Let's try it, my friend said. A few minutes later, we were walking through the shallow water, the fins quite awkward. Soon the sandy bottom became rocky, and now our fins gave us power as we began to swim, our masks giving us a clear view of the bottom. Then the coral reef appeared, amass of different colored rock like structures overgrown with sea life. Fish with yellow and orange stripes, fins like fans or bright blue in color swam close by. They seemed careful but curious at our presence. Farther down, we saw starfish, clams and even octopus, and as the water got deeper, bigger fish could be seen. After a whole afternoon of viewing these scenes, we returned to dry land, tired but excited about our new experience of the undersea world.