We walked over to Ramon's, hoping to see that stingray. Since I'm too big a ninny to jump off, we went down the ladder at the dive shop and swam to the end of the dock.

As we swam out, the boys swam in and out of the pylons. We saw a bunch of blue tangs and sergeant majors. Pretty cool. Then we got closer to the end of the dock. They put a bunch of logs and stuff under to act like an artificial reef, and the fish came. There were WAY more fish there than I thought there would be! And a fairly good variety. Gars, butterflies, puffers. It was funny to hear us all talking through our snorkels, saying "hey boys!" or "hey, look over here!", "here, here!! BRUCE!! Look!" We were really having fun.

Then Leo said, "Jane! Jane! I saw an eel!" I'm thinking, that's nice, he saw a little eel. And then I saw it.

"OMG!!!!" the biggest green moray I ever saw swam out of one grouping of debris the other, and I saw him end to end, snout to tail tip. Not five feet away from me. "BRUCE! DID YOU SEE IT?" not at first, so we swam some more until we all had seen it. Wow. That was the highpoint of that snorkel. Getting tired, the boys were ready to head back. We were just about back at the ladder when Leo looked up and asked what the fish below him was. We all came to look at it. I had never seen a fish like it before. It was prehistoric looking. Mottled dark brown, like a rock, with a head like a ray, but a tail like a shark. Bruce went down to take a closer look, and it swam away, in a shark-like fashion. Interesting.

We walked back to the Palms, and showered off by the pool. Steve suggested a swim, so we did. It felt very nice. The pool there is part in the sun and part in the shade, so we all just floated round and round, chattering happily about the trip so far, and all the cool things we'd already seen.

Then, NAPTIME!

I slept like I was in a coma. I think we all did. I looked at the clock, and told hunny we had to get up. We washed up, and the phone rang. "There's a Chris here to see you". Excellent! Send them up!

Big hugs and so great to see you agains!! It was our friends, Chris, Sari & Pooh Bear. They work managing La Perla del Caribe. If you haven't seen this place, check out their website. Gorgeous homes, gorgeous pool, gorgeous beach. You may have seen it on House Hunters International.

We get Sari & pooh cold water, and belikins for the guys, and go out to the rear "adult porch" that overlooks the pool (yes, the room had two balconies!) and all talk at once. And talk and talk and talk.

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We join the boys, who had spent time with Chris in Cayo last year, and they catch up. Steve coos Pooh Bear. They gratefully ogle the goodies we brought them. We make loose plans to see them up at the resort, and say goodnight. We still have dinner plans tonight with Capt. Jeff!

Capt. Jeff and I had tried to meet last trip too, but hadn't (another pattern!). Finally, we met Cappy and his friend Steve at Elvi's. Again, lots of talking! Jeff is full of stories. Coconet/Pelican Steve was pretty funny, and amused me and the kids. We all had lobster. The lobster was just ok, but the company was nice. We talked and talked some more, but we were tired, and had to get up early for Lamani in the morning (bet you forgot, didn't ya?). We rubbed our stuffed bellies, said our goodbyes, and carted off.