What day is it?

We have completely lost track of time and have no idea what day it is. I only know we have to leave on Wednesday and the alarm clock does not work.

Today was clearly one of the best days of my life. At 8:30 we were picked up on the beach by two extraordinary men who took us on the adventure of our lives. Normally there are up to 25 people on the boat. We had the luxury of being on a boat with only eight other people all women except the two tour guides.

First we stopped for snorkeling on the great barrier reef. It was amazing but I have to say the snorkeling right off the beach in front of the resort is equally as good. I stayed in the water the whole time we were there and was the last one to get into the boat. After that we went diving for conch which we were going to eat for lunch. I could see the conch but couldn't dive down far enough to get them so our tour guide got one for me. Mary had just as much trouble diving for the conch. There is so much salt in the water here floating is easy, diving is hard.

After we had our conch the captain of the boat took us diving for lobster in the coral. That was an adventure in itself. There was only three of us went diving for the lobster. The lobster here is very different than east coast Canada. They hide inside the coral and you have to search for them, then spear them. We found two very large lobster and two turtles.

We then moved on to Iguana Island which is home to 5000 Rock Iguana. Apparently this the only place in the world they are found. They were everywhere, but once you've  seen ne Iguana.......... They are small in comparison to some of the ones in Mexico.
Robin, one of our guides, took the conch out of the shell on the beach. I was expecting to be overrun with seagulls but there were not any to be found. Kwee, the captain of the boat, made us a salad with raw conch which was delicious, kinda like bar clams back home. Then he made us a lunch of lobster, chicken, potatoes and corn all barbaqued on a beach.

We moved on to shell beach which was covered with thousands of shells with amazing colors. Mary and I snorkeled for a long time for sand dollars and managed to find about 10. There were these two girls from New York City on the boat who picked up a bag of shells and left them on the boat, so Mary grabbed them.We will go through them tomorrow to see if there is anything worth keeping.

What a spectacular day!

Photos to follow after they are cropped and enhanced to make me look like a I have the figure of a 28 year old!

Lois and Mary