Musket Snorkel
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 4 Aug 2015 22:57
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Our Wonderful Snorkel Behind the
Anchorage  Just before our final right turn into
the anchorage we saw quite an unusual scene, people
walking on a sandbar, well just to the left is the reef that the resort boats
take snorkelers to feed the fish and enjoy the shallows. It was on our list but
the weather has been so overcast and cold the need has been somewhat squashed
thus far. Well today, although still overcast, the radio chirped and the
Scott-Frees asked if we fancied a snorkel before lunch. Absolutely, but
I have no doubt I’ll be whinging about cold water and........... I’ll be brave
as it will be nice to get off Beez and enjoy our first snorkel in
ages.
  We parked the dinghies by the sandbar
and swam the short distance to the reef in chest high water, of course I whinged
as I got myself wet but as soon as I neared the reef I was coloured happy. The
water was clear, the fish were in crowds and the
black and white chaps did not skitter away, seemed unconcerned and posed nicely.
   Steve got some
bread ready and the fish seemed patient, until......talk about frenzy of
activity.
   The same thing
happened when Bear fed them, they also loved the crumbs that got stuck in
Bear’s fur. I didn’t, it felt so weird being preened by
so many hungry mouths. Things settled after all the bread had been
demolished.
  I went in search of singles. I have to
remember the brown ones as well as the unusual.
   Handsome,
stripy and small.
  A nice pair.
Peaceful grazing.
 Pretty in
pink.
  Defending his
patch and great pyjamas.
  Beautiful
blue.
   Jumping in the
picture, posing badly and swirling at the last
second.
 Photo
bombed just as I’d lined up the rainbow coloured parrot.
 Weird, this wafting set of hands were at the end of a three foot long
‘creature’.
     It was a treat to see such healthy looking coral.
  We will always remember the nutty
feeling of being swarmed.
   ALL IN ALL JUST SO MANY
FISH
THE MOST STUNNING ARRAY OF FISH
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