This year I slept under a myriad of stars on a beach on the Gulf of Aden. On Jan 1st we swam with Whale Sharks, the largest fish on the planet. OK, these were 3 metre babies, but that's still pretty big. They are committed vegetarians with a lovely pinkish surface and rows of white spots. The water was a bit rough for poor-swimmer me (1m waves) but I found that with a life-jacket it was good fun.
Other beach life included many gulls, a heron, crabs, various multi-coloured fish and some hermit crabs.
The rock hyrax were in a nearby canyon.
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