Water Cay Pt. 2

Since this was our day off from diving, we decided to return to Water Cay, but this time, wisely, we decided to hire one of the fishing boats to take us there and bring us back. We took our time getting organized, since we wanted to spend the whole day on the island, packed lunch and lots of water. After breakfast we went to the bridge connected Jewel and Pigeon cays and waited for the boat for a few minutes. As we had a safe transportation method, I was ble to bring my camera along as well, since Water Cay is too beautiful not to be captured in pictures. The fisherman took us across, and we asked him to return for us around 3pm. After setting up camp at one of the picknic tables, we spent the day swimming, snorkeling, reading and relaxing. At one point Josh and Marisa went for a long snorkel around half of the island, and they came back thrilled with all the life they got to see. It was really amusing watching them get in the water (because of the sea weeds and sharp rocks you have to waddle backwards with the fins to get to deeper water), but not as funny as watching them get out of the water less than 2 minutes later and hurry back to shore. Apparently they encountered a huge barracuda that took a liking to them and started approaching them, causing their sudden exit.

For lunch we had the left over pizza from the night before, and in the afternoon we stayed by the beach and swam in the clear and warm waters off the cay. The water was so shallow in fact that I had the courage to walk for a while with my camera in hand, to capture the western tip of the island with the white sand beach and palm trees. As the time neared for our return, we sat around and stretched our necks waiting for the boat to arrive, which it only did about an hour later than planned. Either way, by now we were running on ´island time´as well, so it didn´t bother us that we had to spend more time on this beautiful island. On the positive side of things, he dropped us right at Hotel Kayla, which was really nice of him. After showering to get rid of the salt water and changing into fresh clothes, we headed to Fishburger for food, where our dinner entertainment was the incredibly off-key gospel singing from the church next door. It was so bad (especially to Marisa´s ears, since she is a singer) that we ate in a hurry and didn´t know how to get out of there fast enough. The evening was spent at the hotel, where there was an impromptu jamming session, since Brian was traveling with a guitar. We all sat around, playing and listening to music, singing along (this time NOT off key), and created a campfire-like atmosphere, the only thing missing being the fire itself. But there was fire in the sky, as yet another huge thunderstorm was lashing the mainland to the south of us.