Before heading to Union Island, we visited the Tobago cays.
These world famous cays are a group of small, deserted islands, protected from the sea by the Horseshoe Reef. 
After touring the area at a leisurely speed, we decided to anchor between Petit Rameau and Petit Bateau. Soon after La Buena Vida’s anchor was nicely set in the white sand, the Italian catamaran (yes, the one of Salt Whistle Bay) arrives and the signori decide that anchoring just besides us (20 feet away!!!) is adequate as the boats don’t touch@#!!! We shake our heads in disbelief! One crew explains to us that they are quite inexperienced (really?) and that somebody will stay on board while the others go snorkeling!!! We decided that La Buena Vida’s bow sprit would keep them 
at bay and nevertheless left for exploring the “Turtle area “ on Baradel Island. This area is only for turtles and snorklers! It was wonderful to swim together or above the Green Turtles, big and small. These creatures must know that they are now a protected species because they did not seem to be very much disturbed by our presence. We saw another species of turtles when snorkeling a few yards away from the boat: this time, we sighted a hawksbill turtle. It has a narrow , hooked beak and looks for food in crevices of he reef…the elk horn corals were huge..6 feet high may be…and there were also some very healthy giant brain corals. The highlight was, however, to snorkel on the Horseshoe reef! It was a first for us…the clarity of the water stunned us! It reminded us the Bahamian waters…and this was a first since our arrival in the Caribbean.
There were hundreds of fishes, one of our favorite being the Queen Parrot Fish! We loved the experience and were able to stay in the water for a long period of time thanks to our short diving body suits. Yes, even if the water is 27C, after a while, one gets a little cold. Will we ever be able to swim in Lake Ontario’s water…at 20C?
at bay and nevertheless left for exploring the “Turtle area “ on Baradel Island. This area is only for turtles and snorklers! It was wonderful to swim together or above the Green Turtles, big and small. These creatures must know that they are now a protected species because they did not seem to be very much disturbed by our presence. We saw another species of turtles when snorkeling a few yards away from the boat: this time, we sighted a hawksbill turtle. It has a narrow , hooked beak and looks for food in crevices of he reef…the elk horn corals were huge..6 feet high may be…and there were also some very healthy giant brain corals. The highlight was, however, to snorkel on the Horseshoe reef! It was a first for us…the clarity of the water stunned us! It reminded us the Bahamian waters…and this was a first since our arrival in the Caribbean.
There were hundreds of fishes, one of our favorite being the Queen Parrot Fish! We loved the experience and were able to stay in the water for a long period of time thanks to our short diving body suits. Yes, even if the water is 27C, after a while, one gets a little cold. Will we ever be able to swim in Lake Ontario’s water…at 20C?
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