Since I spent most of my days on the water I also got to see an abundance of aquatic life: blacktip sharks, Mantas, Whales, Dolphins and all sorts of little reef inhabitants. I unfortunately also got to feel that reef slightly too much on a few occasions! Was I scared of sharks? Well actually I was pretty terrified or let’s say uncomfortable at first until a magic day trip to BoraBora! When the organiser’s family invited me to a speedboat trip to BoraBora I actually wasn’t sure whether I was living a dream or dreaming reality all day long. Our first stop was an outside reef of BoraBora where we were going to see the ‘roquin citrone’ (Lemon Shark). In my mind I was picturing a bright, taxi yellow smiling shark; what I got was an ocean full of big scary blacktip sharks. Looking down at them from the boat I was amazed by their sheer number, I had always thought of them more as lone hunters! Going into the water did not even cross my mind as I watched the boat next to us throwing bread in the water trying to attract more fish and birds and obviously sharks!