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| The next morning we work up early to go on our Mariettas Island Tour. |
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| The catamaran we took out into the bay. |
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| Heading out... |
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| Our destination, Mariettas Island. |
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| We got dumped into the water for some snorkeling. |
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| I brought the Pentax Optio I bought in Japan. Supposed to be waterproof, and I was a little worried about submerging it into salt water, but it worked! |
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| Waves! |
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| These didn't come out great. |
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| But I am happy to know the camera does work underwater without issue. |
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| There were loads of colorful fish below us. |
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| Linda resting on the sand. |
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| Me looking like a doofus. |
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| Back in! |
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| After snorkeling we got in one of these smaller boats for some bird watching. |
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| The waves crashed against the rocks. |
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| Really pretty spot. |
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| Chock full of sea birds. |
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| Most notably, brown and blue-footed boobies. |
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| The boat went right up to the rocks. |
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| Crabs everywhere on the rocks too. |
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| Blue feet. |
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| Two doing their thing. |
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| Cool looking. |
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| They have weird faces. |
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| Inside a "Cave". |
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| Pretty colors. |
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| Greens and various shades of purple. |
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| Cool pic Linda took. |
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| Yes, there was an odor. |
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| On the way back, we saw loads of spotted dolphins, a couple turtles and then the highlight of the trip for me, humpback whales. |
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| I was too mesmerized to take a bunch of photos. |
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| Thar she blows! |
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| So incredibly cool to see. |
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| Back to PV. |
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| That night we got to help some desperate babies make their way back to the surf. |
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| Olive Ridleys. |
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| Squeeeee!!! As they say. |
Yeah, well, there were a couple of the hotel guys trying to get them into the surf and out of harms way, so I just helped. I couldn't resist.
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