Busy, VERY Busy

Three days ago Dad and I woke up early.  The previous day, while we were driving to the grocery store, we stopped at the local dock to see if there were any sharks around.  Instead we managed to find a fisherman that was willing to let us tag along the next time he would go out fishing.  We met him at the dock at 7:30 am and it took us another hour to get to the open water.  We were trying to find birds that were feeding because the big Mahi Mahi and tuna would probably be there feeding too.  We found birds but they were not feeding.  At one point we did find a Mahi Mahi but he missed it when he tried to spear it.  The only reason you have a chance at spearing the fish is because the Mahi Mahi never dive.  The boat that they use is specialy designed to chase a Mahi Mahi.  The steering wheel is just a stick that you move left or right and is in the very front of the boat.  There is no shade and the only other thing besides the steering stick is the ice chest.  We did not catch anything, but we had a lot of fun!

Yesterday we went snorkling at a special place.  A boat took us to a small island that has small huts and a restaurant (shack) on it.  We had your own hut to hang out in.  We could get in the water to snorkel whenever we wanted.  There are ropes through the reef that you pull yourself along on.  You are not allowed to fish there and the owner feeds them so they are very tame.  The stingrays were even more tame and they would swim around your legs and let you touch them.  There were also moray eels and sharks!  It was like swimming in the world's biggest aquarium!

For dinner we went to a tiki show.  It was a buffet and they had even just roasted a pig.  The show was VERY interesting!

Today we did schoolwork (we also did schoolwork the last two days, I just didn't mention it).  Dad rented us a small boat.  We took it to a restaurant on a smaller island (I steered the whole way).  We purposely brought squid along to feed the stingrays.  When we finished our lunch we drove to the spot and got into the water.  The stingrays came to you so densely that three at a time were stacking on each other to get to the food.  If you are not careful they could push you away from the boat!  They were not dangerous at all unless you stabbed them with something sharp.  It was amazing!