We headed off to another market, the hyper-mart, then to a patisserie shop. We wanted some fancy treats to eat while we are watching finale of the Great British Baking Show. Above are some local citrus fruits that we had never seen before, they are combawa fruit, much like a lime. The patisserie shop was very well equipped with tasty bits, so we were stocked up. We drove back to the house and we got ready to go out to the reef and snorkel. It was an exploratory swim into the reef and it was a great success. The water was warm and cold in pockets of each. The initial part was silty with low visibility. I started out close to the swimming area and swam to the better side of the reef. Soon I started seeing large colorful corals and a fish or two. As I continued I saw more fish and bigger corals of all colors. I swam all through the reef and then back to where Leslie was doing aquarobics. We headed back to the apartment to shower and rinse off the saltwater from our gear. After dinner we walked down the other direction of the promenade. Lots of folks walking and swimming about as the full moon rose in the east.
The big Christmas tree in downtown is coming down
Sarongs are probable the single most popular item offered for sale
Clear soda "cans"
Duck Fat in case we need it
Lots of Duck Fat
New buildings are going up in the downtown area
This one will be pretty nice
A unique looking boat
I am thinking it will be a very fast boat
The less popular marina area
Lovely colorful trees up on the hill
Is it a pipe with the address as smoke
Corals
Sea Cucumber
Red, lavender and gold corals
Purple coral
This one was bright green
Starting to see fish
Nice colors
Different textures of corals
Great colors on this skittish fish
Bright blue
A butterfly fish
Now a yellow coral
Spotty Bob fish
Blue and orange racer
So bright!
If not for the white spot, this fish would blend in to the shadows
Another butterfly fish
Pink and blue, boy and girl coral
There are just a few piers jutting out of the water. Attached to them are chains and old metal supporting beams
Plus a school of fish
The coral here is even bigger, some are 10 feet in diameter
Colorful and with the fluorescent white spot
Fluttering by is a butterfly fish
A coral on a stick, like a painful lollypop
Little fish living in the coral
What you looking at?
Green right next to pink
An angel fish
Love the stripes
Bright green
A lucky shot
The smallest fish was so beautiful
This one looks like it may be ready to spawn
Open pores
Like a big bagel
This one looked melted
Look ma, I'm a star
It has been 2 years and 221 days since we began our Migration
Rowing with the outrigger
If you look close you can see the fencing for the protected swimming area
The platform is as popular as ever
Decorative metal work on a mall entrance
As the sun sets fewer folks on the platform
Steady...
And jump!
Weeeeeee!
Babar
At the entrance to the Babar Bar
The sun is down
and the moon is up
Our first full moon in a while that we can actually see
