On Tuesday, our group loaded on to a bus and drove 40 minutes towards Ochos Rio. There we boarded a catamaran. It was a booze cruise with some snorkeling. Unfortunately it rained almost the entire time. But still, I got to float in the water. But after awhile, all the coral and plants look the same. On one of the attempts to dive deeper, I think I did something to my ear. My right inner-ear has been aching ever since. On the way back to the bus, the weather improved and it was quite lovely. By the end, there was a steady level of exhaustion for the rest of the day.
We did another excursion on Thursday to the Glistening Bay. It is a nearly unique location where the water, when agitated, glows. It sounds better than it actually is. The water does glow, but it is very subtle. It is only visible at night. Which is a good thing; if you saw it in the day you wouldn’t go into the water because it is so muddy. I am still glad we went; it was an experience. It looked more interesting to look at the wake of the boat.
No picture I took showed up very well. The paparazzi on board took some slightly better pictures, but they wanted $15 minimum for even a single one of them. They were not willing to negotiate on that either.
On another day, Catalina and I took a kayak out with the express purpose of getting off of it to swim. It was nice to float in deeper water without risk of seaweed. The resort is surrounded by a lot of shallow water filled with it, which is not enjoyable to swim in. It was going well, but at one point a resort staff person paddled out to try to rescue us. Somewhat embarrassing.
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