Wave Runners and Stingrays

It has been a good time since my last posting. Last night we had dinner with an older couple from the LA area and it was marvelous. Great food and great company....there was even a pretty good father-daughter music act who did a pretty nice cover of Simon & Garfunkel. After some cribbage we were all sacked out by 9:30p.

It is a good thing we got to bed early because today has been a whirlwind of island activity. Sarah, Richard, and I have been at it since 7:30a. We started with a couple of dives (our last two) and just finished with a wave runner tour and stingray encounter.

The dives were fairly straight forward between 40-80ft with plenty of tropical fish, black tip sharks, a turtle, and a moray eel to name a few things we saw. Richard is not a certified diver, but after doing an introductory dive yesterday afternoon he was invited to come back and dive with us today! I think he really got a kick out of it. Check out the photos on Facebook! It really was very relaxing. Sarah and I are getting very good a conserving our air, and I think we have really improved our diving skills overall on this trip.

We were returned back to our hotel and had just enough time to grab a hearty lunch before heading out on some wave runners. We went on a tour of Cook's Bay an Opunohu Bay before heading out toward the island that Sarah and I dove off of yesterday. This time, however, we rode on the inside, or the lagoon side, of the island. There we were able to visit with some Stingrays. The were so peaceful and gentle, coming to us to be pet and fed. We spent 15-20 minutes hanging out with them before heading back. What a trip!

Tonight we are going to a special dinner with a Polynesian dance, etc. It should be fun to watch, although I don't think there will be too many folks in attendance. There just aren't many tourists on the island right now. But that should pick up just about the time we leave....perfect.

I don't know what we are going to do tomorrow, but it should be relaxing and fun. TTFN.