Our little island has no cars and no roads, only sand paths along the beach and through the forest. Instead of cars, men wait for the ferry with wheel barrels with "taxi" painted on the side. You can pay them to carry your luggage to your hotel in the wheel barrel. Our hotel is on the beach, from the hammock on our front porch we can see the ocean. We watch the tide come in and out over the reef and the moon rise over the ocean. The seafood is excellent, the atmosphere muite tranqi.
Yesterday Olivia took an introduction to diving course and loved it. Live Discovery Channel: eels eating fish, giant hermit crabs, reefs, fish disguised as rocks. Chris, while waiting for her, went snorkling off the beach and saw hundreds of fish, some brilliant blue, others striped with yellow, others that looked as though they might bite.
Today we rented a kayak and paddled out to the reef. We got out of the boat and snorkled on the reef. The fish were even more diverse and we saw two octopi. The water here is as warm as bathwater. Tomorrow we are taking a boat trip around the island to some more protected reefs with our neighbors, Jimmy and Kate from London.
We love it here, its so nice, we can´t stay in the hot, crowded computer lab when the beach is just 50 feet away. Sorry to not write more, we hope you understand.
1 comment:
Has it been 45 days already? Wow! Thanks for travelogue that has allowed us to live vicariously through your posts. You have created some incredible memories. See you soon.
love dad
PS Have you taken any pictures? :)
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