Today, Harley and I had a snorkeling trip booked for the afternoon. In the morning, Mom remembered that she had seen a disposable waterproof camera at a sore downtown. So,, she and I headed down to pick it up, and grabbed sausage rolls and cinnamon rolls for lunch from the Baker.
Harley and I headed out at 1, joining the rest of the group for a total size of 10. We headed out promptly, arriving at the site when only one or two other boats. We were given the rules - don't touch anything, stay with your group ( having been split into two groups of 5), walk to the ladder with your fins in hand - and two of the other groups promptly broke all of the rules within 10 minutes.
Still, the reef is quite impressive - green turtle, sting ray right away, along with numerous other fish and a nurse shark. We got to swing around the reef once - the name Hol Chan means 'break in the reef' - it's at the narrowest deep break in the barrier reef. After we all were back on the boat, we headed off to the next reef with a cold Coke in hand. The second reef was called Shark Ray Alley - there was an eagle ray that swam under the boat as we arrived. The area certainly holds to the name. As soon as we were in the water, there were about 8 nurse sharks - of course the small amount of bait fish the guide was adding to the water helped gather them - they hung around for about 10 minutes before moving on to other areas. We got to spend more time wandering around the reef before heading back to the dock. Photos won't be available until the camera is sent in, as it's an old fashioned film camera...
We made plans for tomorrow and the 31st, then had dinner - Harley got Mom an after meal treat at the local store. Not a crumb was left - as Harley said, she was a clean plate ranger!
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