Boring life?

[phomsanuk]

Seen these but they never fail to make my stomach quizy

[pescator]

[at]Takeovers: I've had exactly the same experience on Koh Tao around shark bay. I didnt' really mind the sharks while snorkelling out to about 15-20 meter deep water. But when the underwater cliff suddenly dropped down to unknown, dark blue depths and I saw the sharks silhouettes a bit further out I panicked and quickly swam back. Was quite real that fear.

Strange, that...happened to me too, whereas I was sure I would not be scared.
Agraphobia, I guess.

Happened to me too near Chicken Island in Krabi.
"Chicken" talk about an appropriate name, but it sure applied to me as I was to find out.

I was snorkelling above a coral reef some 5-6 meters below. To one side there was a steep dropoff leading into the abyss.
Suddenly I caught a glimpse of something raising from the big blue, it was a 2 metre long shark and it went straight towards me. Not agressively, I guess, but more like inquisitively (that was all in retrospect) `cause when it happened I almost shat my swimming shorts.

My first instinct was to head for shore at full throttle, but realized that I at 1½ miles an hour prolly would be no match for a shark.
Besides, what would a shark do if I fled? Probably take up the chase, just like any sane canine would do.
So I just stood my ground and faced it with my heart beat hammering.
The shark came no nearer than a few metres. It was observing me and swam around me in a circle until it decided that my skinny butt was not worth sinking it`s teeth into.
Effortless it dissappeared back into the depths.

Needless to say, I made it for shore swimming for dear life.
I didn`t stop swimming until I hit my head on a coconut tree a few metres up the beach.

The boat driver just laughed at me: "I have seen hundreds and they don`t hurt no one". Yeah, full quarantee or money back.
That could be carved on my head stone, you insensitive twat!
Having just escaped a close encounter with the grim reaper, I expected a bit more empathy and no heartless ridicule.

I got a heavy dose of sharka-phobia on that day.

[Loy Toy]

I miss Keda................where the fuck are you?

[WilliamBlake]

James Joyce once wrote of "the scrotum-tightening sea"...

I just got the same reaction watching that video in post 23.

I'm staying home. Cheers. =)