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RE: Scuba Scribe - Diving Elephant Rock and the Shimmering Night - Part 2
oh man you totally got my heart on this one! i've never been under water as you have to experience bioluminescence, but i have seen it on water. it definitely, as you say, reminds one of the beauty and magic of nature.. how much pure majesty exists in the world.
It amazed me the monumental difference in the health of the reef away from man's influence.
this also strikes me... just how much of an impact we have and also how you note when we leave human habitation how nature carries on and heals without us present... This place in Thailand sounds very amazing and I may have to ask you for further travel details if I ever decide to travel to Thailand! xo
Most definitely ask away if you make it to Thailand :-)
Nature does heal when left alone for the most part but I have heard upsetting reports that most of the coral has bleached in the Similian isles along with others reefs around Thailand. Apparently this happened a few years back. This trip post was written from memory of a trip ten years ago. I hope if I make it back that the bleaching reports are over exaggerated as coral takes hundreds of years to recover... but to end on a less sad note... the bioluminescence under the sea is a wonder you can most definitely still see. I've never experienced anything like it since, it is hard to top and I went snorkeling with Whale shark a few years back in Mexico. The experience of
Is one that ranks up there with meeting my whale shark friends :-)