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| Morning Milkshake (D.Philpot) |
I was ecstatic to dive down among coral
reefs again, I feel it is where I belong, and I saw so many fish that it was
quite overwhelming, however reading up on Caribbean species beforehand had
helped me out a little. I saw a Nurse Shark swimming about and got some photos
though it was very very wavy, and quite confusing as we were told they had
marker buoys out to channel snorkelling tourists but they had all been removed.
I did get close to large groups of fish as they couldn’t swim against the
currents, and neither could I, so we all just bobbed around in a big group.
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| Pushing The Boat Out (D.Philpot) |
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| Tiny Bug Says Hello (D.Philpot) |
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| Safety At Sea (D.Philpot) |
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| A Caribbean Mermaid (D.Philpot) |
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| Caribbean Fish Hiding From The Swell (D.Philpot) |
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| Small Blue Triggerfish (D.Philpot) |
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| A Very Blue Wrasse (D.Philpot) |
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| One Big School (D.Philpot) |
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| Another Large School (D.Philpot) |
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| Caribbean Coral (D.Philpot) |
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| A... Sweetlips? (D.Philpot) |
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| How Many Fish? (D.Philpot) |
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| Golden Brown Coral (D.Philpot) |
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| A Juvenile Fish (D.Philpot) |
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| Some Butterflies (D.Philpot) |
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| Underwater Warnings (D.Philpot) |
We
then returned to walk into the park where the entrance was chocka-block full of
tourists… and did a little shopping.
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| Rasta Me (D.Philpot) |
Once we returned we relaxed at home, Ca
went out to buy me a replacement vodka after picking up my bottle by holding
the cap… and didn’t return for ages and when he did he told us he had found a
Sloth by watching a Kinkajou walk along some telephone cables - so we went out
with him and got to see the same Sloth briefly, and I was very surprised at how
fast it could actually move (no photo though as it was quite far away and
fairly dark)
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| Kinkajou Eyes (D.Philpot) |
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| High Life Of A Kinkajou (D.Philpot) |
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| Kinkajou On A Wire (D.Philpot) |
In the evening Ca and I cycled back
returning to Robertos for a night hike in a family friends farm. Four of us
rode on a quad bike (ATV or four-wheeler) to this dark forest where we saw
Tarantulas, a Fer-De-Lance snake (Bothrops
asper), a couple of Poison Dart Frogs, Sharp-nosed Frogs, a Toucan hiding
in a hole at the base of a tree (that looked like a plastic toy) - don't believe me? Watch this video for a glimpse, a walking
palm tree (weird!) and a weird-looking Armadillo. The quad bike ride back was
very interesting indeed…
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| Friendly-Looking Spider (D.Philpot) |
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| A Walking Palm Tree (D.Philpot) |
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| No Really - These Trees Walk (D.Philpot) |
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| Toucan In A Tree (D.Philpot) |
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| Small Dart Frog (D.Philpot) |
Firstly, as we relatively slowly left
the farm on a dirt road I spotted what I thought was "a log or rope on the
road…" and when we drove so our feet were literally right next to it the
so-called log jumped up in the air and vaulted 180 degrees moving off into the
grass as I shouted "Serpiente… Culubra!" (snake!!!) and we swang
around to investigate. The snake we were
searching for had a body of perhaps 10 inches in circumference, or at least
greater than the size of an orange - very huge, and quickly our guides spotted
its head and eyes… it was… an Central-American Bushmaster (Lachesis stenophrys). The
largest and scariest snake experience I guess I will ever have, this snake is
feared by a lot of locals, and is one of the most dangerous in the world…
Unfortunately no snake pictures, they were all too slithery :-(
Then Ca told me how he had lost his keys
(to his bike) on one of the long straight main roads we had flew down, so we
went up and down it on the back of the quad with our torches (flashlights)
out. This is funny as the bike guy had
specifically said to Carlos "whatever you do… do not lose the keys."
