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Welcome to Arillas => The beach => Topic started by: Aly on June 15, 2005, 05:13:16 PM
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Now Arillas has one of the best beaches I know (100% sand all the way in) and very shallow and there's nothing in there to hassle you. BUT unless I drank too much Oozo the night before :lol: , last year I thought I saw .... wait for it:
1. A fish, about 30" long, yellowy/cream coloured another colour (poss purple on its back) and it wasnt afraid of me (erm I was in shallow water). It was going to take a chunk out of my bum but would be interested to know what it might be.
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2. Thought I saw a jellyfish (white with purple spots). Didnt stay around long enough to give you a full description. Yes it could have been a plaggy bag, but then again.
So, anyone else sighted any interesting water beasties?
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Aly, I really hope it was the ouzo!
The only thing I don't like about swimming in the sea is the 'wildlife.' I usually panic when I see a fish swimming towards me. :shock:
We went to Stoupa last year, and heard people talking about fish that liked to nibble on people's legs, needless to say I didn't get off my lilo when I was in the sea.
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Hi, the only thing we saw were those ickle sandy coloured fish that swim round ur feet by the shore. I really hope that there are no other scary things in the sea cos if there is then i'm going to avoid going in.
becks
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its the morey eels that you gotta watch out for!! :shock: :lol:
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what do they look like then?i heard that a kid had stepped on a spikey fish and had really hurt his foot when we went to arillas last year-he had it in plaster and everything.
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they look like a big snake in the water!.....but they only live in the cracks in rocks and they wouldnt venture out much, the guy in graziella(spelling :oops: ) taverna had caught one the night we went for dinner. Nah arillas beach is fine as its fairly shallow and sandy i wouldnt worry much to be honest......only bit that freaked me out was trying to cycle a pedaloe boat to the wee island in arillas bay in over 20 metres of water and black sea weed!!....at that stage(half way)we turned back lol :oops: :cry:
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we were going to pedalo over there but it rained the day we were planning on going. is it not advisable then to try getting over to that island (bearing in mind i cant really swim haha)
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I hope I havent scared anyone off :shock: , there is nothing in the sea so gross I am sure, and besides .... I did a typo yesterday, I meant to say it WASNT going to take a chunk out of me bottom! Phew. Besides Ive been swimming in the sea at night :wink: and nothing got me!
A
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:shock: To be honest, it's freaking me out a bit. If you go to the webcam and click on 'pic of the day', you will open another page of pics. Scroll to the botton of the page and click on 'next page'. Scroll down, again, to where you will find a pic with the title' Stomatis and Morena'. What is that?! I really wouldn't want that thing anywhere near me! Is is a snake, or an eel? Scarey or what?!
Sue x
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yeah thats what a morey eel looks like!... :shock:
Burt
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Sue, can you send me the link to the this 'scary' thing? I can't find it and I'm nosey, I want to see what it is!
Ta
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http://www.arillas.de/pictures/picofday/index.html
Scroll down the page a bit..... :lol:
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oooh!!!! i remember seein that in the restaurant after it was caught.
they aint nicest thing to look at, sure they aint barry!
think they are the ones that can bite you, are they?? :shock: :shock: :shock:
watch out every one :lol:
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:cry: OH YUK, that pic is horrid. What if .... it wasn't caught in the sea and they found in the undergrowth! :wink: Well that is what I'm telling myself when I go swimming in the sea!
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Thanks, Burt, for putting that link on cos I don't know how to do it. :roll:
How do you do it?
Sue x
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No probs!....i just went to that particular page with the pic and copied the wed address at the top then pasted it onto my reply. :)
i would say no one has anything to worry about arillas beach is great and we didnt come across any scary scary animals when we were there and swimming about.......the worst thing was salt going in my eyes.lol :cry:
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come on barry ya have to let them no the truth, they bite big chunks out of ya if they come near you. think they can be poisonous.
dont listen to burt neone he's just too kind with words :lol: :lol: :wink:
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:oops: Doh! I thought it was going to be something complicated! I guess I'm a bit of a technophobe LOL! Thanx Burt.
Sue x
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We were in Arillas recently, and although we didn't see it for ourselves, some people we met on the beach saw a "fish" in the shallows that had partly buried itself in the sand but had what they described as an "Iguana-like" head sticking out. When we described this to Jimmy Anthis at the Rainbow complex he told us it was a dragon fish, which is very painful if trodden on. He told us of one person who had to come home early because of the pain as there's only so much the doctor can do for you.
Fortunately I think that this is a rare occurrence but it is worth taking note of.
By the way, it didn't stop us from enjoying the sea, we just took as much care as possible.
Steve & Val
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:cry: I think I'll be sticking to swimming in the pool this year. Call me a wimp if you like! I sooo wish that I hadn't read this thread.
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Didn't mean to scare anybody - just thought sharing what info we had might help people avoid something nasty. We spent every day on the beach and in the sea as did lots of other people without incident.
It's probably more dangerous walking down the street !!
Steve & Val
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hey sue,
i can assure you that we never saw anything in the sea appart from sand and those ickle fish. i'm scared of anything like that ever since a crab bit my toe when i was a kid. if all this talk of sea monsters hasn't put off going in the arillas sea then it must be pretty safe!! Don't worry, just watch where you're treading :lol:
3 days to go!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Beck
Don't rub it in :roll:
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A lot of people have seen a shark on the beach. - But I think he was selling doughnuts at the time!!!
Negg
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Good one! :lol:
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hi 'H' didnt realise it was u haha
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Hi Negg
Very good,!!!!!!!!!!!quite agree with you, it will only be washed up on the beach somewhere !!
Paul/Deb5
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What I was going to say was:-
" I was in the sea once and this great large blob came swimming towards me.! - But I never did find out his/her nationality."
( However, my wife edited this out - So I can't say it! )
Negg
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Maybe she came from the land of Marmite. NOOO forget I said that. :oops:
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No, I think my wife originates from London!
Negg
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You are naughty but I like you :lol: Viv
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Oops! :oops: I should have read on.......posted my first question about the beach in the wrong place....sorry!
Don't think much of the eel thing - it's gross!!