Saturday, June 5, 2010

We made it to Coral Bay, a very tiny little hamlet, not even a town really, just a couple of caravan parks and one hotel, a couple of dive shops, two restaurants and a tiny little grocery store and gas station. Went snorkelling this morning, just needed to walk a short distance from our hotel to the beach, and then the reef begins just yards from the shore. We were amazed at the number and diversity of fish, and some of the coral heads were enormous. Very easy snorkelling in very shallow water, but the numbers of fish and coral were amazing.  It rained just a bit while we were out, but since returning to the room, it’s turned into a tropical squall, with quite a bit of rain. Bill has gone back down to the beach to snorkel again, he thinks he’s in heaven with the incredible snorkelling here, but I’m done for the day.  I let him talk me into booking an all day snorkel trip tomorrow, on a boat looking for “giant manta rays.”  I will definitely be out of my comfort zone but so long as my mask doesn't leak I'll be happy.   Here are some of the underwater pics Bill took today, as well as a photo of the beach.