So after our morning run/detect/breakfast (Adam had headed back to the Marriott, but no jewelry), we were off for Coki. We needed to get there early, as there is very little parking for some reason. We found a spot, rented some chairs, and soaked in the beauty. This beach is like the ones you see in tourist magazines... that crystal clear turquoise water that tropical dreams are made of lined by a fringe of softly sifted white sand that abruptly turn into rocky cliffs. Those rocks are where the snorkeling.is.AMAZING. I promptly got in the water this time and headed out to where I remembered the snorkeling to be good from when we were there before. This time I went a bit further out, a bit deeper, and it was worth it. The reef there was what I had been waiting for. Brilliant colors, a huge variety of coral in all shapes and sizes, large sea fans and plants swaying in the current and hundreds, thousands actually of fish in schools or alone, darting about, in and out, chasing each other... and underwater world I was fascinated by. I stayed out there until I got cold, then made my way back in to shore.
Adam had been detecting, and man was he finding the pull tabs and bottle caps! He really felt like he was due for some jewelry and had talked to a beach worker who told him about a woman who recently lost a large diamond ring. I settled onto my chair with a book and soaked up the sun for a while. This beach is great for people-watching. There are a lot of families, a lot of snorkelers of all experience levels, and local vendors patrolling the tourists... "princess, do you want your hair braided?" "sugar, you look hot, you need a drink", and the like. I think it's fun and adds to the charm.
After a while, Adam decided to go snorkel with me, so we took the Wishbones the chair vendor had given us and swam out to the reef I had found earlier. We took pictures of each other feeding the fish and in and around the coral and just floated, swam and had a great time taking it all in. A sidenote to the underwater pictures: I really regret not splurging on a nice digital underwater camera. It had seemed like an unnecessary expense, but man, the souvenirs of the photos to have gotten with those shots would have been so worth the money to me. This trip had the greatest snorkeling I've ever done, and our underwater pictures didn't turn out great. They don't show the true vibrancy of the colors, they're blurry, etc. Lesson learned.
Anyway, we again stayed out there for over an hour, then headed in again, he for more detecting, me back to my book. Before the day was done, I got in the water one more time to enjoy what lies beneath, and Adam had dug hundreds of pull tabs, LOL! Still no jewelry, but lots and lots of coins and junk!
That night was another night in, as we were getting up early for long and active day on St. John Thursday. After a quick and easy dinner we turned in, and I could barely sleep in anticipation of snorkeling at a somewhat remote site on St. John that I had found out about online... Waterlemon Cay. Read about that experience in the next blog!
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