Friday, May 27, 2005

Chaela's Snorkeling Report

I was assigned to the day we went snorkeling so here it is: We got up at about 6:30 which wasn’t the most fun thing, we then got ready and headed to the main lodge where we all got our gear fitted except 5 out
of the 20 people because they were going scuba diving. Then we walked down to the dock and the guides split the group in half and each group took a separate boat out to a bigger boat that could accommodate us all. On the way out to the bigger boat we saw a lot of dolphins and followed then around for a while. Once everyone got onto the big boat it was another 2 hours till we got to a small island beach. Once on shore, the five divers went off to a different spot and we snorkilers got on our gear and headed back out to the small boat. It then took us out a little deeper where there was a small coral reef. After we got geared up we jumped in. The water, to say the least, was a bit cold. The fish are very hard to describe but they were all very unique and beautiful. After about an hour, we went back to the beach and ate lunch and walked around a bit. After another hour we went back to the big boat and motored for about another ten minutes to a different spot. There the water was very deep and we got to see three sharks. Once we got on the boat again my family and another couple went on a small boat that went a lot faster, and on the way back we saw school of flying fish. When we got to the lodge we enjoyed a relaxing evening.

See you all soon,
Michaela