Day Seven: Love Island

Canoodling on street corners. Snogging on the sand. Petting under the palm trees. Everywhere I look, youthful couples are joined at the jaw. It started at the ferry terminal, when two backpackers shared a 15-minute kiss outside the toilets, and now in the village of Morro de Sao Paulo, it's all around me.

As a true romantic, it does the heart good to see young romance blossom - and Latin lovers are famously passionate - but I had to put such distractions out of my head to concentrate on my first dive.

The sky was overcast and the sea choppy, so not great conditions. An Aussie described it, as only an Aussie can, as "shit-house". But for a first-timer like me it was very exciting. Saw coral reef and loads of fish, all sorts of colours, but I particularly liked these translucent ones with a purple stripe on their back. It's a new world to explore. And one where fish do it behind closed doors.

THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE TODAY:
Germans say ´´cheese´` when they take photos
Bearded divers always get water in their masks

MORE PICS:
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