Today we hired a boat to take us out to this UNESCO protected nature reserve. It was astounding! It's about an hour's ride to the wide array of coral and marine species. Our first sighting was when we went into a large open cave and watched the blue footed boobies and also saw yellow footed ones. It looked so different. Their legs and webbed feet are the color of robin's eggs and sunshine yellow. You will have to look very hard and enlarge the picture to see this. This is the only place other than the Galapagos Islands where you can see them. There were also hundreds of brown pelicans and other birds. The water is the most incredible tourquise blue color. Then we landed on a small beach and crawled through a couple of small caves. They are sculpted out of the coral rock. These small islands are mostly rock and the tops are completely covered in bird dung. Our next stop was outside an arch where we donned snorkels and fins and fell into the water. There were hundreds of fish around us. No fear - they swam right beside you. Suzanne, James, Hana and I snorkeled under the arch into a small beach. There was only about a 4 foot clearance and you had to really swim into the outgoing water and wait for the incoming wave to push you through. There we explored another cave which came out on a different side and the waves rushed through. The whole day was a wonderful experience.
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