Day 16: Awake with the Roosters

Roosters were up early today and so were we. Two great dives this morning. The seas were rough on the way out and into/out of the boat but they have a great double ladder to get people out of the water quickly. The reef here is really different than Roatan. We thought of it more of an 'old growth forest' where the various coral heads are the 'trees' and the leafy coral and grasses are the 'moss'. On the second dive we saw both an Eagle ray and a Southern Stingray, a free swimming Garden Eel and ... While looping back to the boat we saw what looked like fog rising from betwen the coral, the southern stingray had looped up into a sandy patch and was really stirring it up. We stayed a little behind the group hoping that it would emerge and as we were about to give up, out he came from the 'fog' the biggest we've ever seen. Gary got a great picture of the fog but only a video clip of the stingray as he took off pretty quickly.

We got back to the wharf around noon then showered and ventured out for lunch. The food portions are really big so we split a quesedilla and had a couple drinks for $7. For dinner we went to RJ's Barbeque where there are about 10 items written on the board - all served with fries, coleslaw, garlic toast and rice (we'll be sharing next time). You need to get there early for the best selection because as the night goes on items just erased from the list. Back to our temporary home and to bed early (earplugs in) for another 2 dive day.

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