2nd day in Yemen!

I woke up with the sun and packed up my gear and hiked down to the beach. The captain of the ferry I was about to board had sent a crew member in a dingy to pick me up. I hopped in the small boat and we zoomed away, once we arrived at the boat we climbed up a big black ladder to get to the POOP DECK. Once on the boat I took a seat at a table inside. I had a plate of stewed beef shank REALLY TASTY! When I was done (and VERY full) I set off looking for the wheel because I thought maybe the captain would let me steer. When I finally found him I realized that I didn't have any idea how to say "Hi can I steer you ship for a few minutes?" I decided I would just stand by the side of the ship and watch the waves pass by. We arrived in Yemen a while later and I immediately jumped into a taxi and checked into my hotel. Then I got back into the taxi (wet suit in hand). The hairy taxi man dropped me off at the beach where I then put on my wet suit and my snorkeling gear. Now I was making my way (backwards) into the ocean. My first step into the water was RIDICULOUSLY cold! I figured the water would be warm but I didn't think that the water would still be warming up from winter. Luckily my wet suit was very thick so I got over the sting of the icy water. Sadly since the water was soooo cold I couldn't stay in for long. Just as I was swimming back to the shore I saw a flash of black and white, once I got home I looked it up and found that it was called a Long-Fin Bannerfish. Anyways I swam in and dried off then went home (to my hotel) and had a really good dinner, I think it was called bint al-sahn after that I got in bed and fell right to sleep!