have to interrupt what they are doing to perform for guests all the time.