I too enjoy the Med, or more particularly parts of the Adriatic, but I can’t swim there much without getting the shark senses tweaked, no matter how hard some local tells me there aren’t sharks worthy of my worries to be found.
It’s a bit like the difference between a good solid few weeks out bush, and a walk in the tempered gardens of some monarch.
Well, now I have kids so that's good enough reason for me :)
Its true that on my past travels to south east asia I couldn't care less about any of this. But still Australia felt more dangerous than say Borneo or Palawan on Philippines, I've only saw (small) sharks when diving enough, basically 0 jellyfish.
To be honest I might’ve wished for a few sharks to show up during my kids swims on our Croatia trips, or at least something with a bit of bite… only to give them the spark that their Australian genes hadn’t quite ignited, to be sure.
Indonesia and the western pacific in general doesn’t get enough fear, imho. Those sea snakes man…
It’s a bit like the difference between a good solid few weeks out bush, and a walk in the tempered gardens of some monarch.
Sure, it’s safe .. but .. just, why?