Me exchanging dead-eyes with a shark

How cool is this - manta ray going over the top and a shark next to me!

We didn’t actually swim around the aquarium, we moon walked, we were weighted down so that we just walked along the aquarium floor (avoiding any rays and one huge shark lay on the bottom!) The great thing was that Andy and I could see each other the whole time so he could share in my experience. It was incredible, enormous manta rays just gliding over our heads and then we were in the shark zone. It was weird because instead of being scared it was quite an awe-inspiring experience, just watching these huge sharks slowly gliding past watching you was amazing. At times they were literally heading straight for us and then they would turn at the last minute, other times they would swim right over our heads. The turtles were great too swimming really closely past us! We were in the water for a long time, I think an hour altogether, and were able to just stand and watch all these creatures going about their business. Andy took photographs from the other side of the doughnut – how I wish we had a proper camera, but these have not come out too badly.
I came out exhilarated and totally rid of my hangover! It was a brilliant birthday present (thanks Andy!) and one which I definitely won’t forget!