Hawaii trip - the spirit of Aloha 2008 - Part2

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Diving and swimming with green sea turtles at place of refuge (Two step)

We love, love, love so dearly green sea turtles - cute, wise, ancient beings which are one of the few species on earth to have witnessed dinosaurs evolving and going extinct.

We planned to interact with Hawaiian green sea turtles, so we went swimming and free diving at “place of refuge“ - (2 steps site), where green sea turtles ("honu" as locals call them) usually rest and feed. As we were looking for them, we spotted one at about 30 feet down, when out of nowhere a cute little turtle swam really fast from the depth towards the surface right between Constantin and myself, looking very curious at us. Ohhhh WOW!!! He was right on my nose almost touching me, he was so funny. We wanted so much to hug and pet her, but respecting their privacy, we refrained from touching this very little guy. He even enjoyed few of our photo shots and then dove where he came from. He just came to check us out, say “hi”, play a little with us and then left. How neat! And to add to this funny show a large turtle this time, swam up to us from below, checking us out as well, “smiling” at us and then dove back. We kept being relaxed but joyful, swimming in a gentle and relaxed manner so they could approach us. My meditation on turtles became reality as I visualized swimming with these “green” cute guys before we went out searching for them.

More to come… Part3