Last evening, we saw a sea taxi dropping people off at our tiny resort. We were swimming, and we must have been watching this guy carefully, because he came over to us to see if we wanted to hire his boat. Well, yes, we did. We asked him to come at 9 the next morning to take us two coves over for the “best” snorkeling on the island.
First, scrambling over rocks that match them almost perfectly, tiny crabs greeted us travelers. Talk about camouflage!
So many fish! This is a Foureye Butterflyfish.
Every color of fish, and interesting coral, too! Parrotfish.
The water was so clear, we could see dozens of feet deep! Tube sponges.
Small school of Triggerfish. Clare wanted to become student with them….
Sargeant Majors were the most common fish, greeting us on our every stroke.
We swam for almost an hour, going deeper to see bigger fish, then coming back shallower. This could be a Barracuda.
A Squirrelfish? They liked to swim close to the surface.
More schools! What are they learning out there?
Urchins and other clinging creatures.
Finally, we got tired and stopped for lunch. To Brian’s happiness, they served a “craft” beer – his first IPA in a month!
View of the little cove with “Harry Potter’s Hat”, where we had lunch.
On the way back on our Sea Breeze motorboat, we could see both pitons at the same time (impossible the previous day on our walks).
Adventure over before the heat of the afternoon. Great morning!
Bunch of Geeks go Traveling 