We boarded in the afternoon and headed out for our 1st snorkel sight. It is currently jelly fish season here so anytime we went in the water we had to wear stinger suits. It kind of took the fun out of jumping off the boat on a whim, but better that than a sting!
This is our group on the first night which including the crew there were 3 Americans, our dive instructor from NZ, our captain and deck hand both from Australia, 2 Swiss, 2 Swedes, a Brit, our cook from France, 4 Irish, 3 Germans, a Korean, one guy from Taiwan and our favorites, 3 Mexicans.
To get to know one another the captain made everyone write their name on their left foot and their country on their right. It worked!
The next morning we were up in time for the sunrise in order to get all of the day's activities in. Luckily the sunrise was at 6:30 and not any earlier!
We then headed to Whitehaven Beach where we met up with people from other boats. This beach was picture postcard perfect (except for the fact of having to wear the stinger suits).
Has the news of all of the shark attacks in Australia made it back to the states? This one was quite scary, but luckily no one was seriously injured.
After Whitehaven Beach Nelly and I got to go scuba diving and saw some amazing coral and then we snorkeled and saw even more amazing fish. We spent the afternoon laying out on the boat before socializing on the boat that night.
The sunsets were so breathtaking.
With a boat named Matador and a sign holder shaped like horns, this only seems natural, right?
And then our friends from Mexico City treated everyone to a great performance of La Bamba with the local singer playing guitar.
It was a great 3 days and we were so happy to be able to spend it with such fun people!
Oh, and not one drop of rain! God is smiling on us!
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Location:Whitsunday Islands
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