The weather is once again as it should be in paradise so we went snorkeling, taking the dinghy out to the reef. So there we are, swimming around looking at all the pretty fish and coral when I thought I saw a rather large fish swim by but didn't think anything about it because it wasn't really close and my mask was slightly fogged. A few minutes later much to my shock Richard (Ponytail Richard) points down and immediately below us is a shark! Not a large shark but a shark none the less - a black tipped shark which aren't the friendliest. Fortunately he took no notice of us and just kept going. Not only did we not get out of the water, we tried following it, hmmm not too bright are we? That's the first time I've seen a shark in its natural habitat, was very exciting, scary too. I didn't take this photo but that is exactly how it looked. You'll have to use your imagination and put in the coral and fish.
On the way back we stopped at a restaurant/bar (called the Sand Bar) on the beach for fish and chips and beer. Twice this place has been filled up with sand from storms so they finally gave up shoveling it all out and have left the floor covered with it. Kind of neat.
Tonight is fish fry night and the weather is perfect. The locals have numerous places all down one road that set up on Wednesday nights and you guessed it - fry fish. Not just fish but conch fritters, lobster. It's reef fish, served with head and fins intact. This is served up with rice, potato bread, macaroni and cole slaw. The evening usually ends at a bar on the beach called Tony Macaroni's with music and dancing. One of the drinks there is called Gully Wash - the only thing I know for sure is that it has coconut in it.
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