Surf 'n Turf

April's food woes continued this morning. She awoke to find her last remaining sealed bag of Honey Bunches of Oats gone. Instead, the tainted 'Gecko Flakes' were all that remained. Tom suggested she dust off the Gecko poos but she was not hearing it. Undaunted she began to make herself a PB&J sandwich, only to discover several mold colonies growing on the unopened loaf of bread. Poor April.

Once breakfast was figured out, we headed out for a hike on the north side of the island to a secluded beach only accessible by a treacherous 2 mile hike along a cliff. It actually wasn't all that treacherous, but it was muddy and wet which made the steep rocky path dangerous. It was so muddy that likely neither of our sneakers will survive our trip (much to Nathan's satisfaction). The hike to the beach took about 1.5 hrs. The water was a beautiful iridescent blue. We decided to picnic in the shade on some rocks, when this scraggly cat came by. This little guy didn't look like he was going to make it so April tossed him some ham. He wolfed it down but was too scared to stick around for anymore. If he was smart he start hunting some of those surplus chickens. We originally planned to hike further into the jungle a couple of miles to some waterfalls, but Tom was getting tired and fussy so we headed back to the car. It was a fun hike, but we were both happy we didn't extend the trip.

Muddied from our trip, we headed to a nearby beach to wash off and snorkel. It was our best venture yet. We saw a turtle floating along the reef and Tom actually went up to pet it. We also saw an octopus land on a rock and change colors! This was the same beach we were at a few days earlier when a fish got quite demanding looking for treats. Well, today, we saw whom we will assume was the same fish. But this time he brought back up. April dipped her head underwater when she realized they were circling around us. She tried to intimidate the fish but he called her bluff and swam right at her. He also came correct with his 4 or 5 buddies. When April looked for her backup, she saw Tom high-tailing it for the beach. She didn't know he could swim so fast. (Check out the picture in our first post to see the fish we are talking about). Unfortunately, we didn't bring the camera out snorkeling today and missed a lot of great shots.