Not so much to report on Day 11. We went for our morning snorkel. Back to Sandbar. This time Paul told us to go to a different side. It's less protected and it has the drop-off. That always means a different kind of fish. Bigger fish! We saw schools of bit yellow fish, HUGE blue star fish, including one with SIX legs instead of five!!! We saw some totally incredible BIG BIG fish. It was stunning. We can't show you pictures and it's so hard to describe but just know that we had a great time.
The rest of the day we just goofed around. We went on a "banana ride" which is something that you CAN talk about in polite company. It's a giant banana that is pulled behind a speed boat. You straddle it and hang on while the boat pulls you around the lagoon. Kids love it but put four adults on it and it's a jump-a-thon to see how much "air" we can get. It was cool and refreshing -- a great break from the oven-condo and all around good fun. Once again our thanks to That Patch that let Aaron enjoy it too!
That afternoon we stopped and talked to Lollie. He's a wood carver that camps out on a matte on the beach in front of Lomani. We talked to him about the local work and his carvings. He had various things for sale but Aaron asked if he'd do a special commission for us. I don't think he knew the word "commission" but he did understand that we wanted to "special order". We requested a small angle fish. I have a turtle and we wanted something different. He said he could get it done before we leave the day after tomorrow. The order was placed.
We tried to traverse the island but were totally waylaid. We ended up going to the "art gallery" -- aka "wacky-tacky store". We did buy a few things in the spirit of being supportive but it was a little hard. We wandered around the yacht club. We walked the length of the gravel airstrip. We surveyed the 9-hold golf course. We checked out the kiddie pool, the lawn bowling and the put-put golf. We sat on the dock and watched a fabulous sunset. Another lovely day!
We had dinner and a long rest.
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