So folks I know that we drifted off at the end and we did not do a blog about Hol Chan or Shark-Ray Alley as promised. Our apologies. I think between myself getting sick and Matthew trying to make me feel better, we were not thinking about the blog. Let me give you a brief synopsis of Hol Chan and Shark-Ray Alley... BEAUTIFUL and HORRID! :)
Hol Chan was beautiful with the colorful reef and amazing wildlife and Shark-Ray Alley was horrid with the sharks, sting rays, and black spotted eagle rays all around you!!! Okay, well, only horrid for me because I am a big CHILD!!! Matthew loved it and swam after the rays. Once I was comfortable in the water, we went exploring for sharks, as they wanted nothing to do with us. We found 3 all together and one was seriously 6 feet long or bigger! It was huge!!! Now, as I was getting comfortable swimming and enjoying all of the wild life, the sting rays came underneath us. I was still fine, no worries, they stay on the bottom. Ugly creatures, but I can deal with ugly as long as they stay at the bottom and keep to themselves, which they do! However... the eagle rays DO NOT! They swim to the top and like to get super close... No, No, No, I don't think so. I swam as fast I could back to the boat and boarded ship before they could be me. Matthew was laughing so hard and decided that he wanted a picture of this nasty creature and swam after it. He actually swam after it!!!
All in all, Hol Chan and Shark-Ray Alley was a lot of fun and probably the best snorkeling that we did on our trip!
We promise to post pictures of our entire trip once we figure it out and if not, we will get them on Facebook ASAP!
Love,
Carly and Matthew
I hope you are feeling better! I can't wait to catch up and hear all about the trip!!!
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