Day 04: The Fish Truck Found Us

Wow did it rain today! Fortunately you can always find a calm area to dive. We were not feeling too inspired this morning as it continued to rain with no blue sky in sight. A good day to be underwater. Gary and Andy got some great photos and video. We saw a turtle on both dives, loads of garden eels on the second dive, but no rays which would have been nice...maybe tomorrow (we signed up for the 8:30 and 10:30 again). Vicky learned a little trick today after coming up with a mask dent in her forehead from tightening it too tight because it was leaking, Andy shared the 'Ramlo spit and seal' trick he uses. So it's kinda gross, but if wiping spit around you face under your mask makes it seal better, so be it (no issue second dive).
This afternoon the sun continued to be elusive so we decided a trip to West End was in order. We jumped in a water taxi and arrived after a scenic 10 min boat ride. The West End has a few more amenities as we discovered wandering about the muddy street checking out several stores, enjoying a smoothie and cookie during the rain storm then the dive store...Ouch....Turned out to be a pretty expensive afternoon. After being cold on both morning dives, Vicky decided a warmer suit might be a good idea (not actually thinking there would be a place to buy one) but there was, so Gary will need to get creative with the packing to get us back to 50lbs per bag.
Before getting back on the taxi boat we decided to pick up some more fruit from the fruit truck and inquired about where we might find the fish truck.....We were told to look for a red truck down the way.

Taking the advice we continued back along the muddy street for another 5 min with no red truck in sight. After inquiring with some locals who told us that the road conditions would likely keep the fish truck away, we decided to turn around and head back to the taxi wharf leaving fish to find for another day. Then we all looked up...could that be the red truck coming our way? Sure enough, he heard from the fruit guys that there were 3 ladies and 2 men looking for him (Noha being x 2 (pregnant). He stopped right in front of us, some negotiating and we ended up with 7.5 lbs of fish and two nice lobster tails for $42. Mmmmmm dinner (for a few nights).