27th - Relaxation, part II

The part of the group who had stayed at the resort for dinner last night had been briefed by our guide during the meal about the plans for today. As I had shown interest in going snorkeling today a note was put on our door when returning last night from the restaurant informing of a departure time of 0830. It felt early with all the shenanigans going on so I hoped it wouldn’t be too hard to get up in time.

It turned out that it wasn’t.

I woke up at 0600 with a miserable headache and feeling sore all over, feeling every single drop of alcohol from last night. With a couple of painkillers, plenty of water and a small breakfast we were soon off and I found that the fresh air helped immensely. Half an hour in a pirogue (a narrow boat with an outrigger and a sail) brought us to the reef where we snorkeled for an hour or so. The reef has been worn down considerably by pollution (and also areas with bleaching) but there were still things to see. Towards the end the wind had picked up slightly resulting in bigger waves and making it almost chilly when sitting in the boat when coming back up.

Lunch was had not long after returning and the afternoon some went out on a dugout canoe ride while the rest of us were just hanging out and trying to do as little as possible in the sun. We were pretty successful at that.

For dinner we walked further down the beach than yesterday. We found a fancy restaurant with accordingly fancy prices. Service was slow and food was only OK, so we quickly retreated when we finished our meals. We returned to the resort around 2200 and as opposed to yesterday everyone pretty much went straight to bed.