Monday 4 October 2010
This morning we had breakfast and headed off to the glass bottomed boat for a snorkel trip. The boys were coming too, but Tassia stayed behind. So there were six of us, and a lady from England named Sarah. We saw manta rays from the boat, and turtles being cleaned by fish, through the glass at the bottom of the boat.
Here is a picture of a manta ray:-
and us on the boat.
Stella got a coral cut, but we saw turtles while we were swimming. It was really cool, and the boys went swimming too.
The boat dropped us off at Coral Gardens, so we stayed there. We played on the coral flat, and then went snorkelling with Jane and we saw a ray, lots of big fish, a Moorish Idol, and ... a shark! It was a black-tipped reef shark and we had just given up looking for sharks and were on our way home, and then we saw it! It was very exciting. Jane was too excited to take a good photo. Here is one of a fish school we swam over.
We found a hermit crab we have named Little Dude. We are keeping him in a bucket with coral and sea water for a few days, and will put him back tomorrow morning.
We had lunch and then went to Reef Rangers, where we made sea glass necklaces.
After that we had a snorkel in the lagoon, but it was high tide and so it was a bit difficult to get out of the waves. We had a shower, then went to the rec room to watch a movie before dinner.
Mya’s comment on the day: I had lots of fun snorkelling in the morning. It was probably the best snorkelling I have done. We saw three turtles, a ray and a shark. But at the end of the day I swallowed some water and couldn’t breathe for more than five seconds.
Stella’s comment on the day: First we had breakfast, which I really liked, and then the most exciting bit of the day ... we ... went ... on ... a ... small ... boat!!!! (glass bottomed boat).
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