The intense sun burns your skin as you stumble down the rocky beach, moving towards the crystal clear sea with your diving goggles on your face. It's not much, but it's enough to see a new world underwater; it's not every day you get to explore such places, especially away from home

With your leap, the water splashes to hastily reclaim its rippled surface. Your eyes are greeted by the sight of countless small fish that are impossible to see from above, but you have your priorities, so you don't have much time to admire these little creatures as you swim to the spot you found the day before. A boulder in the water, fully covered with aquatic vegetation, where you can find crabs and other sea creatures.

Enthralled by the view, you're surveying the miniature underwater garden when suddenly you feel as if a thrown stone has landed on your back.... One, and then, after no reaction, another, forcing you back into your world, above water.

"Oi fishy, are you having fun here?" A male voice called out, raising your head, you notice a stranger sitting on top of another boulder, this one more above water. His expression is confident as he rests his cheek on his hand and rests his elbow on his knee.

"Be careful or you might get carried away by the current." He speaks again, with a distinct accent, telling you that he is local, but perfectly aware that you are not, he has chosen the safer option of speaking to you in English.