6/30
TWO EXCURSIONS IN ONE? Yes, and it will of course become routine. But the first day was awesome. We went to the left of the dock and explored the corals, which were in a much shallower area than the reef on the right. There were of course the multiple sea fans in lovely purple and the little "Christmas tree" (as said by mei-jing) anemones hanging out on what I think was false brain coral. Still, the parrot fish remain my favorite for their coloring and their cute beaks and the way they nom the corals (girly squeals) and I love them. The giant orange tube sponges are really creepy to look at, but still amazing. Seeing the reefs, as I said, is the best in real life. Hopefully all of my photos turn out fab-a-las-ly. I'm too lazy to post all of them, but I will post the (in my opinion) worthy of the internet.
Each time we saw something different when we went out. A lot of the organisms were vertebrae, but I quite enjoyed it. Some of the coolest organisms I found were with 100% spines. I got a sweet video of a founder and one fat sea cucumber. The jeweled damsel fish are gorgeous especially against the red/yellow corals. I hope to get more videos of them.
I ended the day watching the sunset on the dock with the girls, playing fetch with Cona, and eggplant lasagna.
On the way up to the room there was a big scorpion in the "road" which, at night, scared us. And the usual geckos and iguanas.
(Skip sleepy time. The nighttime mosquitos were a bit of an annoyance, but it wasn't that bad.)