After breakfast (banana pancakes all the way) we headed out to sea for our first snorkel.  The beaches here are all coral so it’s hard to get out deep enough to snorkel.  But we did it and had a great time, maybe two hours of looking at beautiful fish.  We even saw a Lion Fish!

 

Later that morning we went out again and saw a few fish but quickly realized the tide was going out and had a hard time getting in in the shallow water.  Speaking of tides, did you know there is only one high and one low tide at the equator?  Pretty interesting.

Since it’s quite hot most of the day, our routine was to spend a long, lazy lunch somewhere just watching the day go by.

Then back to our cottage for cold showers to cool off (and because there is no hot water) and out again for more exploring.  Here are some of our wandering sitings

The bar at one of the “resorts” on the island

Not a resort

These guys were making boats and huts out of tooth picks.

Contractor’s sign posted about 15 feet up in a tree

Just some great lighting on this door

The Book Shop

The Hostel – right on the beach, complete with a Pent House!

then dinner on the west side of the island

to watch the sunset.