We were picked up from our house at. 5:20 Saturday morning and had a good three hour drive ahead of

It's not because I'm a fan of bigger fish. But I must admit that the times I've seen the National Geographic or Discovery Channel with daddy D, I have been fascinated by their enormous power and movement. I do not know much about a white shark, but I'm after last weekend convinced that it is not a guy I have scant much want to "mess-around-with" grandys breakfast buffet - so to speak. But I seem to have heard that the best way to overcome his fear is to see the fear in his eyes. And that, I will probably just be allowed to say that I managed Saturday. August 10.
We were picked up from our house at. 5:20 Saturday morning and had a good three hour drive ahead of us before we reached Kleinbaai, Western Cape, South Africa. I was not nervous, but excited. When we arrived, we were welcomed with open arms and delicious rich breakfast buffet. Not bad! Then came a bunch of volunteer scientists around and inquired at the tables, answered questions and reassured most. The day before departure, had one of the volunteers told me about this video on youtube, where is the group of young people are out and dive with sharks, but that there is no "cap" on the cage they were in, and that a shark in a split second of kinetic energy, manages to get up in the cage where the diving was. When I decided to ask one of the volunteers that question, he shook just his head, and replied: "Ye have seen mermaids on youtube aswell" - in the same second, I chose to smile sweetly, and drink the rest of my tea. After a short intro movie about the boat, the volunteers research and regulations on board, we were wearing life jackets and candelabra-orange-rainy-fishing jackets, after which she went to the harbor and boat. In full gallop, and after 20 minutes of time we reached the point where we had to play with sharks. We were wearing a wetsuit, and watched as the first shark appeared under the water's surface. Then came the first eight divers in the cage. The first shark was not very aggressive, and the first divers after thirty minutes by a single shark pulled out of the water. The next team in the water, I was included. I got a scuba mask on, and climbed into the icy water. The first twenty minutes seemed like an hour. No shark but only shaking hands. Until the instructor from the boat shouting: "divers down to your left!", Then the largest white shark swims with his head straight toward me. The width of the head at least four times mine, which means that it could easily snatch my head, and the three others beside me. Lumsket swimmer and make it around the cage, until the flux breaks out on the fish heads which are attached to a cord and is located at the top of the water - just in front of the cage. It is so aggressive that it smashes its tail against the cage, so all divers underwater screams and reaches the surface, where they see a shark there with all his might try to grab the food that lies in front of the . And voilá, it's gone again. Here it must be said that I simply was SO scared that I peed in my wetsuit (but after talking with the other, I knew not the only one) ....... We were pulled out of the water then, as we had seen a SO aggressive shark that now was the next Otte trip. The third group was lucky! There was aggressive sharks every 10 minutes, and therefore asked the director if we'd want another turn in the water, as many jumped ship after seeing the sharks from the boat. It thanked we nicely: yes to, and after twenty minutes of waiting on the boat with hot chocolate, we came back into the water. We did not wait very long before all divers dived to the right and then the sharks come. At one point I had a feeling that it was the same shark that had been around us all the time until I got looked to my left side, and find that there is not only a shark in front of the cage, but also is around my hip, and a few meters below the cage. Imagine what adrenalin is pumping around the body when you know that the only thing that keeps you from being eaten by your biggest fears are a few iron bars and a metal grid. We were in the second round in the water for 20 minutes of time, and ordered nothing but constant pulling massaging air into the lungs to dive down and look at the giant animals right in front of us. It is so sly an animal, such a shark. It circulates like around food for a while before it goes to attack. It is mega intelligent. Since we were the last in the water, went back to the harbor when we came back up. We got sandwiches and snacks for the ride back. We stop at a rocky island with a lot of seals on the way back, and I had to say hello to say that if there is something that stinks, then it is a rocky island with seals. There must have been about 2000 seals, and after a little tour, we sail back towards the harbor. Suddenly grandys breakfast buffet we stop because the skipper of sight of a whale in the water. It turns out to be not only one whale, m