Swimming with the Fishes I was swimming in the warm water at a remote beach in Baja. My friends were fishing for corvina, and one of the kids loaned by a mask and snorkel. You swim, you float, you're loose, you feel the water sliding over your shoulders and body.
Swimming is a sensual experience.
I snorkeled out to where it was about 8 feet deep, with a sandy bottom, inside the reef. There were a lot of fish, all sizes and colors. Pretty soon a flock of white fish with black stripes appeared. A lot of them. I started swimming above them and was surprised they didn't shy away.