A Trip to Niue - A Jewel in the Pacific Ocean
Turning Your Cruising Dreams Into Reality
English - May 26, 2021 03:37 - 12 minutes - 13.5 MB - ★★★★ - 1 ratingPersonal Journals Society & Culture Leisure sailing cruising boats lifestyle living on the water life at sea ocean crossings sailors motorboats sea life Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We are 15 metres underground in a silent, echoing cave. Only the solemn plop of icy, freshwater can be heard, woven between our awed whispers. I take two big breaths, the chill of the encompassing sapphire water temporarily forgotten. Two metres down, with lungs bursting only moments after a big breath, I turn underwater to head through to the next cave. My thrashing arms and legs fight for propulsion and I feel stuck in a current that does not exist! Suddenly I see the torchlight from our guide in the next submerged cave and head to the surface, seeking much-needed oxygen. I am that close to being able to breathe again, I think I can just make it, when a firm hand reaches down and pushes my head back under. I am coming up too early, my soft head-on course for sharp, jagged rock. Fighting to withhold my panic I swim further along and the hand releases me, I break back into my world with the sweet smell of air. In reality, I have been underwater a few seconds and swam a few metres. “That was pretty easy” I grin.