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osodecanelaSweetheart,
Tom and I headed up island today and took an all day snorkeling tour. The boat left at 10:30 (or so, it's island time after all) and headed out to the reef. This is the second largest barrier reef in the world, second only to Australia's. Took a sailboat out with 8 French 20-somethings on holiday, a couple of German 30-somethings, and four Americans, two of whom you know, one of them particularly well in fact.
We swam with manatees, watched our guide wrestle with a nurse shark, petted a sting ray, and shadowed a sea turtle. I have some fabulous pictures. The water is clear, and provides a stunning visual of what exists below the surface. Tom is unfortunately fried to a crisp, while I fared much better. The UV blocking dive shirt I acquired is a Godsend; worth every penny of the $30 I spent on it. Between that and my 70 spf, I'm none the worse for wear. The boat was due back at 4:30; we got back almost 2 hours after that. We more than got our money's worth at $85BZ ($42.50usd).
Tomorrow we're thinking of heading to the mainland for the Mayan Ruins at Atun Ha (sp?) and cave tubing down a jungle river. More tomorrow.
By the way, after all day in and out of that boat, I still feel like I'm rocking back and forth.
Love you madly and miss you muchly,
Me
Tom and I headed up island today and took an all day snorkeling tour. The boat left at 10:30 (or so, it's island time after all) and headed out to the reef. This is the second largest barrier reef in the world, second only to Australia's. Took a sailboat out with 8 French 20-somethings on holiday, a couple of German 30-somethings, and four Americans, two of whom you know, one of them particularly well in fact.
We swam with manatees, watched our guide wrestle with a nurse shark, petted a sting ray, and shadowed a sea turtle. I have some fabulous pictures. The water is clear, and provides a stunning visual of what exists below the surface. Tom is unfortunately fried to a crisp, while I fared much better. The UV blocking dive shirt I acquired is a Godsend; worth every penny of the $30 I spent on it. Between that and my 70 spf, I'm none the worse for wear. The boat was due back at 4:30; we got back almost 2 hours after that. We more than got our money's worth at $85BZ ($42.50usd).
Tomorrow we're thinking of heading to the mainland for the Mayan Ruins at Atun Ha (sp?) and cave tubing down a jungle river. More tomorrow.
By the way, after all day in and out of that boat, I still feel like I'm rocking back and forth.
Love you madly and miss you muchly,
Me
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Date: 2009-05-15 05:04 am (UTC)What a great day!