Lagoon Tour

Today we did a boat tour around the lagoon. Fortunately, the weather cooperated and it was sunny all day. Intense sun.

First we made two stops to go snorkeling. We saw some fish and giant clams. Then we went to some islands where only our small boat was docking. We had some time to walk along the beach while our guide (who calls himself Mr. fantastic) prepped a meal of fish, potato salad, and varieties of breads and fruit.

The water looked a ridiculous color of blue, something I never fully got used to. I kept pointing out the color of the water to Nicole five hours into the tour as if it was the first time we had seen it. After our lunch served on giant leaves, we planted a coconut in the beach in honor of everyone's favorite celebrity couple.

After this very important occasion, we headed to a few more isolated islands, and ultimately one called "one foot island." This was the first time we encountered other tourists. After all, this island does passport stamps. Big doings. Evidently, they have a "post office" but Mr. Fantastic said if you mail them from there they might arrive at their destination in 10 years. I think I'll mail mine from Rarotonga tomorrow at the airport. The other tourists had arrived on much larger boats and it seemed like they didn't get to see as many things as we did. 

We arrived back on the main island around 330, enough time for us to analyze how much we burned, and prep ourselves for happy hour. I'll leave you with this image of this cute pair of seafaring explorers.