It was nice, easy and comfy, although we found Oarsman more unique and memorable.
The resort still had a great beach all around the island, and lots of good sea activities - snorkelling, fishing, sailing...
Here is a banded sea snake, quite usual in these waters, and poisonous but non aggressive – we saw it climb out of the sea on a rainy, windy day, after several such days, and we were told this usually foretells a weather change. It was true – the sun came out the next day.
The island had a nice collection of iguanas, and pretty gardens. Also, there weren’t many mosquitoes, even after the heavy rains we had there.
And flowers, flowers everywhere...
The snorkeling was excellent, although snorkelling on Oarsman’s beach is unsurpassed.
Andreas had a close encounter with a shark while snorkeling – he went out quite far, in choppy sea on a windy day, and suddenly found himself in front of a large school of surgeon fish. He started chasing them, and swam straight into the school, but they did not seem to take the least notice. And then a grey reef shark suddenly appeared, and it found Andreas more interesting than the fish. It started chasing him, probably (certainly) out of curiosity, and we know that grey reefs normally never attack humans, but still – he didn’t want to turn his back on it, and he says that the swim back to shore seemed like one of the longest swims ha has had.
Our handsome boatman.
So this is Treasure Island for us...
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Silvija Seres, December 2007