The seas kicked up pretty well overnight, so I nixed the boat dive and we did a shore dive instead. It was a great last dive--very long something like over 1 hour 15 minutes. We got to explore the Prince Albert wreck some more, and had a spotted eagle ray come very close, probably 5 feet away.
We found out later when we talked to the people on our boat that we did the right thing skipping the boat dive. They said the current was terrible on their dive and no one enjoyed it.
But we had a fantastic last dive. Originally we were thinking of doing 2 tanks that morning, but after that mammoth long dive we decided we'd had enough and it was Salva Vita time :)
In the afternoon, we did an island tour. We went to the eastern tip of the island, then to an iguana preserve. There were igunas everywhere! They liked to be petted too. There were several other rescue animals too. Parrots and red mccaws. Also a couple of species of monkeys, and a Honduran critter that looked kind of like a raccoon.
Then we went to the Carambola Botanical Garden. Very peaceful, relaxing place. The proprietor has two little kittens that followed us around on our tour and were totally cute.
Then we spent an hour in West End. Neat funky, single dirt road town fronted by bars and dive shops or a combination of the two. The water was totally FLAT, but there was no breeze, so it was very hot.
Our last dinner tonight was steak and lobster. I thought it was excellent, but Jim didn't care for it much. Later that night we had the farewell party on the cay with free rum punch. They had a singer, and the fire dancers performed. It was the same troupe that we saw a couple of years ago at Anthony's Key, but now they have a little girl who does a routine with a hoola hoop, no fire of course. (she's very cute)
This has been a great trip, but we're ready to head home. The boat dives were starting to blend together, there is one site we can't remember the name of for the life of us.
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