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Published: March 25th 2011
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Another view from the dock.
Just can't see that enough times.... Our last day here. I was up with the sun. I want to enjoy every last second we have here.
For our last dive day the guys have chosen one of their favorite dives for our morning dive, Ceto's Daughter. It was great of course. The visibility was not as great because of the wind last night but we saw a Spotted Eagle Ray & a Leopard Flatworm & another baby!!! A baby Smooth Trunkfish! We are on baby patrol here in Cayos Cochinos. Got this one on video too. Yippeee!!!
Back home & we were dropped off for our Dorkel in the House Reef. The PTs (damn Pelagic Tunicates) were working overtime today, but they didn't ruin our fun! We saw a huge Grouper that tried to scare us off by opening his mouth & showing us how he could actually fit our head in there. He wins! There were soooo many Comb Jellyfish too. I took a video of one because they have strips in their jelly body that look like landing lights on a runway. I could have stared at each of them for hours (if only the PTs would have stopped their stinging madness). It
A Comb Jellyfish.
See the red color in the upper left corner of its body. It had running lights that changed colors. Amazing!! is like watching an underwater laser light show.
After our Dorkel, we quickly showered for lunch & enjoyed another wonderful lunch. The food is ridiculously good here. I am leaving at least 2-3 pounds heavier & I don't care. Worth every LB.
Our afternoon dive was our choice & we chose to return to Pelican Point. It's such a wonderful wall dive. Today the current wasn't as strong but visibility was poor. Too much wind the past few days. It was still great though. We watched 2 Spotted Spiny Lobster get into a huge, chase eachother around, fight. It was pretty entertaining to say the least. Then they saw us & each backed into a crevice & gave us dirty looks. Perfect! We also saw what was potentially a baby Trumpet Fish. He was the tiniest Trumpet we've ever seen. Baby Patrol! And of course, Filefish. They are sooo tiny (only at most 2 inches) & they completely blend with whatever coral they are living near. They are like looking for Waldo in Where's Waldo?
Back home & another hot shower. Lovely. The guys decided that we are doing our very last dive here, our night dive,
before dinner. We were on the dock as the sun started to set. We actually watched the sunset floating in the water with our dive gear on. I've never seen any sunset quite like this one. The sun was falling behind the horizon that we were directly looking at/into from the water. So beautiful. It was an intersting dive. The water just kept getting darker & darker while we were in it. For the first time ever I saw a Sea Cucumber actually moving. They are usually just big blobs on the sea floor but tonight they had their heads lifted & were eating! It was a trip. We also saw a Spotted scorpionfish who looked just like a rock. The dive didn't compare to our prior night dive. That National Geographic Octopus moment was definitely difficult to top. But it was still an interesting experience. Our dive was put to an end by the dinner bell sadly...
We headed in & quickly showered & had our last dinner at PBR. It was delicious of course. We had a few drinks with Mike & talked about our fun time with them. We didn't stay up too late because we
were beat. 4 dives in one day again. Whew!
Our last sleep in the comfy king bed too. The real world of travel is going to be a bit of a shock to the system I am sure!
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