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Saturday, 9 August (in USA)
This place reminds me of CoCoView, but no overwater bungalows. CoCoView is a dive resort on Roatan Island, Honduras, where we have been several times . . . my first real ocean snorkeling took place HERE] Sean & his wife and their dog Grace are managers. There's a beautiful lagoon and patch reefs right at the bottom of the steps from the lodge/club house/dining room.
Had a wonderful swim & meal yesterday with David, the guide from Whales in the Wild. He came over in the evening and I put together a DVD for him to send to his wife & daughter in the States. I invited him for dinner as the process was going a little long. We had a nice talk and I learned much about his life & culture. He's returning tonight to pick up the finished DVDs and I am planning on going on their boat again this week.
The evening was not a hot as I feared it would be and the mosquitoes are not as bad this a.m. as they were yesterday. It is FLAT CALM; I'm told that's great whale watching/swimming weather. We'll see, as Dive Vava'u is picking me up at 9:15 a.m. . . . that's about a half hour from now.
Sunday, 10 August (in USA)
There're two dogs here at Mala Island: Gracie, an island dog, and a "visiting guest," Zoë, a Jack Russel Terrier (quite old and set in her ways). Her owner is a friend of Sean's and he has to go back to the states for medical attention because he didn't tend to a wound on his leg and now has a bad tropical infection. He's going back to the Wtates for two months to get it tended to.
I'll try and send pictures of the dogs later.
I had a good day yesterday and swam with whales again - two groups of three - mother, calf & escort.
Going out whale watching again today, then tomorrow two morning dives, followed by an afternoon dive and I might be moving on to another accommodation.
Nu & Michale, who own the internet café,
So here we are on the surface scouting for a whale,
He lands right next to us!
Posing.
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CONTINUE SWIMMING WITH THE WHALES
IN PULE'ANGA 'O TONGA WITH NEAL HERE