A deep sea diving instructor from Australia wants to quell your fear of sharks.

Coming up, he explains that most shark species don't really want to eat you.

The amount of times people actually have a close encounter with a shark without even

realizing they had a close encounter with a shark is a lot higher than we ever thought before.

If you're reluctant to visit Cuba because of the tense history between their government in the U.S.

Chris Baker suggests you're missing out on making new friends.

There's a few places in the world where you can walk down the street or meet somebody and you are invited into their house.

Chris helps us explore beyond the urban core of Havana in just a bit.

And to see what everyday Roman Empire Life was like, plan to visit Pompeii in southern Italy.

It's not just a pile of rubble and you really get a chance to see how they constructed their buildings,

how they laid out their street patterns, and how much of our civilization is based on Roman civilization.

It's all in the hour ahead on travel with Rick Steves.

Our favorite expert on travel to Cuba helps us explore the island beyond Havana in just a bit.

And we'll get tips for time traveling to the first century AD to see how the once vibrant port city of Pompeii was frozen in time by Mount Vesuvius.

But let's start today's travel with Rick Steves under the sea.

For some reason, we've been wired to be terrified by sharks, but scuba divers actually seek

out sharks to swim with.

They find sharks are not dangerous at all.

In fact, they find sharks have a kind of submarine

charisma. Chris Taylor is an experienced diver with more than a thousand dives

under his weight belt. He's worked in the dive industry throughout Australian has a particular love for sharks.

He's the co-author of the National Geographic book, A Divers Guide to the World,

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