First time snorkeling was a very wonderful but terrifying experience. I remember sitting by the pool with the rest of the Global Explorers learning how to use the mask and learning about all the new marine life I would be seeing at the amazing coral reef. I was really fascinated with all the types of fish I got to swim with and see. I was so fascinated by them that when I got to the restaurant later on that day I had ordered one of the fish I had seen while snorkeling that morning.

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