Libby Hobday

LIKULIKU RESORT (calm lagoons of water) — FIJI

While in Fiji I had this great idea for a little on-camera thing for me to keep as a memory - you know I kind of fancy myself as a travel host.

At the end of the only pier on LikuLiku there are hundreds of different species of fish swimming;  as happy as one can be. All of the fish are so tame and I believe the reason for this is that the local Chief recently made the coral reef of LikuLiku a protected Marine Park.

Where I am going with this is that the fish have no reason to fear man, so for exactly that reason they can swim and we can snorkel amongst them together as one. If I was a fish “geez louise” I would not move from that beautiful and protected place of LikuLiku Lagoon.

I was influenced to jump in with the fish and feed them as I had viewed the way they swarmed in masses when food was thrown off the pier to them. The swarms reminded me of the way piranhas feed, (the way you see it in movies), and that had to look good on camera especially seeing they were so friendly?

The video looks innocent right, and I am really naive but loving it.

The next day, after filming my casual motion RAW vibe, I was hanging out at the end of the pier with one of the locals, our feet hanging in the water throwing fish food to the beautiful scavengers.  He told me that I could hand feed them, which I did not doubt as I had swam with them the day before!!

HOWEVER-  once I laid my hand in the water with food I Was Attacked - the little buggers had teeth and drew blood in various places from my hand!!! The locals could not stop laughing and laughing and laughing so much so, and although I was bleeding, I started laughing too.

And, to think the day before I thought the little critters were mellow! If I knew they had teeth, I dare say, I would have been viewing them from afar –not swimming amongst them laughing.

But you know what, I didn’t know and it is truly amazing what you will do if you think you know it all….

** This footage is raw and unedited (this is how it goes between breaks on camera).