Hi all,
So we went out today with Splash tours to whale shark snorkeling. It was cloudy again when we left this morning, but it wasnt raining. It was ROUGH out there. Before we even left the dock he handed around a box of motion sickness medication. I thought it was rough even within the reef area, but had NO IDEA of what we were getting into once we crossed into the open water.
Whoa.
Seriously huge swells. And we had to bob around in this? Before I knew it we were being told to hurry and put our gear on and jump off. I had never snorkeled before so had no idea what I was doing. I have been diving before, so figured it couldn't be too bad! Threw myself off the boat and took a peek under me. Not much. Just a big open ocean with huge swells. The kind where the rest of the people on the tour totally dissappear for a few minutes and then re-appear. I had felt a little sick on the boat, but being out in the water was actually worse. So, we saw nothing. No sharks. The divers didn't see them either. I saw 4 large mackarrel.
We got to snorkel around the reef some and I did see neat fish there. After we came back into the reef and had lunch we went BACK OUT into the open water. We had to drop one lady off with the ranger who stays within the reef. She'd been puking all morning. Sick. I was glad I took the meds (she didn't).
Ah, same when we went out the 2nd time. No sharky sharks. Bummer! Oh well, if nothing else I had my own "deadliest catch" type experience with the waves.
Glad to be back on land. Just now getting hungry. we will stay here another night and go up the monkey river tomorrow. hoping to see monkeys, crocs, other things. Although, nature can never be counted on. This I know. We have however seen dolphins....and there is an excellent gelatto place here.
Then on Sunday we will head to San Ignacio to see Xunantunich (ruins). Then we will be off to Caye Caulker. Right now I'm at the purple space monkey about to eat and using freee internet! Yay. Well, gonna sign off. It's a miracle i typed this thing. every 5 seconds the cursor magically appears to a previously typed sentence and I start typing new stuff into the old. I think it's a spanish keyboard too, so a little funky. love you all
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Wow! What an adventure! Sad that you didn't get to see any sharks....hopefully you'll have better luck with the monkeys! I love getting to hear about what you and your mom are experiencing. You're in my prayers. Love you!!
"I'm a cowboy...On a steel horse I ride..." Hey don't look now but I think you are on Deadliest Catch...sounds like utter chaos out there on the high seas. You are lucky you didn't end up on giligan's island
I don't get the advil part of the title...where did that come into play?
What a great adventure you are having. Sounds strangely familiar.
If you run into any Nazis let me know and I’ll be right down.
Monkeys Crocs and other things, sound great but snakes, I HATE snakes.
Off to dinner at your condo, hear they are serving some spicy Mexican food.
Say hello to that cute blonde with you.
Indiana Jones
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