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The Reef Spirit !

Hamilton Island - GREAT BARRIER REEF, 16/10/2009

Wake up at 8:00 and immediately have breakfast in the Koala Garden, where he eats breakfast in a garden on one side there are the Koala and then payment can take a picture with the koala in your arms or a mini tour in the small zoo where there are Woombats, the inevitable crocodile, these cuddly koala and other Australian native animals!
At 9 o'clock we presented ourselves to H2O Sports where we have the equipment to snorkel and we left for the Great Barrier Reef!

On board we have provided breakfast as well, but we already had it
thought the floor ... On the boat there were many people who were going to do scuba diving ... I'd like to get off with them in depth, but this time we stayed afloat ...
When we arrived at the edge of the reef, we types of snorkel made us wear a ridiculous jumpsuit thin, we did photos for decency, and we finally took to the water. Nor were there
dive that had already been presented before us a spectacle of nature, lots of colorful fish swimming in our midst and underneath there was a forest of brightly colored corals, coral and the sun was reflected on the shine fish, but really out of breath ... not because we were under water!
We tried to take pictures with an underwater machine, we hope it has come some good, so we pretty sight all around us that we did not understand anything!
After the first dive we went by boat and we were served lunch (lunch) buffet, but we kept quiet, you know how binge boat is never a good idea, if you must then shortly after return to water it is even less!
So we put back the jumpsuit ... and we came back into the water and swam to another reef, eh! Without words ...
Then unfortunately we had to go back on the boat and return to Hamilton Island, but we would have been more 10 hours in water to admire the spectacle of nature!
On the way back we got a bit 'in the sun, so we go home tanned and especially because we saw that in Melbourne, our next stop, there are 10 ° C!

landed at Hamilton Island we came back in the room, we took a shower and we went a bit 'for a walk and then dinner in a more "cool", where after I ordered they gave you a kind of hockey puck which began to vibrate and light up when your order was ready to be served!
After dinner we had a bell 'after dinner at the Reef Lounge of the hotel, a nice bar where there was a very good singer who also played the piano and we did spend a pleasant evening ... we went in the spirit of the Reef!
We have updated the blog and then to bed!

Hello everyone!

Anto & Cris!

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ARMED RESPONSE

THE GAME OF SOUTH AFRICA

"Armed response", ie, response to armed robbery. It is the most common sign that reads on the gates of South African homes. Dutch-style houses, with a small back garden, barbecue, and then on top of the wall, that barbed wire. You really did the Apartheid? You can Apartheid today think of a way round? The blacks and whites have occupied the city, wealthy barricade themselves in their homes? It is believed to South Africa as a Western country that has now resolved historical issues related to colonization. True, South Africa is a modern country, offering accommodation to visitors impeccable. Less than one year to the great world, and Johannesburg preparations are underway. But as soon as you step out from the alienating feeling is: you're on the other side of the world, surprised that you really do not walk upside down, and you realize that, you're the other, white. Can not mixed, as we feel anonymous.

Ciò non toglie nulla all’accoglienza che la gente di colore riserva agli stranieri, cordialità in primis: non si può entrare, per dire, in un supermercato, arrivare alla cassa e pensare di pagare, e non aver scambiato almeno un gentile “Buongiorno, come sta? Bene, grazie lei?”, con il cassiere. Eppure resta un non-detto, sedimentato da decenni di separazione razziale, e che ora costituisce un effettivo muro di omertà. I neri a contatto con i bianchi sanno dove finisce il reciproco spazio di intersezione, conoscono entrambe le facce di questo bi-mondo che rincorre l’Occidente. Tre sono i muri di confine: sudafricani e stranieri, sudafricano bianco e sudafricano nero, neri benestanti e neri the townships, where life is dictated by a micro internal system, and it is forbidden for a white input. Six corridors that highlight the still open wounds of the country, motivated by resentment and poverty. Meanwhile, we scooted to the edge of our car, loaded with suitcases, cameras stationed at the window, and a CD "The best of African music", just bought at Duty Free: children, women, laden with baskets, wood, walk to the edge of the road, returning from fields, villages and greet you happy. There are almost all on foot. You smile to a child, simply "hello" with his hand, and you feel guilty. South Africa 2010 is upon us, and we continue to whiz to arrive on time.

Barbara Leoni