I arranged a couple of days ago to take a boat trip to the reef with some guests who are staying here, and today was the big day! We met the boat down at the beach. It has a very shallow draft and can come within a couple of metres of the shore. We were joined by two ladies staying a few houses along from here, so we were a party of five with three boatmen.
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| The boat - right at the beach |
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| Claire, Jenny, Rachel and Ben |
We chugged out to the "Coral Garden" area of the reef first, to see the corals and spend a bit of time swimming around fish watching.
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| There are two big clams in the middle of this picture - one purple, one green |
Then we went on to the "Fish Garden" where we were issued with a slice of bread each with which to feed the fishes. They just swarmed around us, and one with a long snout pecked my hand, it was so eager for the bread! We saw lots of different sorts of fishes and I got pictures of some of them:
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| Rachel with fishes |
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| Me with fishes |
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| Standing on the outer reef with a starfish |
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| It almost looks and feels like plastic, but it does have those tiny suckers underneath! |
We got back just in time for a shower before lunch. Afterwards, I was busy in the office the rest of the day, working on the Nature Trail booklet.
In the evening I showed some slides about Mongolia - people were interested to hear what it's like there. Jaap showed his pictures from his climb of Mount Kenya earlier this year, and some short movies of the climb. It was interesting to hear how they got on, carrying everything themselves and camping all the time. I'm feeling even happier about going there myself now.
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