Saturday

Today was the best day yet! We didn't have anything planned so we decided to spend the day snorkeling. First, though I wanted to find an underwater camera that we could take snorkeling. One of the local dive shops were a part of a magazine photo spread that included a rental camera....unfortunately, come to find out they only rent to divers who dive with them. Bummer! So we headed to Provo Divers to see what they had. They also didn't rent out their camera's to snorkelers but they did have cheap reusable underwater cameras for sale. Sold! Unfortunately the cameras are film cameras so I won't be able to post the pictures until after we get home (if they are any good). Provo Dive is also where we bought t-shirts for Will & Dewey as souveniers. They have great stuff.

After that shopping adventure we headed to Coral Gardens to snorkel. We had heard the snorkeling was great but we hadn't been there yet. It was even BETTTER than we'd hoped. On our first snorkel outing we saw a spotted ray and a sea turtle. The main reef is buoyed off b/c it is so shallow. You snorkel around the edges. There are sea grass patches to the right and left of the reef where rays, turtles and other creatures like to hide. We saw all kinds of amazing fish. The coolest thing was that it was right on shore. No boat ride or anything! We stayed in the water about 1 1/2 hours so I was famished by the time we got back to shore. We headed to Barefoot Cafe for lunch. I had a BLT and Dewey had the all-day breakfast. The food was pretty reasonable and yummy.

After eating we headed back to Coral Gardens for another go. By the time we got back it was almost 4pm so the light was not as good as earlier in the day. On this snorkel adventure we saw turtles 6 different times (but we think it might have been the same 2 or 3 turtles), another ray, a huge puffer fish (probably 1 1/2 to 2 feet long) and lots of other fish. By the time we got back out of the water it was almost sunset and we were cold and tired. We headed home to Harbour Club.

As we pulled in to the parking lot at Harbour Club, Marta met us to see how our day was. She then invited us to watch the sunset with her and Barry over the marina. We had to hurry b/c it was almost sunset already! We ran and dropped our stuff in the villa and headed to their villa. They have a little area set up on an outcrop overlooking the marina that is the perfect place to watch the sun set.

After showering and changing we decided to try "Hole in the Wall" for dinner. Mickey from Flamingo Divers had recommended it to Dewey as having the best jerk chicken on the island. We're always looking for the "best" places so we had to try it. YummmY!!!!! Dewey had the jerk pork and I had the jerk chicken. Both came with coleslaw and rice with peas. Dewey and I agreed that it is the best food we've had yet. The jerk seasoning was very flavourful without being overwhelmingly hot. Plus, Dewey decided to try his had and the video slot machine while we were waiting for dinner and he won enough money to cover dinner.

After dinner we headed to IGA to pick up some ice cream for desert. I had managed to stay away from the ice cream aisle on our earlier visits to the store. This time I was AMAZED to see that they easily have 2X or even 3X more selection of ice cream here than in Calgary. That is just WRONG!